Between 1976 and 1994, the Footrot Flats comic strips ran in newspapers here and around the world, earning a huge global following. READ MORE:* Kiwis remember Footrot Flats creator Murray Ball* Murray Ball gave us a slice of heaven: Tom Scott* Tom Scott has Drawn Out his life in just-launched memoir* Footrot Flats cartoonist Murray Ball to be honoured at hometown's Rural DayDiogenes Designs Ltd Horse the cat was one of the many popular animals depicted throughout the Footrot Flats series. The setting was a sheep and beef farm called Footrot Flats, which was near the fictional town of Raupo in New Zealand. But as for the ending of the Footrot Flats cartoon, it was simple: "The characters had grown up", Gareth says. FOOTROT FLATS TODAYToday, just one Kiwi paper regularly prints the Footrot Flats comic strip: the Gisborne Herald, Pam Ball says.

Source: Stuff July 15, 2019 22:07 UTC