Golden Gate Park who always is trying to get rich, sometimes by writing to Vice President Dick Cheney with new schemes. Speedbump, a feral cat, Orwell's assistant. Miles, mild-mannered dog host of KFUR, a radio station for dogs and cats. Velma Melmac, a housewife who parks her monster RV in Yosemite National Park each summer, doing her best to keep nature at bay by, for example, vacuuming the nature trails. Beppo, a homeless Vietnam vet and North Beach sidewalk resident Books A number of the strips have been collected and published as books. Travels with Farley (1978) Asphalt State Park (1987) Going Local with Farley (1991) I'm Ink, Therefore I Am (1997) - A collection of comics from the time Farley became specific to the San Francisco Chronicle. Fur and Loafing in Yosemite (1999) (For the Yosemite Association) - A collection of cartoons which were all either set in Yosemite or featured the bears coming or going to Yosemite. Don't Parade On My Reign (2003) - A collection of comics featuring "Da Mayor" Willie Brown. Willie Brown was proud of this collection and often autographed it and sent it to people. Eat Drink & Be Hairy (2006) (For the Yosemite Association) - A second collection of cartoons set in Yosemite. References External links Partial comic archive at SFGATE American comic strips Culture of San Francisco 1975 comics debuts 2007 comics endings Gag-a-day comics Teen comedy comics Fictional reporters Comics characters introduced in 1975 Satirical comics