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Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 1:10 pm
by ktulu
Bill Keane, creator of the comic 'Family Circus', dead at 89.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/20 ... eane-dies/
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 3:07 pm
by felinefan
Just saw that on MSNBC. I knew he was getting up there, but wow! Glad the strip is staying in the family--son Jeffy is doing it now. Love that strip.
Bill Keane won't be down for breakfast
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:17 pm
by avengador1
Bill Keane, the cartoonist who shares Family life based on his experiences, in "circular cartoon bubbles" has died.
http://www.wibw.com/nationalnews/headli ... 76058.html
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:23 pm
by dazyhill
One of my favorite comic strips. I had to muster all the strength to not cry at work today. Bil Keane was a wonderful comic strip artist and man. I remember watching the Christmas, Easter, and Valentine cartoons when I was a kid.
There is a Disney connection to Bil Keane. It is through his son, master animator Glenn Keane. Glenn has created Ariel, the Beast, and many other wonderful characters.
Thankfully the strip will live on. Bil's son Jeff has been writing and drawing the strip for some time.
Rest in peace Bil and thank you.
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 11:46 pm
by DisneyMom
:( Very Sad- Loved his work since I was a kid.
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:15 am
by Main Streeter
ktulu wrote:Bill Keane, creator of the comic 'Family Circus', dead at 89.
Awww. R I P Bill. My Mom used to send me "Family Circus" when I was at Cal.
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:15 pm
by Purpura
I remember his strips were funny, with "Ida Know" and "Not Me" running around doing mischief...and "Grandpa" looking down from heaven at "Grandma" and the other funny things the kids did.
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:44 pm
by dazyhill
My favorite Family Circus strip is one where Dolly, upon seeing the Rodin "Thinker" statue at a museum says" ' I think he's trying to remember where he put his clothes'". :D:
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:47 pm
by hobie16
That's where that came from! Thanks!!
Re: Bill Keane will not be down for breakfast...
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:04 am
by dazyhill
Something else the obits are not mentioning about Bil Keane is that aside from Family Circus and Channel Chuckles, he had drawn another comic strip. It was called Silly Philly and it was his first comic strip and ran from 1947 to 1960. I don't think it's collected in any book form.
The strip is briefly mentioned in the Family Circus Album (25th anniv book) as Bil used the Silly Philly character as a background illustration from time to time.
Silly Philly, according to the Wiki entry, was a strip about a William Tell type figure who roamed around Philadelphia. (Bil Keane grew up around the area.)
Just putting it out there in case anyone was interested. :)