TLS on Jefferson Machamer's personal letterhead, dated June 3, 1937. The letter is regarding an autograph request and signed at the conclusion by Jefferson Machamer in black fountain pen ink. Folding creases and tape marks on the lower portion, otherwise, in very good condition. (1900-1960) Thomas Jefferson Machamer 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.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 pate—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.Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.