Phil Frank

Phil Frank

Infobox Person
name = Phil Frank


image_size = 250px
birth_date = birth date|1943|3|27
birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
death_date = death date and age|2007|9|13|1943|3|27
death_place = Bolinas, California, United States
known_for = Creating Farley, The Elderberries comics
occupation = Artist, Comic Creator

Phil Frank (March 27 1943 – September 13 2007) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the San Francisco-based comic strip "Farley" and the artist on nationally syndicated comic strip "The Elderberries" (written by Joe Troise). Frank and Troise have worked together on other comic strip projects, including "Chateau Defeat" (published in the "Wine Spectator"), "Miles to Go", and both "Nigel Shiftright, Automotive Anachronism" and the eponymous "Frank and Troise" for Road & Track magazine.

Frank announced his retirement for health reasons on September 7, 2007 [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/07/MNGVRAA1M.DTL Farley, Elderberries cartoonist Phil Frank retiring due to illness] , San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2007.] and died shortly thereafter in Bolinas, California. Frank had been suffering from a brain tumor for months prior to and was gravely ill at the time of the announcement. [http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/13/BA5GQV2IQ.DTL Farley creator Phil Frank dies after a months-long illness] , San Francisco Chronicle, September 13, 2007.]

External links

* [http://www.farleycomicstrip.com Official Website]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/farley/ Farley] , the comic strip.
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/comics/farley/bio.dtl&type=comics Biography] from the "San Francisco Chronicle"
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/13/MN5GQV2IQ.DTL&feed=rss.news Phil Frank Dies]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/09/MNGVRAA1M.DTL Phil Frank Retires]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/09/09/DDASMUSSENBR.DTL Don Assumen remembers Phil Frank]
* [http://www.sfgate.com/philfrank/ Memorial Page]

References

Persondata
NAME = Frank, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH = 27 March 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH = Pittsburgh, PA
DATE OF DEATH = 12 September 2007
PLACE OF DEATH = Bolinas, CA


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