1. William Pierce Hoest was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip The Lockhorns, distributed by King Features Syndicate to 500 newspapers in 23 countries, and Laugh Parade for Parade.
14 Facts About Bill Hoest
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Bill Hoest created other syndicated strips and panels for King Features.
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Bill Hoest 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.
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Bill Hoest entered the comic strip community in 1960 with My Son John, for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate.
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Bill Hoest then became an assistant on Harry Haenigsen's Penny.
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Bill Hoest was one of the cartoonists featured in Think Small, a 1967 promotional book distributed as a giveaway by Volkswagen dealers.
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Bill Hoest then took an alternate route with Bumper Snickers, a cartoon series about cars and drivers for the National Enquirer.
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Bill Hoest was reportedly a diligent cartoonist, putting in ten hours a day at his drawing board.
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Bill Hoest was president of the National Cartoonists Society at the time of his death.
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Bill Hoest, who lived in Lloyd Neck, Long Island, was 62 when he died of lymphoma at New York Medical Center.
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Bill Hoest was survived by his wife, Bunny Hoest; his mother, Dorothea Whittinghill of Lloyd Neck; and nine children and stepchildren.
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Bill Hoest insisted on doing each of his comics meticulously.
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Bill Hoest could draw well, letter attractively and legibly, design in an eye-catching fashion, direct and control the action and expression of his characters, and write material that was genuinely funny.
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Bill Hoest then blended the elements to produce work that stood out on the comics page.