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).