It was a fixture in the daily papers in the 1980s and 1990s, spawning a movie, a musical and a theme park. Now a collection of comic strips about a Kiwi farmer and his border collie is set to provide ...

Mr Ball was 78 and is survived by his wife, Pam, and the couple's children. 'I grew up with Murray Ball's work... Lucky and privileged to have shared your Kiwi humour and drawings,' wrote one mourner ...

Wal and Dog are seen in a scene from the Footrot Flats movie, Footrot Flats: A Dog's Tale. Photo / Supplied The Footrot Flats animated film is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a re-release ...

POPULAR New Zealand '80s comic strip Footrot Flats springs from the page in a barnstorm of song and dance this March. Presented by Laughing Horse Productions and Roleystone Theatre and based on Murray ...

The death of New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball has been called the end of an era by fans who grew up reading and watching his iconic comic Footrot Flats. Ball died on Sunday at age 78 after a long ...

Murray’s character The Dog (pictured), was a Border Collie who starred in his Footrots Flats cartoons, syndicated to newspapers throughout Australia and New Zealand including this one, starting in ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. POPULAR New Zealand '80s comic strip Footrot Flats springs from the page in ...