Jeffy's Lookin' at Me

by Bil Keane

Vintage TV tie-in paperback

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

William Aloysius Keane, better known as Bil Keane, was an American cartoonist notable for his work on the long-running newspaper comic The Family Circus, which began its run in 1960 and continues in syndication.

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

An adorable cute look into family life - makes you chuckle and SMILE for the day!

[Carrie Griffin · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are so cute. I used to read the comics in the newspaper all the time when I was a kid and I loved finding these editions.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the first book I ever purchased with my own money. It was at a school book fair in third grade. I used to like looking at The Family Circus in the funnies because it was a circle, and the art was crisp. Bold curves and bright colors. Also, I always understood the jokes, generally variations on "kids are dumb but actually smart but actually kind of dumb, but maybe smart? nah, dumb." And I liked the ones where one of the kids completed an errand via an exceptionally roundabout route, leaving fat black dashes in their wake that you got to follow to a mildly ironic outcome. When we all got back from the book fair, the kid who sat next to me saw the book I had bought and made up a song based on the title, consisting of the words "Jeffy's lookin' at me" sung over and over in a robust, John Cougar type of baritone. That night the bus driver drove past my house and I was too scared to say anything.

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh, so many times did I read this book...

I'd maybe vaguely thought of it a time or two through the years, but today I saw a copy in a thrift store (actually, there were probably five or six different Family Circus books there). The title was familiar, and when I flipped through the book, memories rushed back. Yep, this was the one.

I don't even know why this book was on my shelf to read over and over again during middle school. Did my mom buy it for me at the supermarket? Did I get it at the school book exchange? I don't know how I got it, but I know I read it again and again and again.