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 KEANEGod put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
More Bil Keane Quotes
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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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We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
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Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
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God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
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OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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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.
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Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
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A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
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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.
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I’m getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you’re gonna let me in I’m getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
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Goal 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.
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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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God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
BIL KEANE