flook as published in the perth daily news january 1952

 

flook 22 dec 1951

 

I thought you'd like to see where Flook was placed in the Daily News when they ran it in 1951, it was at the top of the page directly above a strip called Daily Doctor. Daily Doctor is completely awful, almost salacious. Certainly undoctorly. 

What matters I guess is the emergence of Flook into the real world. Once again, that's not the Rufus I know. Compare! 

Don't think too much about Rufus washing himself in water from out of Flook's nose. Just think about it the right amount. 

More soon.

more december 1951 flook

 Perth Daily News 17-20 December 1951

I haven't seen any of this before. I have to assume it's the original strips from 1949, though I can't check against the original. More shortly. 

flook!

This was a surprise discovery...

So it would seem that from late 1951 until 1959 the Perth Daily News ran a version of Flook, usually called 'Rufus and Flook'. You will recall that in November 2020 I showed you the way Flook started in the USA - using the 6th and 8th panels above - though I don't recall ever seeing Rufus look the way he looks here, ever. Whether this is the actual first three strips ever, compounded, I just don't know though I doubt it. 

Anyway there is a lot more Flook to come, is my main point. I will start grabbing it soon (can you wait till December? If not, just look it up yourself in Trove).