We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.

In this remark, Keane frames newspaper comic strips—especially his own tradition of gentle domestic humor—as a cultural holdout against trends he perceived as coarser or more cynical in late-20th-century entertainment. Calling comics “the last frontier” suggests both isolation and responsibility: a remaining space where creators can still offer broadly accessible, intergenerational amusement without relying on shock, vulgarity, or partisan edge. The statement also functions as a defense of “family” comedy as an artistic and moral choice, implying that restraint and warmth are not limitations but a distinctive mission within popular media.