Hammond Edward Fisher (24 September 1900 (some sources indicate 1901) – 27 December 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher. He is best known for his popular long-run on Joe Palooka, which ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips during the 1940s.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Ham Fisher dropped out of school at the age of 16 to work as a brush peddler and truck driver before finding employment as a reporter and ad salesman for the Wilkes-Barre Record and then moving on to a job with the New York Daily News.
Read more about Ham Fisher: Joe Palooka, Feud With Al Capp, Retaliation, Death
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“We had some ham and eggs and took our time saying goodbye to the bright lights.”
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