Bil Keane — American Cartoonist born on October 05, 1922, died on November 08, 2011

William Aloysius Keane, better known as Bil Keane, was an American cartoonist most notable for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus. It began in 1960 and continues in syndication, drawn by his son Jeff Keane... (wikipedia)

A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.
I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.