Phil Frank

Phil Frank (March 27, 1943 – September 13, 2007) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the political-satirical San Francisco-based comic strip Farley and the artist on nationally syndicated comic strip The Elderberries.

Works In addition to his Farley comic strip, Frank collaborated with writer Joe Troise on several comic strip projects: Chateau Defeat (published in the Wine Spectator) Miles to Go Nigel Shiftright, Automotive Anachronism for Road & Track magazine The eponymous Frank and Troise also for Road & Track magazine.

An avid classic car enthusiast since he was a child, Frank restored an Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV, seven Ford Model As, two MG TCs, an MG SA Tickford Drophead, and a Jaguar MKII. His second wife, Susan, collaborated as a writer on several of his publishing projects including children's books. In the summer of 1976, he, along with his wife Susan and the two children, drove a 1929 Model A Four Door with a period-appropriate camper from California to Maine and back all along the back roads of America.

Retirement and death Frank announced his retirement for health reasons on September 7, 2007 and died shortly thereafter in Bolinas, California. Frank had been suffering from a brain tumor for months before and was gravely ill at the time of the announcement.