DISCLAIMER: “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” uses the public domain comic strips "THIMBLE THEATRE" (1919-1929) and “THIMBLE THEATRE STARRING POPEYE” (1929), as well as later lapsed strips (i.e., 1931) in the public domain as basis and inspiration, as well as all public domain "POPEYE THE SAILOR" cartoon shorts from Fleischer Studios, Paramount Studios, and/or Famous Studios , including but not limited to “Lets Sing with Popeye: I’m Popeye the Sailor Man” (1934), "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" (1936), "Little Swee'Pea" (1936), "Me Musical Nephews" (1942), and "Spree Lunch" (1957). This is a derivative work of a public domain work and is a parody that also uses satire.

“SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is in no way associated with King Features Syndicate, Inc., nor are any claims made against their trademarks. Popeye was created by E.C. Segar.

This comic strip is written out of love, courtesy and respect of the original source material and creators inspired by these public domain vintage comic strips and cartoons. This is an all-ages friendly comic strip and includes mild cartoon-like violence associated with the characters' history.

About Me

Ryan Scott McCullar is a Professional Graphic Designer, Writer, and Visual Artist currently working for the Illinois State Board of Education as a Principal Consultant (Graphic Designer) in the Software Solutions Department. Outside of his day job, Scott is also the creator-owner of THRILL SEEKER COMICS™ ANTHOLOGY Pulp Action & Adventure Series featuring The Yellow Jacket: Man of Mystery™ that he writes and illustrates under his independent publishing banner named Bandito Entertainment™. Visit www.thrillseekercomics.com for more information.

Scott also just began writing and illustrating the comic strip series SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™  in 2025 that features the public-domain character POPEYE. Visit www.seashantyfunnies.com for more information.

Previously, he has worked for various publishers that included DC Comics, Campfire, IDW, Shooting Star Comics, and West End Games. Some of Scott's creations and work on the GREEN ARROW comic book series for DC Comics ended up being used on the CW television series ARROW such as the character of Oliver Queen's mother — Moira Queen.

For nearly two decades, he worked in Higher Education as an Adjunct Faculty Professor in the Fine Arts and Communication Arts curriculum programs and served as a Marketing Communications Manager and Creative Designer at Benedictine University at Springfield (formerly Springfield College in Illinois). 

McCullar earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in Drawing and Printmaking from Illinois State University in 1993 and also earned his Master of Science (M.S.) in Management and Organizational Behavior from Benedictine University in 2012 with a concentration in Organization Development as it relates to Marketing, Communications, and Visual Branding.

His interests are multi-faceted that include playing bass guitar, drawing, reading, watching films, collecting comic books and vintage action figures (i.e. especially the original G.I. Joe, Star Wars, and Mego action figures), philately (stamp collecting), and collecting and listening to vinyl records.

Scott is a diehard fan of The Beatles, The Police (and Sting), Eric Clapton, B.B. King, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Louis Jordan, and other classic rock and blues music. He also loves books and movies associated with some of his favorite fictional properties that include Star Wars, Star Trek, DC Comics, Marvel, and Ian Fleming's James Bond.

McCullar is a black belt karate practitioner primarily studying Yoshukai hard style karate and assists in teaching self-defense classes. He briefly studied Shotokan abroad in Chichibu, Japan in 2014. Previously in his youth, he was a student of Shudo-Kan and Shito-Ryu styles of karate. He also studies other Japanese and/or Okinawan martial art forms that include Iaido, Kobudo, and Jiu-jitsu.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, he has previously lived in California, Tennessee, Georgia, and briefly stayed for several months in Japan in 2014 after going through a difficult divorce with his first wife of twenty years with whom he raised two wonderful children together with her – but for the most part – he has lived in the prairie lands of Central Illinois in his formative school days (1979-1993) and returned in 1997 to the area where he currently lives in the capitol of Springfield. 


Scott met a Texas gal named Jennifer in the summer of 2018 and became quite smitten by her. The two married in a chapel located at the home of Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee a year later in 2019. The couple enjoys spending quality time together and visiting with Scott's young adult children, Rachel and Mitch, whom they love playing card and tabletop board games together and watching movies. Scott and Jennifer also enjoy watching together both Texas Rangers baseball games and Dallas Cowboy football games during their respective seasons. They currently reside in Springfield, Illinois with their puppies named C.C. and Lulu. They live in a prairie-style designed home named The Lyndonhouse that was built in 1948 in the Jerome neighborhood that the couple are slowly re-modelling. Together, they are the co-creators and co-writers of the MS. TITTENHURST: FINDER OF LOST THINGS dame detective stories featured in each issue of THRILL SEEKER COMICS ANTHOLOGY that Scott also illustrates.
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