Ham Fisher
Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher (born September 24, 1900 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , † December 27, 1955 ) was an American comic artist and cartoonist. He became known through the humorous comic strip Joe Palooka .
Fisher began his drawing career as a sports cartoonist for the newspapers of his birthplace and drew the first episodes of the humorous boxer series Joe Palooka in 1920 . Starting his own newspaper was not a long-term success, so he moved to New York in 1927 , where he worked in the advertising department of the New York Daily News . He managed to sell Joe Palooka to several newspapers within a few weeks . Fisher, who mainly wrote the stories about Joe Palooka , employed various ghost draftsmen who drew on his behalf and under his name, including Al Capp . Capp later accused Fisher of exploiting other cartoonists and had a vicious cartoonist reminiscent of Fisher appear in his Li'l Abner strips. The National Cartoonists Society Fisher was responsible for the appearance of fake Li'l Abner strips , so that his membership there was terminated.
Fisher committed suicide on December 27, 1955.
literature
- Marcel Feige: The little comic dictionary. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89602-544-9 , pp. 280-281.
- Franco Fossati: The large illustrated Ehapa comic lexicon. Ehapa, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-7704-0865-9 , p. 100
- Andreas C. Knigge: Comic Lexicon. Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 197.
Web links
- Ham Fisher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ham Fisher at lambiek.net (English)
Remarks
- ↑ other sources give the year of birth 1901
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fisher, Ham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fisher, Hammond Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist and cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 1955 |