San Francisco Chronicle
The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It was founded in 1865 as "The Daily Dramatic Chronicle" by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The paper is currently owned by the Hearst Corporation, which bought it from the de Young family in 2000. It is the only major daily paper covering the city and county of San Francisco.
Chronicle Features
The Chronicle Features Syndicate was formed in 1962 to syndicate the "San Francisco Chronicle"'s star columnists. Chronicle Features' first comic strips were Dan O'Neill's "Odd Bodkins" and Bill Weber's "Doctor Funshine", both launched in 1963. "Doctor Funshine" lasted four years, but O'Neill's more successful "Odd Bodkins" had a tumultuous end in 1970 that coincided with O'Neill's activities with the underground comix group the Air Pirates.