‘Cartoon County’ looks back at when the newspaper comic strip held sway
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I REMEMBER it vividly, the first time I heard Bil Keane, the creator of “Family Circus,” that epitome of the midcentury suburban gag comic, crack an insult joke that snapped with honest bite. The event was a National Cartoonists Society awards dinner, an‘Cartoon County’ looks back at when the newspaper comic strip held sway
I REMEMBER it vividly, the first time I heard Bil Keane, the creator of “Family Circus,” that epitome of the midcentury suburban gag comic, crack an insult joke that snapped with honest bite. The event was a National Cartoonists Society awards dinner, and the stately Keane’s relatively acidic wit while emcee made me reevaluate what […] Read more