J. Wellington Wimpy (above), generally referred to as Wimpy, is
one of the characters in the comic strip Popeye, by E. C. Segar           
and originally called Thimble Theatre, and in the Popeye
cartoons  based upon the strip. Wimpy debuted in the strip
in 1931 and was one of the dominant characters in the
newspaper strip, but when  Popeye was adapted as an
animated cartoon series by Fleischer Studios, Wimpy
became a minor character.                     
    

      
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Elzie Crisler Segar
(1894-1938)