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.

[1][2] 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: According to Bunny Hoest, the character was based on a real pet acquired when the family was looking for a Labrador Retriever as a companion to an aging black Lab.

This good-natured, placid puppy was a Saint Bernard who eventually became an enormous, loyal and lovable member of the family for the next 13 years.