His real name is Howard Halliday. But he takes no offense at being addressed as Howard Haggerd, Howard Hammertoe, Howard Habana or any other "H.H." combination.
It's part of his job. Halliday is the editor of the Midnight Examiner, one of those lurid tabloids found at supermarket checkout counters in annoying abundance. It features shrieking headlines such as:"Crazed Husband Eats Wife's Gerbils. They Were Tasty He Says and I'd Do It Again"
"Man Marries Orangutan in Quiet Ceremony. I Love Her Says Groom Even Though She's Hairy"
Since his firm, Chameleon Publications, also puts out a variety of other equally zany publications, Halliday often is called on to do articles for them, thus his need for a variety of noms de plume. A job such as his obviously requires a man out of the ordinary, and Halliday is the man for the job - as are his equally quirky staff members.
After doing a remarkably good, and funny, job of skewering papers in the Examiner's mold, William Kotzwinkle moves on to more hilarious matters. Such as feuding with the Mafia.
How did this come about? Well, there's this gorgeous girl who tires of acting in X-rated movies - made by the Mafia, of course - and seeks asylum in the Examiner offices. Knowing the bad guys will come after her, Halliday and his staff arm themselves. Their weapons of choice are a blowgun, a boomerang, a fly rod, that sort of thing.
When the two sides clash, the outcome is bound to be hilarious. It is, it certainly is. - Phil Thomas (AP).