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The aftermath of Sea Hags failure to obtain Popeye’s eye gives us and explanation of how magic works. When she reveals that Popeye’s true power lies in warping reality, Universal forces descend upon Popeye and his friends. As Sea Hag enjoys the fray, Jeep invokes her assistance if she ever wants to find the eye! Has Popeye finally met his match in the powerful General Stalwart?! Find out in Eye Lie Popeye #2!
- Story & Art by Marcus Williams
- Additional Colors by Rodney Velchez
- Editor Alex Garcia
- Published by Massive Publishing
Magic in the World of Eye Lie Popeye
This issue starts with a very annoyed Sea Hag berating her minion for failing in her attempt to obtain Popeye’s legendary missing eye. I enjoyed the Hags explanation of how magic in this world works. It’s basically a trick of the mind that alters the victims perception. Sea Hag claims that what Popeye does is beyond that, actually warping reality to perform the fantastic abilities he gains from eating spinach.
Sea Hag Tries A Different Approach
We find our Popeye crew cleaning up the aftermath of the Sea Hags attack on them. There’s some playful banter here as two of Popeye’s mentors arrive, Pappy and Whaler Joe. We get a little look into Popeye’s past and how he was raised with the assistance of Whaler Joe, helping him to properly direct his anger. While this is happening the magical Jeep arrives with a mysterious woman who has a device that can translate Jeep’s words.
Catch up with a review of Eye Lie Popeye issue 1!
Universal Beings Come to Eye Lie Popeye
It’s here that Williams takes us in a totally unexpected direction. Jeep gives a long explanation of how everyone in this universe is just a puppet for a greater beings in the center universe known as “Source Beings”. Not only that, but Popeye is especially unique in that he can siphon the power of multiple source beings as opposed to just one. It all gets really meta and Jeep tells this tale in a mind-blowing way.
In the middle of this, a being known as General Stalwart arrives to apprehend Popeye and Jeep to take them back to these “Source Beings”. The battle that ensues is wild and entertaining. When it seems that Popeye may be in danger of losing, Jeep implores the Sea Hag to help via his friends. Intriguing actions are taken and the issue leaves us in one heck of a cliffhanger!
The Art of Eye Pie Popeye
The artwork in this issue, like issue one, takes heavy influence from Manga. Marcus Williams does a monumental job of merging Manga with the classic cartoon comic strip nature of the Popeye franchise. Characters are over-exaggerated is physical nature, and the colors are bright and rich. They almost glow in what is already a bright environment. The lines are clean and powerful contrasts draws the eye to each and every panel. General Stalwart is a new character as best as I can tell and he has a fantastic and intimidating design.
Everything Points to 8/10
Not a bad follow up to the exciting first issue of this series. I’m in love with the Manga/anime style that’s being used to bring Popeye to a new generation. The story continues to ramp up and grow to a universal size in scope. No bar fights or sea stories for Popeye in this one. He’s fighting what is essentially Gods now! The pacing in this one suffers a touch in Jeeps very dense explanation of the Source Beings, but other than that it was a fun read!
