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
wall names drawing
I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.
teacher school drawing
When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late '30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety.
powerful yesterday-and-today yesterday-is-history
Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
home peaceful sacred
A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
art taught homework
I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
goal
Goal begins with "GO."
lasts entertainment comic
We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
character thinking cartoon
I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
inspirational life motivational
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
valentines-day people hug
They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
love friendship real-friends
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.