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,
Phil Frank's
Farley began in 1975 as
Travels With Farley (a play on
John Steinbeck's
Travels with Charley).
Farley began as a nationally syndicated strip with Chronicle Features, That same year, Chronicle Features turned down the chance to syndicate
Aaron McGruder's
The Boondocks, which went on to great success with UPS. In 1996 Chronicle Features outsourced their sales to UPS rival
United Media; Dodd claimed, "We now offer the editorial intimacy of a small syndicate and the marketing power of a large one." and absorbed by UPS circa 1998. (In 2011, UPS's parent company
Universal Uclick took over the syndication of United Media's 150 comic strips and features). == Chronicle Features strips and panels ==