Visiting Popey's hometown

I was driving back to St. Louis to catch a flight and saw this sign.

I stopped to visit Popey the Sailorman.

The original comic strip he appeared in was called "Thimle Theatre,"

named for a community theatre where E.C. Segar worked.

There are murals about town.

And statues of the characters.

A quaint town full of fun history,

so happy I stumbled upon it.