'Joe Palooka Comics' 'Builder Waxman' original pencil sketch drawing by Ham Fisher (9x11.5). Original 1941 RARE hand signed and dated drawing by ham Fisher. This is one of the main characters from the popular weekly comics from the 1940s Joe Palooka! Builder Waxman Measures 9”x 11 1/2”. Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930[1] and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984. The strip was adapted to a 15-minute CBS radio series, 12 feature-length films (chiefly from Monogram Pictures), nine Vitaphone film shorts, a 1954 syndicated television series (The Joe Palooka Story), comic books and merchandise, including a 1940s board game, a 1947 New Haven Clock & Watch Company wristwatch, a 1948 metal lunchbox featuring depictions of Joe, Humphrey and Little Max, and a 1946 Wheaties cereal box cut-out mask. In 1980, a mountain in Pennsylvania was named for the character.
