Editing E. C. Segar (section)

==Early work==
Segar moved to [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], where he met [[Richard F. Outcault]], the creator of ''[[The Yellow Kid]]'' and ''[[Buster Brown]]''. Outcault encouraged him and introduced him at the ''[[Chicago Herald-Examiner|Chicago Herald]]''.<ref name="bw" /> On March 12, 1916, the ''Herald'' published Segar's first comic, ''[[Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers]]'', which ran for a little over a year. In 1917, Segar created ''Barry the Boob'', about an incompetent soldier. Segar also originated two other, short-lived comics for the ''Herald's'' Sunday magazine. These were ''The Mistakes of Mr. Muddle'' and the Rube Goldberg-inspired ''And They Get By With It''.<ref name="pct" /> In 1918, he moved on to [[William Randolph Hearst]]'s ''Chicago Evening American'', for which he created ''Looping the Loop'' and worked as a second-string drama critic.<ref name="jo" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Cartoonist Segar, Popeye Creator (Obituary)|work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 14, 1938|page=23|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/10/14/archives/cartoonist-segar-popeye-creator-artist-succumbs-at-his-home-in.html|id={{ProQuest| }}|url-access=subscription |access-date=October 6, 2015}}</ref> ''Looping the Loop'' was a comic strip that gave a whimsical take on the events in Chicago's "[[Chicago Loop|Loop]]" district. "Looping the Loop" made jokes about such issues as silent movies, plays, and the changing seasons; it proved popular with the ''Herald's'' readers.<ref name="jo" /> Segar married Myrtle Johnson that year; they had two children. In October 1919, Segar covered [[1919 World Series|that year's World Series]], creating eight cartoons for the sports pages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbletheatre/spotlightearlysegar.html |title=The Early Works of E.C. Segar |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131634/http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbletheatre/spotlightearlysegar.html |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbletheatre/comicstrip.html |title=The Thimble Theatre Comic Strip starring Popeye |access-date=June 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108152146/http://home.earthlink.net/~thimbletheatre/comicstrip.html |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>