Stanley the Palaeolithic Hero (Comic strip)

Date: 1982

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: A-261-052-a

Description: A cartoon strip protesting against the disposal of nuclear waste at sea. It shows two characters, Stanley and Alvin, arguing about the topic Supplied title. Number 65 of an edition of 100. Reproduction of an original pen and ink drawing, 1980 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Signed and numbered in felt-tipped pen Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w ; image 176 x 354 mm on sheet 300 x 420 mm Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1982

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: A-261-052

Description: A cartoon strip protesting against the disposal of nuclear waste at sea. It shows two characters, Stanley and Alvin, arguing about the topic Source of title - Supplied title. Number 55 of an edition of 100. Reproduction of an original pen and ink drawing, 1980 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Signed and numbered in felt-tipped pen Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w ; image 176 x 354 mm on sheet 300 x 420 mm Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1973 - 1974

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Punch (London, England)

Reference: H-750-001/055

Description: Newsclippings from Punch magazine (London) of Stanley strip cartoons 1973-1974. Quantity: 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: A4 size clippings from periodicals. Processing information: Record edited on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1970 - 1979

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: A-261-026

Description: Cartoon from Ball's Stanley series Inscriptions: Signed: Murray Ball Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 295 x 202 mm Processing information: Record updated on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1980 - 1981

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017

Reference: A-305-075/078

Description: "Stanley" cartoons show Stanley watching an associate being lenient on racist behaviour by a South African; Stanley picketing a Ku Klux Klan meeting in a tree-trunk; and Stanley's invention of rugby football in a prison setting. Three of the four cartoons are in two sections each, and the other is only one section. Whited-out dates range from 1980 to 1981. Inscriptions: Signed by the cartoonist. Date has been whited out but may still be deciphered. Quantity: 6 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, approximately 90 x 370 mm. Processing information: Record edited on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1964

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

Reference: A-305-078

Description: The cartoon is in two parts. The first part shows cartoon character Stanley telling his friend about the new game he's invented. The second part shows a rugby field surrounded by barbed wire, high fences with watch towers and armed guards. Refers to rugby football and to the protests that surrounded the game because of contact with Apartheid South Africa. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 370 x 90 mm. Processing information: Record updated on 29 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1970

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Punch (London, England)

Reference: J-045-001

Description: Shows man as hunter leading a wolf across the desert. The man talks about the need for wolves to learn respect of man. As the sun goes down and the moon rises a pack of wolves close in on the man and then spring to the attack. The man runs. Exhibited in 'The Famous Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Extended Title - 'To tame yon wolves requires subtlety... Notice they follow the MASTER HUNTER in order to share his kill... FRIEDSHIP BAH! Control requires RESPECT Behold my beauties - MAN THE HUNTER... "HEEL CHAPS!" Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy Processing information: Record edited on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Listener (Periodical)

Reference: J-045-008

Description: Shows a man jumping with joy that the battle is over. It is pointed out to him by the only other survivor that they are the only two who remain alive. The initial man jumps for joy that he's alive. Exhibited in 'The Famous Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Extended Title - 'THE BATTLE IS OVER! VICTORY! VICTORY!' 'ARE YOU NUTS? OUR WHOLE COMPANY, EXCEPT YOU, HAS BEEN WIPED OUT!' 'Let me re-phrase that...I'M ALIVE! I'M ALIVE.' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy Processing information: Record edited on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.

Date: 1981

From: Ball, Murray 1939-2017: Collection

By: Ball, Murray Hone, 1939-2017; Listener (Periodical)

Reference: J-045-009

Description: Shows a man and child crossing a deserted landscape discussing the problem of equitable food distribution through out the world. After the child suggests equal food distribution, the man becomes very angry and storms off without being able to provide any reason why equal food distribution was not possible. Exhibited in 'The Famous Five: Manawatu's Cartoonists on Show', Exhibition curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited at Te Manawa Art (Manawatu Art Gallery), Palmerston North, from 13 May to 23 June 2002, in association with Massey University and the Palmerston North City Council. Extended Title - 'You will notice kid, as you get older, that the world is divided into two kinds of people...There are the rich, fat people with too much food trying to get thin...and the poor, thin people with too little food trying to starve off hunger and malnutrition' 'The answer seems to be simple - take all the food and divide it equally among all the people so ALL will have sufficient.' 'YOU THINK IT'S THAT SIMPLE HUH?! WELL IT'S NOT SIMPLE, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT PROBLEM!!' 'Why?' 'WHY!?!'...BECAUSE, that's why!' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopy Processing information: Record updated on 30 June 2023 when the access and use conditions were updated per the agreement with Diogenes Designs Limited for the Murray Ball Estate.