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Michigan State University.
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Frank started cartooning at Michigan State University first by creating illustrations on classmates jackets and then with the university newspaper for $5 a strip. After moving to the Bay Area California in 1973, Frank was an illustrator for a variety of clients including the United States Army. During this time his studio was in a pilot"s cabin atop a ferry boat docked nearby.
When Farley transitioned from a syndicated to a local strip in the San Francisco Chronicle, Frank secured a secret studio atop the Chronicle building where he could covertly create his characters.
He also created some of the first computer-based clip art, and one of his cartoon bears from Asphalt State Park was sold for many years as a popular stuffed animal at California"s State Parks alongside his Farley books Frank was well known in his home community of Sausalito and served on its Historical Society.
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 prior to and was gravely ill at the time of the announcement.
