by Murray Ball
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Murray Ball
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Footrot
Flats by Murray Ball was probably the most popular comic strip ever in
Australia and New Zealand. The main series was issued as longer landscape
books and so popular was the series that several reprints have been issued.
Most copies have sold over 4 million. Sadly, the main series ended at
Book 27. There was also a smaller "Pocket Book" series, a larger
"Weekender" series and some odd specials, including some hardback
compendiums of the original books. A full length cartoon movie was made
in 1986 and a book published of the film.
In addition, the original series was issued again as a miniature version of the landscape books, abridged (ie with less strips) entitled the 'Footrot Flats Puppydog Series' all published in 1995. These appear to have stopped at the reproduction of selected strips from Book 21 and had nearly identical covers to the main books (having the addition of a puppy version of The Dog in the title). The first six original Footrot Flats Books were also re-released in the UK by Titan Books. In 2005 a new collection of strips was published by Hodder Moa Books titled "Footrot Flats Sports Collection". Sadly, Murray Ball passed away on 12 March 2017.  =
In My Collection / 
= Not in My Collection
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Original Series
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No
1 (1978)
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No
2 (1979)
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No
3 (1980)
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No
4 (1980)
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No
5 (1980)
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No
6 (1981)
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No
7 (1982)
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No
8 (1983)
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No
9 (1984)
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No
10 (1985)
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No
11 (1986)
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No
12 (1987)
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No
13 (1988)
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No
14 (1989)
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No
15 (1990)
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No
16 (1990)
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No
17 (1991)
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No
18 (1992)
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No
19 (1993)
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No
20 (1994)
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No
21 (1994)
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No
22 (1995)
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No
23 (1996)
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No
24 (1997)
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No
25 (1998)
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No
26 (1999)
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No
27 (1999)
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Puppydog
Series
All published in 1995
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No
1
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No
2
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No
3
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No
4
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No
5
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No
6
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No
7
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No
8
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No
9
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No
10
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No
11
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No
12
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No
13
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No
14
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No
15
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No
16
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No
17
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No
18
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No
19
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No
20
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No
21
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UK Titan Books Series
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No
1 (Oct 1990)
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No
2 (Apr 1991)
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No
3 (Oct 1991)
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No
4 (Dec 1992)
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No
5 (Sep 1993)
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No
6 (Oct 1994)
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Weekender
Series
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No
1 (1985)
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No
2 (1989)
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No
3 (1991)
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No
4 (1993)
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No
5 (1995)
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No
6 (1996)
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No
7 (1997)
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No
8 (1998)
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Special
(1994)
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"Pocket Books" Series
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Mar
1983
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Mar
1984
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Apr
1985
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1988
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Mar
1992
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The Film
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1986
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The Mini Footrot Flats
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1984
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Collector's
Editions
(Hardback)
No 1 and 2 from Imprint Books, No 3 from Orion Books
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No
1 (1987)
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No
2 (1989)
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No
3 (1993)
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Hodder Moa Books
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2005
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2010
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2015
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2016
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Andrews and McMeel Books
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April
2010
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The
Ballad of Footrot Flats
Published in rhyme
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1996
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