Here’s an example I scanned of Thimble Theatre with a Sappo header from October 1, 1939 probably by Charles H. “Doc” Winner, a year after Thimble Theatre creator Elzie Segar’s death.
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Click here to read about E.C. Segar at lambiek.net.
Click here to read more about E.C. Segar at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.
Click here to read more about Popeye at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.
Click here to read more about Elzie Segar at Wikipedia.
View a bunch of Fleischer Popeye cartoons here.