PHOENIX — For more than a half century, Bil Keane's clever "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a mix of humor and traditional family values, intentionally simplistic because the author ...

Family Circus, a comic drawn by local comic Bil Keane, has been hijacked by fans of Nietzsche and Dysfunction, but it really hit the comedic fan when Jersey Circus decided to combine Keane’s drawings ...

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — A Valley community wants to honor the creator of “The Family Circus” cartoon strip. Cartoonist Bil Keane was an important part of Paradise Valley. “The comic strip ‘Family ...

PHOENIX — Thelma Keane, the inspiration for the Mommy character in the long-running “Family Circus” comic created by her husband, Bil Keane, died Friday. She was 82. She died of Alzheimer’s disease, ...

Keane, Thelma, wife of cartoonist, Bil Keane and model for the character of Mommy in the newspaper comic “Family Circus,” died Friday, May 23, 2008 of Alzheimer’s. She was 82. Her fictional comic ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Family Circus" creator Bil Keane, whose kid-friendly comic strip gave readers a funny version of his own life at home and became one of the most widely syndicated cartoon ...

Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89 at his longtime home in Paradise Valley, near Phoenix.

PHOENIX — Bil Keane's "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author ...

Keane, who started drawing the one-panel cartoon featuring Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, P.J. and their parents in February 1960, died Tuesday at age 89. His comic strip is featured in nearly 1,500 newspapers ...