Bil Keane, the cartoonist who made us smile for years with "The Family Circus", would have

[Atticus]

clearly understood why today's Republicans blame black Americans for racial conflicts.

In one of his classics, he drew a tearful Dolly pointing at Billy while telling her parents "He started it when he hit me back!"

[Voltaire2]

1. perhaps the worst newspaper comic ever.

[2naSalit]

2. I never liked it.

But the point of the OP does seem correct.

[samnsara]

5. i love it..if all those kids were dogs it would be my house exactly!

[obamanut2012]

6. Yup, even as a child I hated it

[cyclonefence]

3. Atticus, please

If you must invoke the name of the worst cartoonist who ever lived, spell his name right: Bil Keane. Somehow, that missing L makes him even worse.

[Atticus]

4. Sorry. I typed one "L" and my damn tablet "corrected" me! nt

[Voltaire2]

7. !