Howard Post
(b. 1926, USA)
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Howard Post has been active in the comics field since the 1940s. He did features like 'Stone Age Stan' in titles like Slapstick, and did cartoon and funny animal features for National/DC and Feature Comics. From the early 1950s he was a regular at Harvey. He drew 'Spooky, the Tuff Little Ghost, and from 1957, he was the main artist on Harvey's 'Hot Stuff', about a little devil in a surreal environment.
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He also did DC's 'Anthro' as well as several other funny animal and western strips, such as 'Jiminy & the Magic Book'. For several years, he drew the syndicated strip 'The Dropouts' (1968-82). For Marvel, Post illustrated horror and funny animal stories (a.o. 'Nellie the Nurse') in the 1950s. He returned to the company in the 1980s with art on licensed titles like 'Care Bears', 'Heathcliff' and 'Danger Mouse'.
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interview with Howard Post
The Dropouts on comicstripfan.com |
