Sunday, August 19, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "That Night Might Be Day"

"That Night Might Be Day" By Jack Hamm, distributed to newspapers for April 05, 1952.
The scripture used for this panel is taken from John 5:24, the words of Christ: 

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life". (KJV)

Saturday, August 4, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "Still The Good News Of The Ages"

Jack Hamm, The Living Scriptures - "Still the Good News of the Ages". Sunday, June 29, 1958
The scripture for this comic panel is taken from I John 4:10 (KJV): 

"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."

Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "Hope the Communist Can't Offer"

By Jack Hamm - "Hope the Communist Can't Offer", from the Sunday Journal and Star (Lincoln, Nebraska).                 Sunday, July 19, 1953.

This comic panel was published close to the end of the Korean War, but it should still offer encouragement to missionaries serving abroad. The scripture used is from Romans 5: 3- 5.

 "3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." (King James Version).

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "Prayer For A Troubled Time"

"Prayer For A Troubled Time" by Jack Hamm. From the Austin American (Austin, Texas) Sunday, June 17, 1951. 

"Therfore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" - Mark 11:24

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoons: "Heritage From Our Forefathers"

"Heritage From Our Forefathers by Jack Hamm, from the Austin American-Statesman, Saturday June 30, 1951.
 Happy July 4th and Independence Day for my American readers. Here are more Jack Hamm comic panels that were published close to this special day. The second panel is especially true to remember on special dates and holidays.

"Appreciation Knows No Season" By Jack Hamm, from the Austin American-Statesman, Saturday, July 4, 1953. 

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "Empty Shelves and Empty Pews"

"Empty Shelves and Empty Pews" by Jack Hamm. This cartoon appeared in the Sunday Journal and Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), Sunday, July 12, 1953
 
This 1953 comic panel by Jack Hamm illustrates the great truth of John 6:35, that Jesus is the Bread of Life, but many will seek to fill their hunger elsewhere. Hamm was a master of drawing techniques to create the illusion of mass crowds of people. This panel is a great example of that skill that he also shared in his popular drawing books.

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Classic Jack Hamm Cartoon: "Two Men In Prayer"



This cartoon by Jack Hamm appeared in the Saturday, August 11, 1951 issue of the Austin American (Austin, Texas). Luke 18: 9-14.