Media in the San Francisco Bay Area
James King of William began publishing the "Daily Evening Bulletin" in San Francisco in October, 1855 and built it into the highest circulation paper in the city. He criticized a city supervisor named James P. Casey, who, on the afternoon of the story about him, ran in the paper, shot and mortally wounded King. Casey was lynched by the early vigilante committee. The "Morning Call" was established and began publishing in December 1856, and later merged with the "Bulletin" to become the long-running "Call-Bulletin". The "San Francisco Chronicle" debuted in June, 1865 as the "Dramatic Chronicle", founded by Charles and M.H. de Young aged 19 and 17.
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.