Hungry Horace

[123everton]

Who was the original Hungry Horace?

[Narolines]

I remember a character of that name in either The Beano or The Dandy (can't remember which at this distance!) in the 50s, but whether he was the original or not I couldn't say.

[Fibonacci]

A greedy character who always loved to eat, first appeared in The Dandy, 1930s. Reappeared in Sparky 1970s, Topper 1980s. The Sparky version had a lot more hair than the Dandy version.

[Whickerman]

Also a video game series:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Goes_Skiin g

but I think this is what you're looking for:
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/TimQuinn/ HungryHoraceStrip.htm

[Narolines]

As I remember Horace from the 50s, he was much chubbier than that Johnny-come-lately from the 70s and had fair - or at least paper-coloured! - curly hair. I'm not surprised that he originated in the 30s; a lot of the characters in comics in the 50s were of pre-war origin. I suspect that Keyhole Kate was of similar vintage.......

[VS Prasad]

Slangs were created in the names of classic writers.
Hungry Homer means a fat guy who eats some thing during sexual intercourse.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term =Hungry+Homer

Hungry Horace may have originated from a quote by Horace:

"Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things".

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/ho race.html

Prior to the development of the Hungry Horace games on
home computers, some restaurents used it as the name.

http://www.tyneside.com/info/23467/

http://www.angusahead.com/AngusListings/Eating DrinkingEntertainment/HungryHorace2251_O.asp

There were also some schools by that name.