From Elzie Segar (The Cartoonist of Popeye), to his Then-Girlfriend(Future Wife) Myrtle Johnson“GEE!! I WISH MYRT WAS HERE CHESTER, ILL. OCT. 8-16 DEAREST MYRTLE:- I SURE AM THINKING OF YOU, AND I’M DOGGONE LONESOME. THINK I’LL JUMP OFF THE CLIFF AND END IT ALL. “LOVE SICK EH?” ALL I GOTTA DO DOWN HERE IS SHAKE HANDS AND TELL ‘EM HOW I MAKE A COMIC. HOPE YOU’RE WELL. ALSO HOPE YOU’RE THINKING OF ME. GOO BI LOTSALOVE YOUR “LIL”
, to his Then-Girlfriend(Future Wife) Myrtle Johnson“GEE!! I WISH MYRT WAS HERE CHESTER, ILL. OCT. 8-16 DEAREST MYRTLE:- I SURE AM THINKING OF YOU, AND I’M DOGGONE LONESOME. THINK I’LL JUMP OFF THE CLIFF AND END IT ALL. “LOVE SICK EH?” ALL I GOTTA DO DOWN HERE IS SHAKE HANDS AND TELL ‘EM HOW I MAKE A COMIC. HOPE YOU’RE WELL. ALSO HOPE YOU’RE THINKING OF ME. GOO BI LOTSALOVE YOUR “LIL” %0A%0A I shared this from: http://m.wishafriend.com/love/historic-love-letters.php)
