Bil Keane died Tuesday. He is the well-known cartoonist of the delightful Family Circus in the "funny papers".
I carry great respect for Mr. Keane's talent. His material actually was funny.
I brushed past this man in the mid-80's when I was writing a manuscript entitled, The Holy Spirit Makes No Earthly Sense. During the months of that process Family Circus popped out one morning with the little one inquiring, I know about the Father and the Son, but what is the Holy Spearmint?
I so loved that particular cartoon as it clearly fit the theme of the book. I wrote Mr. Keane for permission to copy the cartoon in the book. The book eventually went to print without it.
Months later--too late--I received a note from Mr. Keane stating I surely could use his cartoon; that he was impressed someone of faith would see the humor in that specific drawing.
Family Circus was my favorite cartoon of the newpaper industry. I almost got to use it in my book.
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I was saddened by this news the other day. Family Circus was one that I have always enjoyed.
Ironically, one of the reasons I started reading it when I was a "tween" was because it was a one frame cartoon and I hated reading at that time. What a good reason to like a cartoon!
Plus it was funny! Neat that you had ties with Bill! Maybe the next edition you could talk to his son who has taken over for the cartoon.
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