Back in 1988 when becoming a cartoonist was a viable career Highgate/Price Milburn published Murray Ball - What Is It Like To Be A Cartoonist? Part of a series of books for young readers profiling successful New Zealanders in various professions. Ball talks about his early life in New Zealand, working as a cartoonist in England, and the development of his most popular strip Footrot Flats. The excerpted pages below show a day in the life of Murray Ball during the production of Footrot Flats.
Murray Ball - Junior All Black
New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange (Centre) and Murray Ball (Right)
