Howie Post is best known for his work for Harvey Comics, where he had a hand in developing Hot Stuff the Little Devil and Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost. Here are a couple of articles discussing Howie's work.
http://drawn.ca/2005/03/24/the-howie-post/
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/07/howie-post-cartoony-harvey-artist.html
Seems that Melvin Monkey is a greedy, manipulative little character who is always trying to take advantage of his neighbor Boinard Bear. Check out their first adventure here from the first issue of Li'l Pals.
