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Ellis Chambers

Ellis Chambers is an interesting guy. He signed his work both EC and "Holly Chambers"-

leaving me to suspect at one time that he might be an H.E. Chambers. He did sign some material H.R. Chambers. He drew mostly humor comics from 1945 to 1951.

The only thing we know about him is what we know from a Howard Post interview. One, he was a he. Two, he could draw fast -really fast. Three, he wasn't that ethical. Four, he was a heroin and marijuana user. Five, Post knew him as Holly Chambers.

Everything else is even worse speculation. So let's get worse.

There's a Holly Chambers Apartments in Greenwich Village on Washington Square in NYC.

This 16 floors apartments was built in 1931. Up to 1947, it was easy to jam and play in the park.

There's an Ellis Chambers who was a professional musician in the 1940s.

Connection between those three facts? Not necessarily.

Milton Knight says that Post told him that he was "E. Holly Chambers" and that he dropped out of sight in the mid 1950s.

There is a Holly Ellis Chambers living in Texas in the 1950s-1960s, but he was living in Texas from 193o on. Another one recently in Brooklyn, but born way too late.