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(75) The Family Circus."I wish you would dish out the dessert, Mommy--Dolly keeps licking the spoon!" 1967.
Published by The Register and Tribune
Syndicate March 6, 1967.
India ink and opaque white over graphite underdrawing with paste-ons.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09431 (75)
In this panel, Billy points a finger and Jeffy stares angrily at Dolly as she licks the spoon from a large bowl of pudding, while Mommy and PJ watch over the action. The artwork reflects the spare line of Peanuts but with a greater emphasis on family life. Bil Keane (b. 1922) champions domestic life in his single-panel daily cartoons and Sunday comic strips. The humor is always gentle and yet the children are not angels. He uses the exploits of his five children and nine grandchildren as inspiration for The Family Circus. The cartoon continues to appear daily in newspapers. |