Category: Family Circus

November 10, 2011

Family Circus' Bill Keane dies

Filed under: Family Circus - 10 Nov 2011

Many circus owners tout their rings as a place for family — but Circus Vargas can lay true claim to the idea of the circus bringing loved ones together. Its current artistic director and vice president, Katya Quiroga, actually met …

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'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89

Filed under: Family Circus - 10 Nov 2011

November 9, 2011 His sweet and gentle comic was created in 1960 and now appears in more than 1500 newspapers. A son, Jeff, is carrying it on.

Cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of the comic strip The Family Circus, died today at …

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Bil Keane dies at 89; 'Family Circus' comic strip creator

Filed under: Family Circus - 10 Nov 2011

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 thought, because the

The comic artist, who started drawing …

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'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89

Filed under: Family Circus - 10 Nov 2011

BY CHARISSE EDE Doug Ashton, the patriarch of the world's longest family-run circus, died as he lived his life – on tour, in his caravan. Mr Ashton passed away yesterday morning aged 92, after a year-long battle with cancer. Family …

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