Talk:The Family Circus

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It is certainly debatable whether the comic is dated and mawkish. This should be revised for NPOV. --Daniel C. Boyer 22:58, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Product Marketing

I remember in the early 1980's, The Family Circus characters adorned bags of potato chips, but I don't recall which brand... TimLegg 72.54.34.34 (talk) 18:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Syndicated?

According to the Garfield comic, that strip holds the Guiness World Record for most syndications. I know this article says according to the publisher this is the worlds most syndicated strip, but shouldn't that be removed if garfield is indeed the most syndicated? I am not sure if the Garfield one is accurate so I don't want to make any changes. -murder1 01:28, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed the wording from most widely syndicated "comic series" to "cartoon panel" as is stated by King Features. Panel cartoons are considered different then comic series or strip-type cartoons. CactusWriter (talk) 11:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think "The Other Family" link should be removed. It is too R rated for a source, however if others want it there, than maybe leave it without a dirct link, so that others should search for it if interested.

Rewrite

The prior article seemed to be imbalanced, focusing little on the strip and more on online parody and satire. I have revised the article to deemphasize the parody aspect and wiped the NPOV stuff about "sterile humor" and "mawkish sentimentality". I haven't removed any of the links or pop culture references but I did revise them. Perhaps the parody warrants a separate article. I have expanded other areas to balance the revised parody section. Irene Ringworm 09:08, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've never done editing with Wikipedia before, but there is a bizarre comment in the "Location" discussion, in all-caps, about the FC characters being aliens/marcians [sic]. However when I try to edit that section the aliens/marcians comment doesn't appear. Someone more Wikipedia-savvy than myself should change it.24.125.175.110 23:27, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

But I think we still need a criticism section detailing their "mawkish sentimentality". I would make one myself, but I just can't find any sources that Wikipedia would find acceptable. I have seen a lot of message boards bashing it though.

Surname

It's been many years since I've read FC regularly, but somewhere along the line, hasn't it at least been implied that the family's surname is indeed Keane?Rockhopper10r 01:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.J.

Has any strip stated what P.J.'s full name might be? 45750born (talk) 20:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sunday 2010

On Sunday 2/28/2010 the Sunday comics "Family Circus" had a family portrait with all family circus members -Including pets-drawn by unnamed cartoonist {Bil Keene of Course}. On the drawing table is a small photograph-Keene and his family when he started drawing "family Circus" 1960! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.83.126.88 (talk) 13:16, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

comic used as example

Without a specific date given it is difficult to verify whether this comic is a legitimate Bil Keane Family Circus comic. The presence of a rather surly looking-- and drunk-- daddy tends to make me think it is not. I doubt the strip has changed this radically over the years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.59.226.212 (talk) 05:43, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The example comic dated October 22 1960 can be confirmed. It has been republished on page 93 of the book The Family Circus 1960-1961, Volume 1, IDW Publishing, Library of American Comics, November 2009. The comic did change substantially over time. — CactusWriter ^(talk) 06:30, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's still not a particularly good example for the article in my opinion. It certainly isn't reflective of the strip's current (or even remotely recent) style of humor. A reader of this article unfamiliar with the comic would get an entirely wrong impression from it. -Elmer Clark (talk) 10:17, 26 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thel's parents?

"Thel's parents are both alive but apparently live several hundred miles away in a rural area. Strips in the past have mentioned them living in Iowa, but one 2007 strip mentioned Florida. The family occasionally visits them for vacation."

I thought Thel's parents, Grandma and Grandpa Carne, lived in Australia? 206.8.2.211 (talk) 02:18, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Bil Keane's Death

Does anyone know when Jeff Keane took over the strip, the extent of Bil Keane's involvement in his later years, and what impact his death will have on the strip?