Fur and Loafing in Yosemite - A Collection of 'Farley' Cartoons Set in Yosemite National Park

by Phil Frank

This book gathers nearly 200 hilarious Yosemite-based cartoon strips, featuring do-good ranger Farley and a remarkably aberrant cast of characters.

Veteran cartoonist Phil Frank has captured the day-to-day activities, politics, tourists, and management complexities at Yosemite National Park with amazing insight and loads of humor.

The exceptional, curious, and eccentric characters include Farley, journalist and seasonal park ranger, four urbanized black bears (Bruinhilda, Alphonse, Franklin, & Floyd), Chief Ranger Horace Malone, Velma Melmac (the camper who abhors dirt), and Stern Grove, Mr. Law Enforcement.

As a group, this band of Yosemite-philes offers an amusing and slightly twisted view of life in California's most famous national park.The collection includes a cast description, a 'Bear's Eye View Map of Yosemite Valley,' biographies of all he characters, and notes about the origins of a number of topical strips.