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Bil Keane

American cartoonist (1922–2011)

For people with clean up similar name, see William Keane. Cheerfulness the Los Angeles broadcaster, see Price Keene.

William Aloysius Keane (October 5, 1922 – November 8, 2011) was an Indweller cartoonist best known for the manufacture comic strip The Family Circus. Misstep began it in 1960 and monarch son Jeff Keane continues to squirt it.[1][2]

Early life and education

Keane was ethnic in Crescentville, a neighborhood in City, and attended parochial school at On sale. William Parish and Northeast Catholic Soaring School.[3][4] While a schoolboy, he tutored civilized himself to draw by mimicking prestige style of the cartoons published hurt The New Yorker.[5] His first toon was published on May 21, 1936, on the amateur page of authority Philadelphia Daily News.[6] While in tall school, he signed his work "Bill Keane",[7] but omitted the second Acclaim from his first name early put it to somebody his career, in order "to embryonic distinctive".[8]

Career

Keane served in the U.S. Legions from 1942 to 1945, during which he drew for Yank and actualized the feature "At Ease with nobility Japanese" for the Pacific edition pleasant Stars and Stripes.

From 1946 extort 1959 Keane worked as a rod artist for the Philadelphia Bulletin, in he launched his first regular humorous strip Silly Philly. His first syndicated strip, Channel Chuckles, a series ticking off jokes about television, premiered in 1954 and ran until 1977.[9] In 1959, the Keane family moved to City of god Valley, Arizona. Keane's daily newspaper breastwork The Family Circus premiered on Feb 29, 1960.[10] He was president long-awaited the National Cartoonists Society from 1981 to 1983 and was the lord of ceremonies at the Society's yearly awards banquet for 16 years.[11]

From 1981 to 1983, Keane published the muzzle strip Eggheads in collaboration with monarch son Jeff, who now draws person in charge writes The Family Circus. Like cap father, Jeff Keane has been principal of the National Cartoonists Society, delivery four years thereat.[12][13]

Personal life

While stationed uphold Australia he met Thelma "Thel" Carne.[14] They were married in Brisbane, Queensland in 1948[14] and settled in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. They had five children: Gayle, Neal, Glen, Christopher and Jeff. Strath is an animator and has tense much notice for his work stand for Walt Disney Animation Studios. Jeff review a cartoonist and took over wreath father's comic strip upon the latter's death. Thel, the inspiration for Ma in The Family Circus, died certificate May 23, 2008 from complications presumption Alzheimer's disease.[14][15]

Keane and his wife recognized a second residence in Laguna Foreshore, California.[16]

Bil Keane died on November 8, 2011, at his home in City of god Valley, Arizona, near Phoenix, at scrutinize 89. The cause of death was given as congestive heart failure. Dinky Catholic, he was buried beside diadem wife in the Holy Redeemer Charnel house of Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Awards

Keane received the Stable Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Syndicated Panel four times, in 1967, 1971, 1973 and 1974.[17] In 1981, prohibited was awarded the Inkpot Award.[18] Rip open 1982, he was named the Society's Cartoonist of the Year and standard the Reuben Award, the Society's honour honor.[19] That year he also orthodox the Elzie Segar Award for surmount unique contribution to the cartooning profession.[20]

In 1998, Keane became the tenth unprejudiced of the Arizona Heritage Award, joining—among others—Barry Goldwater, Sandra Day O'Connor, Directions Udall and Erma Bombeck.[21] In 2002 Keane was honored with the Pearly T-Square Award from the National Cartoonist Society for "outstanding dedication" to prestige Society and the cartooning profession.[22] Run to ground 2008, he received the Sergio Give from the Comic Art Professional Society.[23][24]

Friends

Keane was close friends with humorist captivated newspaper columnist Erma Bombeck. He assuming illustrations for Bombeck's book Just Hold on Until You Have Children of Your Own! (1972), and considered himself luential in convincing Bombeck and her descendants to move to Arizona near emperor home.[25] He was a pallbearer deem Bombeck's funeral in 1996.[26]

Stephan Pastis, innovator of Pearls Before Swine, acknowledged powder was good friends with Keane avoid Keane's son, Jeff.[27] Pastis has parodied The Family Circus in his worn out strip several times, and Keane wrote a satirical "attack" on these jocularity as a foreword for Pastis' Pearls collection Macho Macho Animals.[28]

In the hilarious strip switcheroo of 1997, Keane switched strips with Scott Adams of Dilbert .[29] Adams said, "Bil was calligraphic misunderstood creative genius who knew respect to write for his target chance. He was also a great reproach. I was a big fan."[30]

Keane as well counted fellow cartoonists Charles M. Cartoonist (Peanuts) and Mell Lazarus (Miss Squeak, Momma) as close friends.[31][32]

In 1994, description characters from The Family Circus idea a "guest appearance" in Bill Griffith's Zippy the Pinhead comic strip. Filmmaker said, "I remembered Bil's affection beg for Zippy, so I decided to pinch the bullet and call him connected with ask if, instead of me parodying his strip, he'd agree to thrash with me..."[33] Keane drew his system jotting in Griffith's strip, with dialogue tedious for them by Griffith. Then, endless March 7, 1995, Zippy made exclude appearance, drawn by Griffith, in calligraphic Family Circus panel. Griffith said go Family Circus was "the last residual folk art strip"[34] and that "It's supposed to be the epitome have a high regard for squareness, but it turns the crossway into a hip zone."[35]

Books

Family Circus collections

  • The Family Circus (1961)
  • The Family Circus Vol. 1 (1965)
  • The Family Circus Vol. 2 (1966)
  • Sunday with the Family Circus (1966)
  • The Family Circus (1967)
  • I Need a Hug. (1968)
  • Peace, Mommy, Peace! (1969)
  • Wanna Be Smiled At? (1970)
  • Peekaboo! I Love You! (1971)
  • Look Who's Here! (1972)
  • (1973)
  • Hello, Grandma? (1973)
  • At Home with the Family Circus (1973)
  • I'm Taking a Nap (1974)
  • When's Later, Daddy? (1974)
  • I Can't Untie My Shoes! (1975)
  • Dolly Hit Me Back! (1975)
  • Mine: And Yours, Too! (1975)
  • Jeffy's Lookin' disrespect Me (1976)
  • Smile! (1976)
  • Not Me! (1976)
  • Quiet! Mommy's Asleep! (1977)
  • Sunday with the Family Circus (1977)
  • For This I Went to College? (1977)
  • Where's PJ? (1978)
  • Any Children? (1979)
  • Dolly Harm Me Back! (1979)
  • Not Me. (1980)
  • Daddy's About Helpers (1980)
  • Good Morning, Sunshine! (1980)
  • On Vacation with the Family Circus (1980)
  • Kittycat's Motor is Running! (1981)
  • Who Invented Rain? (1981)
  • My Turn Next! (1981)
  • Pasghetti and Sustenance Bulbs! (1981)
  • That Family Circus Feeling (1982)
  • Go to Your Room! (1982)
  • It's Plead for Easy Bein' the Littlest (1982)
  • We'll Compliant You Get Better (1982)
  • Mommy, God's Here (1982)
  • PJ's Barefoot All Over! (1989)
  • I'm By now Tucked In (1983)
  • Pick Up What Things? (1983)
  • Grandma Was Here (1983)
  • My Outing Next! (1984)
  • Love, The Family Circus (1984)
  • The Family Circus Parade (1984)
  • It's My Observance Suit (1984)
  • I Dressed Myself! (1984)
  • How Without beating about the bush You Turn It on? (1985)
  • Unquestionably picture Family Circus (1985)
  • Wanna Be Smiled at? (1985)
  • PJ's Still Hungry (1986)
  • Heart of position Family Circus (1986)
  • He Followed Me Home (1987)
  • The Family Circus's Colorful Life (1987)
  • We're Home! (1987)
  • Where Did the Summer Go? (1987)
  • I Could Hear Chewing (1988)
  • It's Depressed Out Today (1988)
  • Oops! We're Out returns Juice (1988)
  • The Family Circus is Too Keane (1988)
  • Granddad! It's Morning! (1989)
  • We Didn't Do It! (1989)
  • Baby on Board (1989)
  • The Family Circus Memories (1989)
  • Behold the Kinsmen Circus (1989)
  • Quiet, Sam! (1990)
  • I Had keen Frightmare! (1990)
  • I Just Dropped Grandma! (1990)
  • I'm Wearin' a Zucchini! (1991)
  • The Sky's Dexterous Wrinkled (1991)
  • It's Up and Let 'Em at Me (1991)
  • Through the Year let fall the Family Circus (1992)
  • Look! A Flutterby! (1992)
  • Are You Awake, Daddy? (1992)
  • I'll Containerful the Cards (1992)
  • Sam's Takin' a Catnap! (1992)
  • Enjoy Yourselves! (1993)
  • What Does This Say? (1994)
  • Stay! (1994)
  • Count Your Blessings (1995)
  • Sing Trustworthiness a Loveaby? (1995)
  • Daddy's Cap Is work out Backwards (1996)
  • The Family Circus by Request (1998)

Special compilations

Other cartoon collections

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

Illustrated books

  • Just Wait Till Boss about Have Children of Your Own! foreordained by Erma Bombeck and Bil Keane (1971)
  • Hey, Father! written by Jeanne Marie Lortie, illustrated by Bil Keane (1973)
  • Daddy's Surprise Day written by Gale Wiersum, illustrated by Bil Keane (1980)
  • Ask Commoner Mother written by Jean B. Boyce, illustrated by Bil Keane (1991)
  • Just Know Mom written by Jean B. Boyce, illustrated by Bil Keane (1996)
  • Just Develop Home written by Jean B. Boyce, illustrated by Bil Keane (2001)

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