Bil Keane
Bil Keane
William Aloysius Keane, better known as Bil Keane, was an American cartoonist most notable for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus. It began in 1960 and continues in syndication, drawn by his son Jeff Keane...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth5 October 1922
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
magazines television radio
On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
drawing laughing important
I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.
names use done
Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.
eye heart laughing
Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.
pace faces forget
Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face
children love-is feelings
Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm stranded in the wrong time where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme
heart waiting bitter
Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
tired simple needs
Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
happy-times earth santa
God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.
mother children parenting
OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.
father divorce daddy
Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He's just like one of the family.
real inspiration cartoon
In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
trying
I don't just try to be funny.
mother father kids
I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a subject that is near and dear to me.