“The Family Circus” Creator Bil Keane Has Passed
He was 89. Keane had been drawing the Family Circus for over half a century. Over the course of the comic’s life, it appeared in over 1,500 newspapers across the country.
Jeff Keane, Keane’s son who lives in Laguna Hills, Calif., said that his father died of congestive heart failure with one of his other sons by his side after his conditioned worsened during the last month. All of Keane’s five children, nine grandchildren and great-granddaughter were able to visit him last week, Jeff Keane said.
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Smokin' Joey a year agoThere was an enigmatic nature to his pablumic comics. They were perpetually stuck in the year 1962.
Therefore, I sense a broad conspiracy that lacked any true humor. Who paid Keane to do this insipid symbolism for over 50 years?
Why 1962?
Who were these messages intend for —- Were they codecs for Soviet sleeper spies; or cryptic messages intended for some CIA Black Operations … ??? -
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Nikki Jean a year agoTo everyone complaining about the lack of humor in The Family Circus: Comic strips don’t always have to be wildly hilarious to be successfully executed. Most newspaper comic strips are actually supposed to be commentaries that observe the poignant nature of commonly-shared human experiences. Whatever humor inserted into this particular genre of comics is often topical and is there to entertain youngsters who don’t always “get” the deeper meaning. In my humble opinion, Keane’s “The Family Circus” was an charming example of this genre by defining “those serendipitous moments” that make family life so celebrated and cherished by most people. Personally, I have been a fan of Keane’s comic strip ever since I first started reading Sunday comics as a child (Good times). You will be greatly missed, Bill Keane!
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Austin Found a year agoI won’t speak ill of the recently deceased, but as for his comic strip, what a horrible waste-of-time piece of god-awful unfunny shit that was.
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FantasticDan a year agoYou made wildly unfunny comics. But that is water under the bridge, my friend. Goodnight, sweet prince.
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