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The best known (or perhaps most notorious) version was that run by Greg Galcik on his Web page Spinnwebe from 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. Events January January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 - Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an assailant under orders from... 1994 to 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999. This version featured original Keane art sans caption, and ran submission software to allow viewers to suggest their own captions. From these Galcik and other editors would select those they considered to be the funniest and most original, which would then be saved in an online archive. The humor of these captions ranged from what many would consider the disgusting to the A cow on a pole. Surreal may refer to: Surrealism, a movement in art and philosophy Surreal numbers, a superset of the real numbers The Surreal Life, an American celebrity reality television series This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... surreal, and from the low-brow to the cerebral. Several running jokes developed over the 500 strip run of the series. Recurring themes included Incest among humans is sexual activity between close family members. It is a taboo in most societies and a criminal offence and an impediment to marriage in most countries, as well as being opposed by most modern religions. The exact definition of what is a close family member varies widely... incest and Child abuse is physical or psychological mistreatment of a child by its parents, guardians, or other adults. Types and causes The simplest example of child abuse is neglect, where the guardians fail to perform those tasks necessary to the well-being of the child. Another form of child abuse is... child abuse jokes, and the caption "I have no legs", originally posted on an image in which the character's lower half was cropped, was later applied ad nauseum regardless of the image's actual content.

In September 1999, Galcik received a warning letter from King Features Syndicate is a syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation; it distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to thousands of newspapers around the world. It was founded by William Randolph Hearst in 1915, under the direction of Moses Koenigsberg. Comic strips distributed... King Features Syndicate (publishers of The Family Circus), citing The copyright symbol is used to give notice that a work is covered by copyright. A copyright is a form of intellectual property that grants its holder the sole legal right to copy their works of original expression, such as a literary work, movie, musical work or sound recording, painting... copyright violations on the site. Despite the support of the site's fans, Galcik, who had grown tired of wading through increasingly repetitive submissions, complied after a phone conversation with Keane. In his closing statement, Galcik said while he believed that Dysfunctional Family Circus was legally protected parody, he had developed a grudging respect for the long and continual effort by Bil Keane. The captions for the final strip were completed in November 1999.

Despite King Features' wishes, archives of the series have repeatedly appeared in various sites around the web. Other web sites, unconnected to Spinnwebe, have used the Dysfunctional Family Circus name and format since as well.

External links

• Archive of Dysfunctional Family Circus pictures and captions (http://free.hostdepartment.com/y/yoursexypenguin/index.html)