Howard Post
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Awards | Inkpot Award (2003)[1] |
Howard "Howie" Post (November 2, 1926
Post is known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip The Dropouts which had a 13-year run and for creating DC Comics' Anthro.
Early life and career
Born in New York City, Post grew up in the
In a 1999 interview, he recalled his start in drawing and his father's influence:I may have started rather early; just to entertain myself drawing these things. I could have been four or five. I used to draw on a piece of paper while lying on the floor, and my father would come home from work and he'd squat down next to me and say, "The lion's jaw is broader than that, y'know?"... After his passage I found a book of his full of dress designs he had made himself. He was in the fashion business, mostly in furs; he was a cutter. What he had drawn were his own designs for coats and dresses, and they were just exquisite. He never ever let on that he could draw like that; we never knew he had that in him. He was busy making a living, as hard and fast as he could. We're talking about bringing up a family in Depression days.[6]
As a teenager, Post attended the Hastings School of Animation, in New York City. When he was age 16 or 17, his father was stricken with tuberculosis and hospitalized, making Post the primary breadwinner for a family of four. At Paramount Pictures' animation studio, Famous Studios he earned $24 a week as an in-betweener.[6]
Comic books
To supplement what even then was considered a meager income, Post broke into
Harvey Comics and later career at Famous Studios
By 1961, Post was drawing adventures of such
He later went up to director and writer position at Famous Studios, and created and designed a character named Honey Halfwitch (voiced by
Anthro
In the late 1960s, as Howie Post, he created, wrote and drew the prehistoric-teen comic book Anthro for DC Comics, which ran six issues (Aug. 1968 - Aug. 1969) after debuting in Showcase, with the last issue in the series inked by Wally Wood and Ralph Reese.[7]
The Dropouts
The Dropouts was a comic strip created by Post and was syndicated by
Later life and career
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Post drew for the Star imprint of Marvel Comics, on titles such as Heathcliff[14] and Care Bears.[15] He was also an editor on Looney Tunes Magazine and Tiny Toons Magazine for DC Comics.[16]
In later years, Post taught art and illustration privately and at New York's School of Visual Arts.[4]
A long-time resident of Leonia, New Jersey, he was survived by his companion of 24 years, Pamela Rutt, and two daughters, Andee Post and Glynnis Doda. His wife Bobbee predeceased him in 1980.[4]
References
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ Comics Buyer's Guide #1636 (December 2007); Page 135
- ^ "'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83". Associated Press. May 24, 2010. Alternate source: "'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83", Associated Press via The Washington Post, May 24, 2010
- ^ The Record. Archivedfrom the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- The Comics Reporter. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Howard Post interview, "Country Boy from the City", Comic Book Artist #5 (Summer 1999)
- ^ a b c Howie Post at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ "Jimminy and the Magic Book" at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016.
- ^ Howard Post at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Beck, Jerry (2015-11-16). "Paramount Cartoons 1965-1966". Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ Beck, Jerry (2015-11-23). "Paramount Cartoons 1966-1967". Retrieved 2021-12-24.
- ^ Brother bat - BCDB[dead link]
- ^ The Dropouts at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012.
- ^ Heathcliff's Funhouse #1 "Karate Kitty" at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Care Bears #4 "The Scare Bear" at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine #6 at the Grand Comics Database.
External links
- Howard Post at IMDb
- Howard Post at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Post Scripts by Mark Evanier
- Howard Post discography at Discogs