tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post4589578771752295608..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: "Footrot Flats" New Zealand Cartoonist Murray Ball 1939 - 2017Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-90130028421852790502017-03-15T03:54:14.267-04:002017-03-15T03:54:14.267-04:00Many years ago I'd read library copies of Punc...Many years ago I'd read library copies of Punch for the cartoons. "Stanley" started there, in large unframed panels with borderless balloons. It was funny and fun to look at, with characters scattered along a long flat horizon broken by the occasion wooly mammoth. It was followed by another Ball strip, more conventionally strip-like in design but still fun, in which a medieval king and his serfs focused on satirizing labor-management relations. I just assumed he was British as his satirical targets tended that way. <br /><br />"Stanley", reborn in standard strip format, turned up in one of the Bay Area papers for a while. The local batting average for imports wasn't impressive. "Modesty Blaise", the early "James Bond" strip and the weird repackaging of "Asterix" likewise came and went. "Andy Capp" and "Fred Bassett", in contrast, took root.DBensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144515471557731622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-48557506852519485142017-03-14T13:18:10.721-04:002017-03-14T13:18:10.721-04:00One of Murray's biggest fans in Scandinavia wa...One of Murray's biggest fans in Scandinavia was my friend Jorgen Fogedby. He was obsessive about Footrot Flats and probably was responsible for syndication in Denmark and neighboring countries. Sad to hear the newsRick Marschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042725183037008281noreply@blogger.com