Family Cirucs

October 2, 2006 1:50 PM

I'm looking for a family circus cartoon from the 80s.

I've searched familycircus.com and emailed the guy ( i doubt his email is working he uses *@cox.com). The specific comic i'm looking for is about Billy (i think thats the name of the oldest kid). It was in color so it's probally from a Sunday newspaper.

Billy is growing up gradually in stages in the cartoon and eventually he passes a sign that says "no going back beyond this point"

posted by matimer to media & arts (3 comments total)

There seem to be archives at DailyInk, but there doesn't seem to be a way of knowing how far they go back without signing up.
posted by Mr. Gunn at 4:36 PM on October 2, 2006

If all else fails, your public library may have paper copies of the published books of Family Circus cartoons. You could spend a long afternoon there finding the cartoon.

Or see if there is a newsgroup anywhere for fans/collectors of Family Circus stuff?
posted by LobsterMitten at 5:00 PM on October 2, 2006

I second what LobsterMitten says. If it is indeed a Sunday comic, that should really help limit things. Try local libraries, see if they have comic archives.

I know it doesn't help much, but I'm pretty sure I've seen the comic you're referring to. I think it was a reprint when I saw it, so I can't say for sure that it was released after (year x). Good luck.
posted by trouserbat at 8:25 PM on October 2, 2006