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A pillar of the comics industry is gone
Sterica
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Bil Keane has died
You probably know him best for that classic newspaper comic that grandma cut out and mailed to you on a disturbing basis, Family Circus.
Oh, but what can we say of the 50+ year comic? It's endearing characters and witty humor that cuts deep even to this day. From the deep philosophical meaning Keane put into his strips, or the artfully executed jokes, he was clearly the master of the one-panel comic strip. His skill would raise a new generation of one-panel strips such as the Far Side.
His son Jeff was already being groomed to take over the comic, but no doubt the Family Circus in the mornings to come will missing that special something.
Goodbye, Mr. Keane.
You probably know him best for that classic newspaper comic that grandma cut out and mailed to you on a disturbing basis, Family Circus.
Oh, but what can we say of the 50+ year comic? It's endearing characters and witty humor that cuts deep even to this day. From the deep philosophical meaning Keane put into his strips, or the artfully executed jokes, he was clearly the master of the one-panel comic strip. His skill would raise a new generation of one-panel strips such as the Far Side.
His son Jeff was already being groomed to take over the comic, but no doubt the Family Circus in the mornings to come will missing that special something.
Goodbye, Mr. Keane.
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this is awesome
a legacy
Pretty much.
...okay, that was a bad example. Cathy is a horrrrrible comic.
me too
I was ready to get even more sad today. Heavy D, a good friend's grandpa dying in a fire that nearly killed his family, and the possibility of Stan Lee dying.
It would be too much to bear.
Don't forget Andy Rooney too!
I actually think that Stan Lee is secretly a robot with the aging exterior of a human but in reality he will never die.
it would be nice if it meant the comic wouldn't run anymore
or really, who cares, because newspaper comics are awful anyway
largely because they've been dominated for decades by soulless, humorless tripe trudging on with the momentum of a glacier-sized dog shit smearing its way down olympus
I remember the days of Calvin & Hobbs and Far Side, those were the good ol' days in the funnies.
Really even hearing about his death is not saddening to me as I am sure he lived a long and fruitful life as a cartoonist. Largely I am indifferent to the news but then again it could be that it is because I'm just largely desensitized to death.
no I kid
I don't want him dead
but I hate his goddamned comic
It isn't nearly as bad as the movies or the current TV show... my god that is just mindless filth in my opinion.
The comic had its moments.
Not that anybody is dumb enough to buy a newspaper to find out
It makes up for everything else.
whaaat!
*Offers you a plate of lasagna.*
no it doesn't
That image mcp posted pretty much wins the day.
bill keane also didn't use the entire space he was given, so I don't see why he was complaining in the first place. watterson is using what you ain't!
nah
you should trundle out the same horseshit puns and malapropisms for fifty years like me
Either way, yeah, incredibly boring comic, even if it had an impact on some people.
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