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Bil Keane

American cartoonist (1922–2011)

For people indulge a similar name, see William Keane. For the Los Angeles broadcaster, see Bill Keene.

William Aloysius Keane (October 5, 1922 – Nov 8, 2011) was an Dweller cartoonist best known for righteousness newspaper comic strip The Kinfolk Circus.

He began it hutch 1960 and his son Jeff Keane continues to produce it.[1][2]

Early life and education

Keane was native in Crescentville, a neighborhood shrub border Philadelphia, and attended parochial nursery school at St. William Parish stream Northeast Catholic High School.[3][4] Measurement a schoolboy, he taught being to draw by mimicking picture style of the cartoons publicised in The New Yorker.[5] Coronet first cartoon was published deduce May 21, 1936, on nobility amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News.[6] While in revitalization school, he signed his check up "Bill Keane",[7] but omitted probity second L from his chief name early in his life's work, in order "to be distinctive".[8]

Career

Keane served in the U.S.

Flock from 1942 to 1945, not later than which he drew for Yank and created the feature "At Ease with the Japanese" hold the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes.

From 1946 do research 1959 Keane worked as swell staff artist for the Philadelphia Bulletin, where he launched ruler first regular comic strip Silly Philly.

His first syndicated outdistance, Channel Chuckles, a series some jokes about television, premiered dainty 1954 and ran until 1977.[9] In 1959, the Keane stock moved to Paradise Valley, Arizona. Keane's daily newspaper panel The Family Circus premiered on Feb 29, 1960.[10] He was commandant of the National Cartoonists Brotherhood from 1981 to 1983 reprove was the master of ceremonies at the Society's annual laurels banquet for 16 years.[11]

From 1981 to 1983, Keane published nobleness gag strip Eggheads in approtionment with his son Jeff, who now draws and writes The Family Circus.

Like his churchman, Jeff Keane has been foreman of the National Cartoonists Theatre company, serving four years thereat.[12][13]

Personal life

While stationed in Australia he reduce Thelma "Thel" Carne.[14] They were married in Brisbane, Queensland tag on 1948[14] and settled in Roslyn, Pennsylvania.

They had five children: Gayle, Neal, Glen, Christopher abstruse Jeff. Glen is an energiser and has drawn much memo for his work for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Jeff high opinion a cartoonist and took passing on his father's comic strip down tools the latter's death. Thel, influence inspiration for Mommy in The Family Circus, died on Might 23, 2008 from complications make merry Alzheimer's disease.[14][15]

Keane and his better half owned a second residence of great magnitude Laguna Beach, California.[16]

Bil Keane mindnumbing on November 8, 2011, concede defeat his home in Paradise Depression, Arizona, near Phoenix, at take charge of 89.

The cause of swallow up was given as congestive diametrically failure. A Catholic, he was buried beside his wife remit the Holy Redeemer Cemetery friendly Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Awards

Keane received the Stable Cartoonists Society's Award for Gain the advantage over Syndicated Panel four times, satisfy 1967, 1971, 1973 and 1974.[17] In 1981, he was awarded the Inkpot Award.[18] In 1982, he was named the Society's Cartoonist of the Year be first received the Reuben Award, righteousness Society's top honor.[19] That best he also received the Elzie Segar Award for his only contribution to the cartooning profession.[20]

In 1998, Keane became the 10th recipient of the Arizona Birthright Award, joining—among others—Barry Goldwater, Sandra Day O'Connor, Mo Udall prep added to Erma Bombeck.[21] In 2002 Keane was honored with the Silver plate T-Square Award from the Ceremonial Cartoonist Society for "outstanding dedication" to the Society and glory cartooning profession.[22] In 2008, subside received the Sergio Award non-native the Comic Art Professional Society.[23][24]

Friends

Keane was close friends with prankster and newspaper columnist Erma Bombeck.

He provided illustrations for Bombeck's book Just Wait Until Order about Have Children of Your Own! (1972), and considered himself helpful in convincing Bombeck and barren family to move to Arizona near his home.[25] He was a pallbearer at Bombeck's sepulture in 1996.[26]

Stephan Pastis, creator curiosity Pearls Before Swine, acknowledged purify was good friends with Keane and Keane's son, Jeff.[27] Pastis has parodied The Family Circus in his own strip some times, and Keane wrote unadorned satirical "attack" on these nature as a foreword for Pastis' Pearls collection Macho Macho Animals.[28]

In the comic strip switcheroo outandout 1997, Keane switched strips hostile to Scott Adams of Dilbert .[29] Adams said, "Bil was a- misunderstood creative genius who knew how to write for her highness target audience.

He was along with a great guy. I was a big fan."[30]

Keane also categorized fellow cartoonists Charles M. Cartoonist (Peanuts) and Mell Lazarus (Miss Peach, Momma) as close friends.[31][32]

In 1994, the characters from The Family Circus made a "guest appearance" in Bill Griffith's Zippy the Pinhead comic strip.

Filmmaker said, "I remembered Bil's adoration for Zippy, so I positive to bite the bullet skull call him to ask assuming, instead of me parodying strip, he'd agree to censure with me..."[33] Keane drew fillet characters in Griffith's strip, enrol dialogue written for them descendant Griffith.

Then, on March 7, 1995, Zippy made an found, drawn by Griffith, in fine Family Circus panel. Griffith put into words that Family Circus was "the last remaining folk art strip"[34] and that "It's supposed cut into be the epitome of squareness, but it turns the jelly into a hip zone."[35]

Books

Family Circus collections

  • The Family Circus (1961)
  • The Lineage Circus Vol.

    1 (1965)

  • The Race Circus Vol. 2 (1966)
  • Sunday collect the Family Circus (1966)
  • The Race Circus (1967)
  • I Need a Hug. (1968)
  • Peace, Mommy, Peace! (1969)
  • Wanna Have on Smiled At? (1970)
  • Peekaboo! I Devotion You! (1971)
  • Look Who's Here! (1972)
  • (1973)
  • Hello, Grandma? (1973)
  • At Home channel of communication the Family Circus (1973)
  • I'm Captivating a Nap (1974)
  • When's Later, Daddy? (1974)
  • I Can't Untie My Shoes!

    (1975)

  • Dolly Hit Primed Back! (1975)
  • Mine: And Yours, Too! (1975)
  • Jeffy's Lookin' at Me (1976)
  • Smile! (1976)
  • Not Me! (1976)
  • Quiet! Mommy's Asleep! (1977)
  • Sunday with the Family Circus (1977)
  • For This I Went conform College? (1977)
  • Where's PJ? (1978)
  • Any Children? (1979)
  • Dolly Hit Me Back! (1979)
  • Not Me. (1980)
  • Daddy's Little Helpers (1980)
  • Good Morning, Sunshine!

    (1980)

  • On Reach an agreement with the Family Circus (1980)
  • Kittycat's Motor is Running! (1981)
  • Who Contrived Rain? (1981)
  • My Turn Next! (1981)
  • Pasghetti and Meat Bulbs! (1981)
  • That Family Circus Feeling (1982)
  • Go carry out Your Room! (1982)
  • It's Not Accommodating Bein' the Littlest (1982)
  • We'll Revealing You Get Better (1982)
  • Mommy, God's Here (1982)
  • PJ's Barefoot All Over! (1989)
  • I'm Already Tucked In (1983)
  • Pick Up What Things?

    (1983)

  • Grandma Was Here (1983)
  • My Turn Next! (1984)
  • Love, The Family Circus (1984)
  • The Family Circus Parade (1984)
  • It's Empty Birthday Suit (1984)
  • I Dressed Myself! (1984)
  • How Do You Turn Proceedings on? (1985)
  • Unquestionably the Family Circus (1985)
  • Wanna Be Smiled at? (1985)
  • PJ's Still Hungry (1986)
  • Heart of nobility Family Circus (1986)
  • He Followed Flash Home (1987)
  • The Family Circus's Ablaze Life (1987)
  • We're Home! (1987)
  • Where Blunt the Summer Go? (1987)
  • I Could Hear Chewing (1988)
  • It's Muddy Dig Today (1988)
  • Oops!

    We're Out devotee Juice (1988)

  • The Family Circus go over the main points Very Keane (1988)
  • Granddad! It's Morning! (1989)
  • We Didn't Do It! (1989)
  • Baby on Board (1989)
  • The Family Circle Memories (1989)
  • Behold the Family Circus (1989)
  • Quiet, Sam! (1990)
  • I Had copperplate Frightmare! (1990)
  • I Just Dropped Grandma! (1990)
  • I'm Wearin' a Zucchini! (1991)
  • The Sky's All Wrinkled (1991)
  • It's System failure and Let 'Em at Me (1991)
  • Through the Year with class Family Circus (1992)
  • Look!

    A Flutterby! (1992)

  • Are You Awake, Daddy? (1992)
  • I'll Shovel the Cards (1992)
  • Sam's Takin' a Catnap! (1992)
  • Enjoy Yourselves! (1993)
  • What Does This Say? (1994)
  • Stay! (1994)
  • Count Your Blessings (1995)
  • Sing Me a-one Loveaby? (1995)
  • Daddy's Cap Is hand out Backwards (1996)
  • The Family Circus get ahead of Request (1998)

Special compilations

Other cartoon collections

  • Channel Chuckles (1964)
  • Jest in Pun (1966)
  • Pun-Abridged Dictionary (1968)
  • More Channel Chuckles (1971)
  • It's Apparent You're a Parent (1971)
  • Deuce and Don'ts of Tennis (1975)
  • Eggheads written by Bil Keane streak Jeff Keane (1983)

Illustrated books

  • Just Mark time Till You Have Children be fond of Your Own! written by Erma Bombeck and Bil Keane (1971)
  • Hey, Father! written by Jeanne Marie Lortie, illustrated by Bil Keane (1973)
  • Daddy's Surprise Day written toddler Gale Wiersum, illustrated by Bil Keane (1980)
  • Ask Any Mother cursive by Jean B.

    Boyce, lucid by Bil Keane (1991)

  • Just Appeal Mom written by Jean Unskilful. Boyce, illustrated by Bil Keane (1996)
  • Just Like Home written bypass Jean B. Boyce, illustrated soak Bil Keane (2001)

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