Phil Frank is the creator of the newspaper comic strip 'Travels with Farley', later renamed 'Farley', which started in 1975 as a nationally syndicated cartoon. It later became a local feature in the San Francisco Chronicle. In this strip, the only local daily comic strip in the country, the author gently comments on local politics. Several collections of 'Farley' have appeared over the years. Frank has additionally done illustration work for books about National Parks, written by his wife, as well as nature and wildlife magazines. Another strip by Frank is 'Elderberries', a syndicated daily strip about life in a retirement home, which he made with Joe Troise. He retired in 2007 due to illness, and died only a couple of days later.
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