I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally. Bil Keane More Quotes by Bil Keane More Quotes From Bil Keane Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature. Bil Keane done use names 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. Bil Keane drawing important laughing 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. Bil Keane drawing teacher school 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. Bil Keane eye heart laughing I had this desk alongside the most beautiful Australian 18-year-old girl with long brown hair, and I got up enough nerve to ask her for a date. Bil Keane girl hair beautiful long Laughter was a part of the church services I attended as a child. Bil Keane part child laughter church Some may look on my work as being corny or old hat and wonder if my observations on the typical family are passe, what with the single-parent family and mixed family units. Bil Keane hat look family work We have five children whom I love dearly and have exploited mercilessly for my cartoons. Bil Keane cartoons five love children Religion was a part of our home life when I was growing up. I attended Catholic school. It was a good education - for the spiritual end, as well as for its discipline. Bil Keane good education home life Jesus must have had a sense of humor. I like to think of Him as a guy who got people to listen to Him by leaving them laughing and chuckling with one another. Bil Keane think sense-of-humor humor people I was portraying the family through my eyes. Everything that's happened in the strip has happened to me. Bil Keane eyes everything me family Rather than pinpointing any particular part of the country as a place where the family lives, I would prefer to have readers think we live just down the street from their own home. Bil Keane street think family home I did cartoons for four high school publications and then and there decided I wanted to spend my life at the drawing board. Bil Keane my-life drawing life school Even the strictest religious person from the strictest religious sect allows a little levity. Today, they congratulate you for carrying the Christian message into the comics. Bil Keane person you christian today
