Father’s Day, 2020

June 18, 2017


Happy Father’s Day! Today we have a special Father’s Day guest appearance by the creepy dead Grandfather from Family Circus! It’s an old story, but perhaps you haven’t heard it. When Bil Keane’s comic feature Family Circus was being prepared for launch by King Features Syndicate, back when Hector was a pup, the name was to be “Family Circle.” Note the familiar circle within a square that is a hallmark of the venerable comic panel. However, the folks at the then-popular women’s magazine Family Circle objected, so the name was changed. By the way, Family Circus, the comic feature, still is with us; Family Circle, the magazine, is not.