Murray Ball, Ball Pigs, pen and ink on paper, signed by the artist. Framed behind glass. Murray Hone ball Onzm (1939 - 2017) was a New Zealand cartoonist known for his Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero, Bruce the Barbarian, all the King's Comrades, and the long-running Footrot flats comic series. Ball was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand order of Merit for services at a cartoonist in 2002. The Footrot flats first appeared in the evening post newspaper in 1976 and quickly became popular, so much so that it was adapted into books, merchandising, and a play. Illustration 13 cm x 43 cm, frame 26.5 cm x 56.5 cm