Jack B. Hamm was an American artist from Wichita, Kansas who is recognized both for his Christian-themed artwork and editorial cartoons, and for his books on drawing technique. He both studied and taught at the Frederic Mizen Academy of Art. As a cartoonist and comic strip letterer, he worked on the "Bugs Bunny

Bugs Bunny

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", "Alley Oop

Alley Oop

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", and "Boots and Her Buddies

Boots and Her Buddies

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" comic strips before attending Baylor University

Baylor University

Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...

 to study theology. He taught at Baylor both before and after he graduated in 1948.

Jack Hamm started drawing at 5 years old. Hamm went to Frederick Mizen Academy of Art circa 1936-1941. After finding success in cartoons, he was offered his own creation to which he turned down in order to study ministry at Baylor University from 1945 to 1948. Jack Hamm pursued an evangelical style of cartooning that may have been inspired by Dr. Earl James Pace, a pioneer of evangelical cartoons, who came under physical duress in 1940.

Hamm hosted an early TV drawing program, The Jack Hamm Show, in Texas and conceived of what became The New Testament from 26 Translations, published by Zondervan

Zondervan

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. His work drew praise from such diverse folks as "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

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, Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale

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, and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover

J. Edgar Hoover

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. By the end of his life, the artwork of Jack Hamm was in over 25 books.

Teaching books

• "Drawing the Head and Figure", Perigree Trade, first copyright 1962 ISBN 0399507914
• "Cartooning the Head and Figure", Perigree Trade, first copyright 1967 ISBN 0399508031
• "Drawing Toward God", Introduction by Charles M. Schulz
  Charles M. Schulz
  Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
  
  , Droke House, c1968 Library of Congress Catalog: 68-16896
• "How to Draw Animals", Perigree Trade, first copyright 1969 ISBN 0399508023
• "Drawing Scenery: Landscapes and Seascapes", Penguin Group, Perigree Series, first copyright 1972 ISBN 0399508066
• "First Lessons in Drawing and Painting", Perigree Trade, ISBN 0399514783, originally named Still Life Drawing and Painting, Penguin Group(USA), c1976 ISBN 0399508015

Illustrations

• Pornography: The Sexual Mirage by John W. Drakeford, c1973, ISBN 084075051X
• Did Genesis Man Conquer Space, by Emil Gaverluk, c1974, ISBN 0840755538
• I, Golgotha by James R. Adams, c1987, ISBN 0961806001
• Robed in Light by Alexandria Uriel, c1990, ISBN 0962413003

External links

• "Jack Hamm art collection", Baylor University
• Frederick Mizen