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 KEANEI never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
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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.
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Goal begins with “GO.”
BIL KEANEGoal begins with “GO.”
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In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
BIL KEANEIn Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
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On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
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On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
BIL KEANEOn radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
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OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
BIL KEANEOF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
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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 KEANEWhen 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.
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A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
BIL KEANEA peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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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 KEANEMany 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.
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Time goes by at such a pace,it’s funny how it’s easy to forget her face
BIL KEANETime goes by at such a pace,it’s funny how it’s easy to forget her face
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I think it’s a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
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Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
BIL KEANELovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
BIL KEANEToday is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
BIL KEANEA hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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