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Howard Huge
''Howard Huge'' is a cartoon series written by Bunny Hoest and illustrated by John Reiner. Created by Bill Hoest, the series had 80 million readers, since it ran in the Sunday supplement magazine, ''Parade'' from 1980 to 2007, continuing on a website. Characters and story The single-panel cartoons feature Howard Huge, an enormous but lovable dog, his family and neighborhood kids. Karen L. Miller, writing in the ''Reading Eagle'' (October 9, 1983), described the dog: :Howard is a pleasant, likable Saint Bernard, who by his very size, gets in the way of the family he lives with, and sometimes, Howard even gets in his own way. He envelops the sofa just by sitting on it. He bathes guests when he only means to show his affection. He befriends animals and almost kills them. Yes. Howard is a friend to man and beast alike; the only thing is nobody knows it... Howard's humorous experiences show us family life at its funniest. According to Bunny Hoest, the character was based on a real pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bunny Hoest
Bunny Hoest (born 1932), sometimes labeled The Cartoon Lady, is the writer of several comic strips, including '' The Lockhorns'', '' Laugh Parade'', and '' Howard Huge'', the first of which she inherited from her late husband Bill Hoest.King Features: Bunny Hoest She is the co-creator of ''Bumper Snickers'' in 1974, ''Agatha Crumm'' in 1977, ''Laugh Parade'' in 1980, ''Howard Huge'' in 1981, ''What A Guy!'' in 1986, and ''Hunny Bunny's Short Tales'' in 1992. Biography Early life and education Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, as Madeline Mezz, she was the only child of a doctor and an opera singer. She received the nickname "Bunny" as a child, as she recalled, "My mother and father called me Bunny from day one. They said I was little and cute and had dark eyes like a little bunny." Her father, Dr. David Mezz, was a surgeon who invented the nose clip used by swimmers and divers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reiner
John Reiner (born 1956) is a cartoonist who collaborates with writer Bunny Hoest on three cartoon series: ''The Lockhorns'', syndicated by King Features, and ''Laugh Parade'' and ''Howard Huge'' (both for ''Parade'' magazine). Life and career Born in New York City, Reiner was raised on Long Island, where he graduated from Smithtown High School in 1974. He attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he was a contributing artist to ''Statesman'', the student newspaper. He was a psychology major, graduating in 1978. '' Mad'' cartoonist Mort Drucker, in 1974, encouraged him to consider cartooning as a career, and the following year, he began work on Joe Simon's humor magazines. Along with pages for Marvel Comics, Reiner did freelance advertising art, humorous illustrations and political caricatures. In 1984, he was an assistant on the comic strip ''Benchley'', which Jerry Dumas and Drucker created to satirize the Washington political scene. The Hoest studio Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hoest
William Pierce Hoest (February 7, 1926 – November 7, 1988) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the gag panel series, ''The Lockhorns'', distributed by King Features Syndicate to 500 newspapers in 23 countries, and ''Laugh Parade'' for ''Parade''. He also created other syndicated strips and panels for King Features. Biography Born in Newark, New Jersey, Hoest spent two years in the Navy and studied art at Cooper Union. He started his art career in 1948 as a greeting card designer with Norcross Greeting Cards, continuing in that field until 1951 when he left to become a freelancer. His cartoons soon began appearing in ''Collier's'', ''Playboy'', ''The Saturday Evening Post'' and other magazines. Comic strips Hoest entered the comic strip community in 1960 with ''My Son John'', for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. It last two years, ending in 1962. He then became an assistant on Harry Haenigsen's ''Penny''. After an injury from a 1965 traffic acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parade (magazine)
''Parade'' was an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 700 newspapers in the United States until 2022. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., ''Parade'' had a circulation of 32 million and a readership of 54.1 million. Anne Krueger has been the magazine's editor since 2015. The Nov. 13, 2022 issue was the final edition printed and inserted in newspapers nationwide. According to its final edition, ''Parade'' will continue as an e-magazine on newspaper websites. Company history The magazine was founded by Marshall Field III in 1941, with the first issue published May 31 as ''Parade: The Weekly Picture Newspaper'' for 5 cents per copy. It sold 125,000 copies that year. By 1946, ''Parade'' had achieved a circulation of 3.5 million. John Hay Whitney, publisher of the ''New York Herald Tribune'', bought ''Parade'' in 1958. Booth Newspapers purchased it in 1973. Booth was purchased by Advance Publications in 1976, and ''Parade'' became a separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's original logo was a pair of mirrored letter Bs back to back, while its current logo is two Bs stacked to form an elaborate gate. The firm's early editors were Stanley Kauffmann and Bernard Shir-Cliff. History Following Fawcett Publications' controversial 1950 introduction of Gold Medal paperback originals rather than reprints, Lion Books, Avon and Ace also decided to publish originals. In 1952, Ian Ballantine, a founder of Bantam Books, announced that he would "offer trade publishers a plan for simultaneous publishing of original titles in two editions, a hardcover 'regular' edition for bookstore sale, and a paper-cover, 'newsstand' size, low-priced edition for mass market sale." When the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |