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Ham Fisher. Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher (September 24, 1900 [some sources indicate 1901] – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist. He is best known for his long, popular run on Joe Palooka, which was launched in 1930 and ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips for several years.
Feb 28, 2013 · “For instance, there are four or five varying accounts, at the very least, of his meeting with fellow cartoonist and lifelong enemy, Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka. Our policy was pretty ...
Ham Fisher was a cartoonist who created the comic strip 'Joe Palooka' in 1928. He had a long feud with Al Capp, and died by suicide in 1955.
Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 [ 1] and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984. The strip was adapted to a 15-minute CBS radio series, 12 feature-length films (chiefly from Monogram Pictures ), nine ...
Sep 24, 2015 · Learn about the rise and fall of Ham Fisher, the creator of "Joe Palooka" comic strip, in this biographical comic by Kevin Dougherty. The comic was published on Fisher's 115th birthday in 2015.
Oct 7, 2021 · Thursday 7 October 2021. Joe Palooka - Daily Strips 1930 - 1952 - Ham Fisher. Joe Palooka was an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher in 1921. The strip debuted in 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. The strip was adapted to a short-lived 15-minute CBS radio series, 12 ...
Ham Fisher. Writer: The Joe Palooka Story. Ham Fisher was born on 24 September 1900 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Joe Palooka Story (1954), Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949) and Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950).
