Gay Popeye’s Gay Ships Jam

Popeye the Sailor enters the public domain in 2025, so it’s time to make him gay with roleplaying games. Will you explore the seductive rivalry between Popeye and Ham Gravy? Will The Sea Hag finally ask Olive Oyl out on a date? Have Popeye and Olive Oyl been t4t all along? What *will* [redacted] give us Tuesday for a hamburger today?

Requirements:

1. Make an original game, hack, or supplement. TTRPGs, journaling games, larps, video games, whatever form you want.
2. It must be LGBTQ+ in some way AND have something to do with Popeye. (It doesn’t have to have ships.)
3. Start working on it whenever you want, this isn’t a contest.
4. Include a pdf file (unless it’s a video game).
5. Credit all contributors.
6. Clearly mark any adult content as such.
7. NO transphobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, or other hateful material.
8. NOTHING created by Generative AI.

Your Hosts:

Lucian Kahn (@meowzers on bluesky)

Banana Chan (@bananachangames on bluesky)

Jeeyon Shim (@jeeyon on bluesky)

Jonaya Kemper (@violetriotgames on bluesky)

FAQ:

Q: Which Popeye characters are public domain in 2025?

A: Popeye, Olive Oyl, The Sea Hag, Ham Gravy, Castor Oyl, Bernice, and the Whiffle Hen are all public domain as of 2025. (Sources.) You may need to create knock-off versions of Bluto or Wimpy if you don’t want to break the law…

Q: Is it true that we can only use details about the characters that were introduced in 1929 or earlier, to be compliant with public domain use? Didn't Popeye start eating spinach after 1929?

A: We think this is true, but we're not experts on copyright (or, for that matter, on Popeye). If you're worried about it, we recommend making something weird enough that it's obviously parody. (See Blart above.)

Anchors away!!!