Editing E. C. Segar (section)

==Early life==
Segar was born on December 8, 1894, and raised in [[Chester, Illinois]], a small town near the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name="bw" />{{sfn|Grandinetti|2004|p=2}}<ref name="jo">O'Sullivan, Judith. ''The Great American Comic Strip''.Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1990. {{ISBN|9780821217566}} (pp. 186–187)</ref> The son of Jewish parents Erma Irene (Crisler) and Amzi Andrews Segar, a [[handyman]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWqjaXc_4QUC&dq=Erma+Irene+(Crisler)+and+Amzi+Andrews+Segar&pg=PA53|title = Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945–1980|isbn = 9780786481507|last1 = Reynolds|first1 = Moira Davison|date = October 2, 2015| publisher=McFarland }}</ref> his earliest work experiences included assisting his father in [[house painting]] and [[Wallpaper|paper hanging]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forward.com/culture/art/425066/the-secret-jewish-history-of-popeye-the-sailor-man/?amp=1 | title=The Secret Jewish History of Popeye the Sailor Man | date=May 31, 2019 }}</ref> Skilled at playing drums, he also provided musical accompaniment to films and [[vaudeville]] acts in the local theater, where he was eventually given the job of film [[projectionist]]<ref name="GoogleDoodle" /> at the Chester Opera House, where he also did live performances.{{sfn|Grandinetti|2004|p=2}} At age 18, he decided to become a [[cartoonist]]. He took a [[correspondence course]] in cartooning from W. L. Evans of [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]].<ref name="GoogleDoodle">{{cite news|first=Adam|last=Gabbatt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/dec/08/ec-segar-popeye-google-doodle |title=E.C. Segar, Popeye's creator, celebrated with a Google doodle |publisher=Guardian |date= December 8, 2009|access-date=May 12, 2011 |location=London}}</ref> He said that after work he "lit up the [[oil lamp]]s about midnight and worked on the course until 3 a.m." During this time, Segar also began studying the work of cartoonists that he would later cite as influences on his work, including [[Rube Goldberg]], [[George McManus]] and [[George Herriman]] (especially Herriman's strip ''Stumble Inn'').<ref name="bw" /><ref name="pct" /><ref name="jo" /><ref>''"Among the most enthusiastic fans of Herriman's new strip was the cartoonist E. C. Segar...Cartoonist Bud Sagendorf, who assisted Segar and eventually took over ''Popeye'', credited ''Stumble Inn'' as a primary inspiration. "With that, you can see where Segar took his whole style out of," said Sagendorf."'' Tisserand, Michael. ''Krazy : George Herriman, a life in black and white''. New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2018 {{ISBN|9780061733000}} (p. 320).</ref>

Asked how to say his name, he told ''[[The Literary Digest]]'' it was "SEE-gar".<ref name=funk>[[Charles Earle Funk|Funk, Charles Earle]]. ''What's the Name, Please?'', Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.</ref> He commonly signed his work simply '''Segar''' or '''E. Segar''' above a drawing of a cigar.