Thomas Jefferson Machamer (1900 â€" August 15, 1960) was an American
cartoonist and illustrator known especially for his drawings of
glamorous women. He also wrote and acted in a series of short comedy
films in the 1930s.Machamer was born in Nebraska. After he graduated
from the University of Nebraska he became a staff artist for The
Kansas City Star newspaper. In 1922 he moved to New York City and
joined the staff of the humor magazine Judge.From 1928 until 1930 he
wrote and drew a comic strip for King Features Syndicate called
Petting Patty, initially as a daily strip and later also as a Sunday
color feature. In 1932, his comic strip Gags and Gals made its debut
in the New York Mirror. This strip proved a greater popular success,
and ran until 1938. According to Dan Nadel, Gags and Gals displayed
the elements that typified most of Machamer's work: "beautiful
dominant women, broad shouldered and impeccably dressed, accompanied
by hapless, unattractive men, sometimes short and mustachioed, with
just a tuft of hair atop a bald pateâ€"apparently a self portrait."
Machamer's style has been compared to that of Russell Patterson, who
may have influenced him.In 1946, Machamer published a how-to book for
aspiring cartoonists, Laugh and Draw with Jefferson Machamer.
Beginning in the 1940s, he also operated a correspondence course from
his home.
cartoonist and illustrator known especially for his drawings of
glamorous women. He also wrote and acted in a series of short comedy
films in the 1930s.Machamer was born in Nebraska. After he graduated
from the University of Nebraska he became a staff artist for The
Kansas City Star newspaper. In 1922 he moved to New York City and
joined the staff of the humor magazine Judge.From 1928 until 1930 he
wrote and drew a comic strip for King Features Syndicate called
Petting Patty, initially as a daily strip and later also as a Sunday
color feature. In 1932, his comic strip Gags and Gals made its debut
in the New York Mirror. This strip proved a greater popular success,
and ran until 1938. According to Dan Nadel, Gags and Gals displayed
the elements that typified most of Machamer's work: "beautiful
dominant women, broad shouldered and impeccably dressed, accompanied
by hapless, unattractive men, sometimes short and mustachioed, with
just a tuft of hair atop a bald pateâ€"apparently a self portrait."
Machamer's style has been compared to that of Russell Patterson, who
may have influenced him.In 1946, Machamer published a how-to book for
aspiring cartoonists, Laugh and Draw with Jefferson Machamer.
Beginning in the 1940s, he also operated a correspondence course from
his home.
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