E. C. Segar

Known for

Writing

Born

Dec 8, 1894

Died

Oct 13, 1938

Place of birth

Santa Monica, California

Also known as

Elzie Crisler Segar, Elzie Segar, E.C. Segar

Elzie Crisler Segar, known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.