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In the News (Thu 12 Nov 09)

  
  Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
Bil Keane: When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety.
Bil Keane: Well, it's not Yankee Stadium, it's more like the sandlot field of the Crescentville Arrows, a team in Philadelphia that I used to watch in the '30s when I was a kid.
Bil Keane: My only reason for using the religious or spiritual themes in the "Family Circus," is to show what our family was like when I was growing up and how religion was a part of the family life of Bil and Thel Keane.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/liveonline/02/style/comics030102.htm   (2607 words)

  
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Bil Keane is a master of the obvious, and yet he is able to take delicate subtleties to a new level.
Bil Keane, mentor that he is, means for us to see that revolution can come quietly from the grassroots to one day overwhelm the system and change the world as we know it.
Bil and Thel do their best to cover up the tracks outside the children's windows every morning, but it is only a matter of time until the supernatural cthuloid horrors devour their children's souls.
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Keane was born Oct. 5, 1922, in Philadelphia.
Keane quickly realized that one of the beautiful things about the cartoon business was that it allowed him to live anywhere there is a mailbox.
Keane says he believes that the family is the source of a lot of happiness, a lot of love and a lot of laughs.
www.kingfeatures.com /features/comics/familyc/bioMaina.htm   (1103 words)

  
 Bil Keane's Family Circus - November 2001 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
Bil Keane, the creator of the comic strip The Family Circus, discusses faith, family and the future of one of America's most-loved cartoons.
Bil Keane is the creator of the syndicated panel cartoon The Family Circus, which is carried by more than 1,500 newspapers each day.
Bil and Thel were instrumental in Erma and Bill Bombeck's decision to move to Arizona, and their families grew up spending a lot of time together.
www.americancatholic.org /messenger/nov2001/feature1.asp   (2776 words)

  
 Bil Keane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bil Keane (born October 5, 1922) is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running strip The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues syndication.
He worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin from 1946 to 1959, worked on Channel Chuckles from 1954 to 1977, and started his comic career with Silly Philly.
Keane served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1945, drawing for Yank magazine and creating the "At Ease with the Japanese" feature for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bil_Keane   (151 words)

  
 Bil Keane
Bil Keane started drawing The Family Circle in 1960, but within a few months lawyers from the magazine of the same name objected, and the strip was re-named Family Circus.
Keane and his wife Thel raised five kids, who provided Keane with decades of comedic fodder for the strip.
Keane's real-life son Jeff has drawn the strip for years, inking each day's illustrations based on his father's pencil drawings and gags.
www.nndb.com /people/291/000022225   (441 words)

  
 Bil Keane, Creator of The Family Circus
Bil Keane has found the “funny” in families and has shared the chuckles in the creation of his comic panel, The Family Circus.
Bil would make notes of their funny sayings and actions on recipe cards.
The children’s dotted meandering around the neighbourhood, Billy’s placement as substitute artist “while Bil is away” and the panel’s base of a circle rather than the usual rectangular format all scream “Keane” to his readers.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/cartoonists/93007   (511 words)

  
 Reviews of Bil Keane books posted at amazon.com
Keane is currently mining the mirth lodes of his grandchildren, but this earlier work of his is panned from the rich gold-bearing stream of his own childrens' shennanigans.
Bil and Thel have heeded the commandment to "go forth and multiply," and have produced a generally acceptable brood of Christ-worshipping youngsters (although I am troubled by what appears to be a crucifix in little P.J.'s bedroom, implying a troubling exposure of the lad to Catholicism).
Bil Keane steps back from the story long enough to clarify the differences between the concept of "Sephiros" from Jewish mysticism and the "Abraxas" of the Gnostic cosmology; explaining how they are far more different than they would first appear.
mutantdog.server321.com /mutantdog/dfc.htm   (16134 words)

  
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Keane will also offer remarks at a Friday, March 31, luncheon on campus that will feature the presentation of Bombeck's papers to the University of Dayton, her alma mater.
After 40 years and nearly 15,000 cartoons, Keane continues to draw inspiration from family life, using the escapades of nine grandchildren as material now that his five children are grown.
A native of Philadelphia, Keane is a self-taught cartoonist.
www.udayton.edu /news/nr/030700b.html   (939 words)

  
 CIRCLE OF FAITH: Cartoonist Bil Keane
Bil Keane, 80, created the strip 43 years ago and has drawn it ever since it first appeared in 19 papers.
Keane was born in 1922 in Philadelphia and grew up there.
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Keane said, he has received mail from readers "who are gratified that there is something in the comic pages that devotes some space to the influence of religion and God." It gives people hope that things can be the way they used to be, he added.
www.baptiststandard.com /2003/3_17/pages/family_circle.html   (1071 words)

  
 Amazon.com: What Does This Say? : Family Circus: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Keane, as carrier of these vessels, reminds us of a truth so eloquently immortalized by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Some books leave us free and some books make us free." In 'What Does This Say', it is clear that the tome achieves the latter, with gusto and aplomb.
Once again Bil Keane has published an anthology just as sure to raise the bar for his peers in the comic industry as it is to delight his legions of fans.
Although enourmously complex and even at times displaying a dark sense of humor, Keane nevertheless is able to keep even the youngest of readers amused through his delightful art and the uplifting messages his panels hide.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0449148149?v=glance   (1034 words)

  
 Bil Keane -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bil Keane -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
He worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin from 1946 to 1959, worked on Channel Chuckles from 1954 to 1977, and started his comic career with (Click link for more info and facts about Silly Philly) Silly Philly.
Keane was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bil_keane.htm   (144 words)

  
 Links for Learners: Bil Keane's Family Circus - November 2001 Issue of St. Anthony Messenger Magazine Online
Bil Keane chooses to spotlight family values and faith in his work.
Keane prefers not to focus on the negative and the controversial.
Suggested artists might include: Bil Keane on the family comics scene; Scott Adams on the business side; Herblock or Jeff Stahler on the editorial/political level; Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman for teen humor.
www.americancatholic.org /Messenger/Nov2001/Links_for_Learners.asp   (958 words)

  
 bankrupt artist v.3 » Blog Archive » Amazon reviews on Family Circus books….
Keane has indeed joined arms in our struggle by challenging the overbearing constructs of “author,” “reader” and even the fictive, pernicious notion of “book.” Clearly Mr.
Keane cherishes one-panel comics because they are “a prophetic mode” and the entire Sunday section of comics for its wisdom.
Keane’s stab at serial mystery fiction, his Inspector Siggurdson is a special detective for the Detroit Police Department with a secret: He doesn’t know how to read.
foo.ca /wp/index.php?p=7239   (1418 words)

  
 Bil Keane - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Bil Keane - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Keane served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945, drawing for Yank magazine and creating the "At Ease With the Japanese" feature for Pacific Stars and Stripes.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Bil Keane contains research on
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Bil_Keane   (182 words)

  
 Index to Comic Art Collection: "Keach" to "Kebra"
Keane, Bil, 1922- Call no.: PN6728.F27F62 1976 ----------------------------------------------------- Keane, Bil, 1922- The Family Circus Album / by Bil Keane ; foreword by Charles M. Schulz.
Keane, Bil, 1922- Call no.: PN6728.F27C61987 ----------------------------------------------------- Keane, Bil, 1922- The Family Circus in Arizona : an Arizona Highways coloring book / by Bil Keane.
Keane, Bil, 1922- Call no.: PN6728.F27K393 1984 ----------------------------------------------------- Keane, Bil, 1922- The Family Circus Treasury / by Bil Keane ; foreword by Erma Bombeck.
www.lib.msu.edu /comics/rri/krri/keane.htm   (4562 words)

  
 Bil Keane Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Family Circus Yank magazine External links Silly Philly Int'l Museum of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bil Keane and The Family Circus: Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and PJ for this special gift to Arizona.
Links for Learners: Bil Keane's Family Circus - November 2001 Issue of...
site showing "Family Circus" cartoons where the captions were replaced with funny ones, and Bil Keane's lawyers sued them into the ground (possibly leaving a dotted trail.) As a result, I could not...
en.powerwissen.com /I7iKh98JrzcXpJHx229uRg%3D%3D_Bil_Keane.html   (250 words)

  
 DFC: The Elegy
The consensus was that Bil had nothing to do with it, and the real purpose was probably to eliminate competition for the new FC website.
Keane told one reporter he wouldn't mind the DFC "if it was kept clean and within the parameters of my intentions." Ah yes.
But I don't want Bil Keane drawing the (dotted) line; no matter how wicked a sense of humor he has in private, he's going to draw it a lot closer than I would.
www.zompist.com /dfcdead.html   (2453 words)

  
 theferrett: Why, God - Why? The Real Evil
Billy still filled in periodically as "Billy, Age 7", but you know, I gave Bil Keane the benefit of the doubt.
Bil Keane, that Gestapo-like bastard, had a single son.
His fingers have webs between them, and he tries real hard to think but every morning his dad injects a carefully-concocted bouilliabaise of drugs into his carotid artery that systematically shuts down his higher brain functions so that he has the mentality of a seven-year-old.
www.livejournal.com /users/theferrett/205653.html   (1051 words)

  
 Comic creator: Bil Keane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Self-taught comic artist Bil Keane started his career in the late 1930s, putting out a satirical magazine with a couple of friends: The Saturday Evening Toast.
While serving in the Army in 1942-45, Keane drew for Yank magazine and he created the 'At Ease with the Japanese' feature for Pacific Stars and Stripes.
In 1954, Keane started his humorous 'Channel Chuckles' television cartoon, which ran for 23 years.
www.lambiek.net /keane_bil.htm   (140 words)

  
 Bil Keane's Last Laugh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Sipping it down, he waited for her to finish her folding and for the soft echoes of her ancient pair of sneakers up the stairs, which told him that he was alone in the basement.
Alone in the city and, now that Bil Keane was gone, in the world.
The tribute to Bil Keane was right where he knew it would be, nestled in the bottom-left corner.
www.users.interport.net /z/t/ztorgo/bil_k.htm   (1503 words)

  
 Writing.Com: Kill Bil
Bil: (Eats the cookie.) Hey, all IÕm here for is to find out if this kid is...
Bil sees them and drops his porn and pulls out a wooden staff from nowhere.
Bil 3: Ya know, there was a possibility that every universe would explode when the bad Jet killed the good Jet.
www.writing.com /view/778803   (5370 words)

  
 Cartoonist Keane Resources
Buy a Keane CD at the best price on the internet.
Tells the story behind Family Circle cartoonist Bil Keane and Dilbert cartoonist's Scott Adams' decision to "swap strips" April 1, 1997.
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www.keanecds.co.uk /directory/Cartoonist-Keane.html   (176 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Daddy's Cap Is on Backwards: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
BIL KEANE doesn't have to look any further than his own drawing board for inspiration.
Keane is attempting to poke fun at the fashion of wearing one's ball cap with the bill at the rear.
In the traditional sense, this is, in fact, the "wrong" or "backward" way to wear such a cap.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0449148165?v=glance   (959 words)

  
 This is not your practice blog: Bil Keane is funny
This is not your practice blog: Bil Keane is funny
It's incredible, but it turns out that Bil Keane, creator of the saccharine-sweet Family Circus, is actually sarcastic, biting, and funny.
He received an award at a dinner I attended, and he stunned the jaded and semi-hip Silicon Valley crowd with a PG-rated, relentess series of one-liners.
foodisworse.typepad.com /this/2004/04/bil_keane_is_fu.html   (163 words)

  
 Bil Keane Briefing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This will make him an easy target for our professional sniper.
Bil Keane has been plaguing newspapers with his vision of a world full of mellon-headed children who leave fl dotted lines behind them wherever they go.
He even goes as far as to force his Christian views on the public by depicting a dead grandfather watching over his grandchildren.
www.newgrounds.com /assassin/bil/bil.html   (196 words)

  
 Bil Keane Creator of Family Circus - KJZZ 91.5 FM - Your NPR News Station
Bil Keane Creator of Family Circus - KJZZ 91.5 FM - Your NPR News Station
This Sunday is the 44th anniversary of the comic strip which debuted on leap year day, 1960.
Dennis Lambert talks with cartonist Bil Keane, creator of the Family Circus.
kjzz.org /news/arizona/archives/200402/bilkeane?printview=1   (102 words)

  
 Textbooks by Bil Keane - Direct Textbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bil Keane - Sheed Andrews and McMeel - 0836207351
Bil Keane - Focus on the Family Publishing - 1561793663
Jest in pun;: Sidesplitters from Bil Keane's Sideshow
www.directtextbook.com /author/bil-keane   (107 words)

  
 Gettingit.com: Keane KO's Family Circus Parody
Twelve days ago, lawyers from Bil Keane, Inc. sent a letter demanding that the copyrighted images posted on the DFC site be removed -- but Galcik hung tough, posting additional images and exploring his legal defenses.
But Keane also told CBS his opinion of the raunchier captions on Galcik's site.
In the years since, at least 2500 people have submitted captions, and in the last week, a few have posted their own nostalgic tributes to the Dysfunctional Family Circus experience on the web.
www.gettingit.com /article/124   (1080 words)

  
 Family Circus
Mirth for the Millennium by Cal Samra, Rose Samra, Johnny Hart, Bil Keane.
I'll Shovel the Cards; Bil Keane; Mass Market Paperback; $3.59; Read more about this title...
We Didn't Do It; Bil Keane; Mass Market Paperback; $3.59; Read more about this title...
www.stus.com /books/8familycircus.htm   (328 words)

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