Art's Gallery is a daily comic strip by

Art Finley Art Finley (born Arthur Finger; 1926 – August 7, 2015) was an American television and radio personality, mostly in San Francisco and Vancouver, until his retirement in 1995. His broadcasting career began at KXYZ Houston in 1943. He enlisted i ...

which lasted from 1962 to 1981. It was featured in the ''

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'' during its run and was syndicated by

Chronicle Features Chronicle Features was the syndication arm of the '' San Francisco Chronicle''. Syndicating comic strips, newspaper columns, and editorial features, it operated from 1962 to c. 1998. The syndicate was known for the offbeat comic strips it champio ...

from 1962 to 1977, when it moved to

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until 1981.Holtz, Allan
"Obscurity of the Day: Art's Gallery,"
''Stripper's Guide'' (Nov. 5, 2012). The strip consisted of 19th-century

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panels from the ''Chronicle's'' archives, to which Finley added humorous and contemporary captions.

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* American comic strips Gag cartoon comics Gag-a-day comics 1962 comics debuts 1981 comics endings {{comic-strip-stub