''Laugh Parade'' was a group of weekly gag cartoons written by

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 Featur ...

and drawn by

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 ...

. It ran in '' Parade'', a Sunday newspaper magazine supplement. ''Laugh Parade'' displayed three or four single-panel cartoons, one of which was ''

Howard Huge ''Howard Huge'' is a cartoon series written by 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 ...

''. Reiner used an ink wash to give the strip a greyish, monochromatic tone. Hoest and Reiner collaborate on another cartoon series called '' The Lockhorns'', which is distributed by King Features Syndicate. ''The Lockhorns'' was created in 1968 by

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 ...

, who followed with the creation of ''Laugh Parade'' in 1980 and ''Howard Huge'' in 1981. In 1986, the publishers of ''Parade'', Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc., filed for a trademark of ''Laugh Parade'', and they renewed that trademark in 2007.Trademarkia
/ref> The Hoest and Reiner feature had no association with the humor magazine ''Laugh Parade'', published during the 1960s and 1970s by

Magazine Management Magazine Management Co., Inc. was an American publishing company lasting from at least 1947 to the early 1970s, known for men's-adventure magazines, risque men's magazines, humor, romance, puzzle, celebrity/film and other types of magazines, and ...

. That publication featured cartoons by

Don Orehek Don Orehek (August 9, 1928 – December 6, 2022) was an American freelance cartoonist who contributed gag cartoons to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines and books. On more obscure publications, he used several pseudonyms, including Sam de Sad ...

and others.

Awards

Reiner won the National Cartoonists Society's Gag Cartoons Award in 1994.

References

American comic strips Parade (magazine) {{comic-strip-stub