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Bil Keane (born October 5, 1922) is an American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running strip The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication.

Biography

Keane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending Northeast Catholic High School by mimicking the style of the cartoons published in The New Yorker. His first cartoon was published on May 21, 1936 on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News.

Keane served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, drawing for Yank magazine and creating the "At Ease with the Japanese" feature for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes. While stationed in Australia he met Thelma 'Thel' Carne. Bil and Thel were married in Brisbane in 1948, and settled in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. They have five children, Gayle, Neal, Glen, Christopher and Jeff.

He worked for the Philadelphia Bulletin as a staff artist from 1946 to 1959, where he launched his first regular comic strip Silly Philly. In 1954 his first syndicated strip, Channel Chuckles premiered.

In 1959, Bil and his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. In February, 1960, The Family Circus premiered.

From 1981 to 1983 Bil published the gag strip Eggheads in collaboration with his son Jeff. Jeff currently acts as Bil's assistant and is expected to take over daily production of the strip when Bil retires. He has been recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1967, 1971, 1973, and 1974, and their Reuben Award for 1982 for his work on The Family Circus. He also won their Special Features Award for 1976 for Channel Chuckles. He also won the Elzie Segar Award in 1982.

Friends

Keane had a close friendship with humorist, newspaper columnist, and fellow Catholic Erma Bombeck until her death in 1996. Keane provided illustrations for Bombeck's 1972 book Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own!. Keane considers himself instrumental in convincing Bombeck to move to Arizona. Keane also counted fellow cartoonists Charles Schulz (Peanuts) and Jeff MacNelly (Shoe) as close friends.

Trivia

  • He is the father of Disney animator Glen Keane
  • Keane dropped the second "l" from his name as a teenager while working on a satire magazine with friends
  • He appears (as a cartoon character) in an episode of the animated series Pinky and the Brain as the face behind an investigator digging for dirt to overthrow Pinky's presidency.

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William Keane (born on April 7, 1805 at Castlemartyr, County Cork) was a Roman Catholic bishop from Ireland. He studied at the Irish College in Paris, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1828 in Paris for the Cloyne Diocese.
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cartoonist or comic strip creator is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. The term can also be applied to those who produce comic books, manga, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and, rarely, those working in animation.
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The Family Circus (originally, The Family Circle) is a syndicated comic strip created and written by cartoonist Bil Keane and inked/colored by his son, Jeff Keane.
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Keane is the son of cartoonist Bil Keane (The Family Circus) and Thelma "Thel" Carne Keane.
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Jeff Keane is the son of Bil Keane, and currently inks and colors the syndicated comic strip The Family Circus. The character Jeffy from The Family Circus was based on Jeff when he was growing up.
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Silly Philly was the first comic strip by Bil Keane, most noted for the long-running single-panel (weekdays) and Sunday (strip) comic Family Circus. The main character was a goofy, juvenile William Penn, who had somehow jumped down from his 37' statue on the tower of City Hall in
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Channel Chuckles is the title of a comic panel created by Bil Keane which ran from 1954 through 1977. Keane received the National Cartoonist Society Special Features Award for 1976 for his work on the strip.
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The Family Circus (originally, The Family Circle) is a syndicated comic strip created and written by cartoonist Bil Keane and inked/colored by his son, Jeff Keane.
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The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional cartoonists. It presents the Reuben Awards.

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The National Cartoonists Society is the world's largest organization of professional cartoonists. It presents the Reuben Awards.

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