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| | Footrot Flats -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | It ran from 1975 until 1999 in newspapers around the world, and resulted in a series of 27 books (collecting the newspaper strips, with additional material), a stage musical, and an animated feature film called ''Footrot Flats: the Dog's Tale''. |
 | | The cartoon was based around the life of Wal Footrot's sheep dog, "Dog", on their farm Footrot Flats (hence the title), and the other characters, human and animal, that came into their lives. |
 | | Dog's thoughts are voiced in thought bubbles, though he is clearly "just a dog" rather than the anthromorphised creatures sometimes found in other comics or animation. |
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