Jefferson Machamer

Thomas Jefferson Machamer (1900 – 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.

Career as an illustrator After graduating from the University of Nebraska Machamer 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. 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 pate—apparently a self portrait."

In 1946, Machamer published a how-to book for aspiring cartoonists, Laugh and Draw with Jefferson Machamer. From 1934 until his death he was married to the actress Pauline Moore, with whom he had three children.

Jefferson Machamer died in Santa Monica, California on August 15, 1960.

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