Murray Ball

Murray Ball, New Zealand's most successful strip cartoonist, began work on 'Footrot Flats' in 1975. Eventually syndicated in more than 120 publications worldwide, it is set on a New Zealand farm and surrounded the life of a rather optimistic farm dog, his owner Wal Footrot, and the various people and animals they came into contact with.

Murray Ball, New Zealand's most successful strip cartoonist, began work on 'Footrot Flats' in 1975. Eventually syndicated in more than 120 publications worldwide, it is set on a New Zealand farm and surrounded the life of a rather optimistic farm dog, his owner Wal Footrot, and the various people and animals they came into contact with. See less