Flook was a British comic strip which ran from 1949 to 1984 in the Daily Mail newspaper. It was drawn by Wally Fawkes (of the jazz group Wally Fawkes and the Troglodytes), who signed the strips as “Trog”.
It was the first newspaper comic strip to be published by the New Zealand newspaper Otago Daily Times, where it ran from 1952 to 1979.
The central characters were a young boy called Rufus and his magical animal friend, Flook. According to the strip ‘The Coming of Flook’, which forms part of the cartoon book Rufus and Flook v. Moses Maggot, we learn that Flook, who vaguely resembled a furry pig walking on his hind legs, was a creature from the age of the dinosaurs whom Rufus, in a dream, rescued from cavemen and who then came back to waking reality with him. Flook was able to talk (in six languages) and was blessed with a fine sense of irony with which to temper Rufus’ innocence and enthusiasm. He was also able to change shape into all manner of objects, though not much was made of this power after the first couple of years of the strip. They inhabited a satirical and socially-perceptive fantasy world not unrelated to contemporary Great Britain, populated by larger-than-life characters, mostly bearing a striking resemblance to leading politicians and celebrities. Many of their adventures starred their principal adversaries, the villainous Moses Maggot and his sidekick the gaolbird Bodger, whose sister – the overweight teenage witch Lucretia Bodger (a play on Lucretia Borgia), with her cat, Gobstopper – also appeared quite frequently, as did a mad retired colonel.
Storylines were written by the singer and writer George Melly, the comedian Barry Took, the musician Humphrey Lyttelton and the film critic Barry Norman. In 1953 some were written by Compton Mackenzie. Several book-length episodes and compilations were separately published, and the Daily Mail also marketed a Flook toy.
The ironic and bohemian ethos of the strip was notably at variance with the conservatism of the Daily Mail, which finally discontinued it after some 10,000 episodes, reportedly because the editor David English objected to its repeated jabs at the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (though she is said to have enjoyed it), and the strip’s covert criticism of the Mail’s championing of the cause of Zola Budd. After it was dropped by the Mail, Flook ran in the Left-leaning Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror in 1984–85, scripted by Keith Waterhouse (shortly before he moved to the Mail).
Flook was adopted as a mascot by 831 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, and the character was painted on the squadron aircraft.
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UPDATE 19-03-2021
Flook 6x Thanks to Mulo Kibizer
Flook – Flook in the Frame
Flook – Lady Lucretia Montague-Ffolly
Flook – Oh! Bumbay!
Flook – Stoned On Henge
Flook – Strike A Candlelight!
Flook – The League Of Women Bar Proppers
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UPDATE 09-08-2020
Flook 5x Thanks to Mulo Kibizer
Flook – Fab gear
Flook – Rufus and Flook at School
Flook – Rufus and Flook V. Moses
Flook – The Amazing Adventures Of Rufus And Flook
Flook – The League Of Women Bar Proppers 1970
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Flook – Alice Through The Two-Way Mirror
Flook – And the Peasants Revolt
Flook – Food Is A Four-Letter Word
Flook – For A Neighbou
Flook – London 2063 AD
Flook – Roman in the Gloamin’
Flook – The Clip on Bow-Tie Affair
Flook – The Great Battersea Safari
Flook – The Shrinko Racket
Flook – There’ll Be Bluebirds Over
Flook – Untitled
Newspaper Comic Strips 
