Hammond Edward Fisher (September 24, 1900 (some sources indicate 1901) - December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher.

According to the recollection of Fisher's friend Morris Weiss, "What Ham Fisher did was to take a lot of L'il Abner strips that were suggestive.

To date, Ham Fisher is the only man ever convicted of "conduct unbecoming a cartoonist".

"Clash of the Cartoonists: Ham Fisher vs. Al Capp"

Ham Fisher's Joe Palooka was at first rejected by McNitt, but Fisher was hired as a salesman for the syndicate, offering McNaught's features to newspapers.

There he met Ham Fisher, who hired him to ghost on Joe Palooka.

Olson also hosted the Saturday morning children's show Kids and Company on DuMont from September 1951 to June 1952, with co-host Ham Fisher.

The Joe Palooka comic was developed in 1921 by Ham Fisher and was a comic strip about an American heavy weight boxer.

Palooka is a 1934 comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff starring Jimmy Durante and based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher.

Ham Fisher - cartoonist.