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1922 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 2011 Paradise Valley, Arizona. Known for: Cartoons-"Family Circus", illustration.
Bil Keane (1922-2011). An American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Bil Keane was... Read full biography
Bil Keane (1922-2011). An American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Bil Keane was born William Aloysius Keane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending... Read full biography
Bil Keane (1922-2011). An American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Bil Keane was born William Aloysius Keane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending Northeast Catholic High School by mimicking the style of the cartoons published in The New Yorker. His first cartoon was published on May 21, 1936 on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News.... Read full biography
Bil Keane (1922-2011). An American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Bil Keane was born William Aloysius Keane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending Northeast Catholic High School by mimicking the style of the cartoons published in The New Yorker. His first cartoon was published on May 21, 1936 on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News. Keane served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, drawing for Yank magazine and creating the "At Ease with the Japanese" feature for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes. While stationed in Australia he met Thelma "Thel" Carne. Bil and Thel were... Read full biography
Bil Keane (1922-2011). An American cartoonist best known for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication. Bil Keane was born William Aloysius Keane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He taught himself to draw while attending Northeast Catholic High School by mimicking the style of the cartoons published in The New Yorker. His first cartoon was published on May 21, 1936 on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News. Keane served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945, drawing for Yank magazine and creating the "At Ease with the Japanese" feature for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes. While stationed in Australia he met Thelma "Thel" Carne. Bil and Thel were married in Brisbane in 1948 and settled in Roslyn, Pennsylvania. Thel... Read full biography
Bil Keane - Auction Lots
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeBil Keane The Family Circus Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 10-22-67 (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1967)
Bil Keane Auction: 05/10/2018 - 5/12/2018Lot: 94629Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeBil Keane Family Circus Art Show Original Illustration (c. 1980s)
Bil Keane Auction: 02/21/2019 - 2/23/2019Lot: 94711Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee"How do you like our snow person?" * "Mrs. Tippit must be a good mommy."
Bil Keane Auction: 06/24/2021Lot: 226Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assignee"Daddy just yawned and we're all passin' it around" * "Wow! Look! Ants!" (2)
Bil Keane Auction: 12/16/2021Lot: 185Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeThe Family Circus Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-6-77 (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1977).
Bil Keane Auction: 05/15/2014 - 5/17/2014Lot: 93622Subscribe or get free alerts
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