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What Else Could He Mean?
When Billy grows up he wants to be a bear.
Read More..>>It’s a Jeff.
It took me awhile, but I believe today’s strip is a Jeff (although the ink may have been done by Bil).
It’s the caption that gives it away. Bil Keane, a Philadelphia native, is a fairly devout man, but a sucker for an easy gag and, with the exception of the truly execrable and unfortunately [...]
Bil and Jeff, Again
I’m stumped as to whether this strip is a Bil or a Jeff. On the one hand, the perspective is so bizarre, so distorted, it could only be a Bil. On the other, the “word-bubble/caption” setup is more in line with Jeff’s work. And what to say about the interior, shaded half-assed with [...]
Read More..>>Classic Bil Keane
Every since Bil Keane started handing over the reins to Family Circus to his eldest son, I’ve enjoyed playing an occasional game called “Jeff or Bil” in which you guess who wrote the strip of the day. In this case there’s no question of Bil’s authorship.
Never mind the pabulum gagline. Just marvel [...]
I’m Not Sure What to Say.
This is just nutty.
Read More..>>Ted Forth Grows a Pair
Yes, yes, yes: I know there are so many more important things going on in the world right now, but I just wanted to take a moment to point out the every comics reader’s favorite emasculated male, the hapless Ted Forth, has grown a set of balls and is kicking his harridan mother in law [...]
Read More..>>Produce Humor
There’s not mushroom for this kind of humor here at Brendan Calling, and if I’d know this was where this pear of Keane’s was going, ida red something else. I don’t carrot all for food jokes, but lettuce all back up a little and not get all hot under the collard.
Avocado go to work [...]
Going Too Far…
A Final FOOBish Thought
It’s been quite awhile since I wrote about “For Better or For Worse”, which has entered the “hybrid” phase of the strip now that Lynn Johnston has stopped writing new episodes. Instead, the syndicate prints reruns from WAY back in the day, framed occasionally by a sorta-kinda narrative taking place in the present, usually [...]
Read More..>>‘Nuff Said
Looks like Darby Conley, hardly the most political voice on the funny pages, has gotten sick of the Democrats too.
And who can blame him, really?
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