
After finding success in cartoons, he was offered his own creation to which he turned down in order to study ministry at Baylor University from 1945 to 1948.

Hamm went to Frederick Mizen Academy of Art c. Jack Hamm started drawing at 5 years old. He taught at Baylor both before and after he graduated in 1948. As a cartoonist and comic strip letterer, he worked on the "Bugs Bunny", "Alley Oop", and "Boots and Her Buddies" comic strips before attending Baylor University to study theology. He both studied and taught at the Frederic Mizen Academy of Art.

Hamm was an artist who is recognized both for his Christian-themed artwork and editorial cartoons, and for his books on drawing technique.
