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.
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
father divorce daddy
Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He's just like one of the family.
trying
I don't just try to be funny.
goal
Goal begins with "GO."
character thinking cartoon
I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
love friendship real-friends
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
valentines-day people hug
They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
lasts entertainment comic
We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
inspirational life motivational
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
home peaceful sacred
A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
powerful yesterday-and-today yesterday-is-history
Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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.