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Trivial Pursuits => History => Topic started by: jaydub on November 09, 2011, 09:13:05 pm

Title: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: jaydub on November 09, 2011, 09:13:05 pm

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-bilkeane-idUSTRE7A871R20111109

When I first came back to the US in 1981 I came across the Family Circus and thought it was neat, homespun fun.  I discovered Garfield at the same time, and soon realized that Garfield's story lines were deep, complex, and challenging in comparison to TFC.

Title: Re: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: Carlos del Vaca on November 09, 2011, 09:37:39 pm

An online political cartoonist I like frequently rails against the stupid, predictable editorial page cartoons that show up when someone famous dies. He's already put on his Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/#!/AugustJPollak) things we can expect to see tomorrow:

• An empty circle with "Bil Keane RIP" under it
• Meeting the spectral grandparents that haunted the strip for the last 45 years
• The obligatory dotted line trail of Bil Keane approaching the Pearly Gates.
• People reading a newspaper, headline is "Bill Keane Dies." Guy 1: "Who's happy today?" Guy 2: "NOT ME"

Title: Re: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: pmcd9 on November 09, 2011, 09:46:58 pm

I'll put my money on the empty circle.

Title: Re: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: AugustWest on November 10, 2011, 04:26:11 am

Oing.

Title: Re: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: Carlos del Vaca on November 10, 2011, 02:29:52 pm

Apparently Joe Paterno is bigger news than Bil Keane.

Title: Re: Bil Keane is ghostwriting
Post by: Nabubrush on November 10, 2011, 04:00:18 pm

I personally really like the "NOT ME" thing, but we all know that's not happening.