Fatty Finn facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Fatty Finn |
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comic strip c1920s
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| Author(s) | Syd Nicholls |
| Launch date | 16 September 1923 |
| End date | July 1977 |
| Alternate name(s) | Fat and his Friends |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
Fatty Finn, was a popular long-run Australian comic strip series, created in 1923 by Syd Nicholls. It ran in syndication until the creator's death in 1977.
Film adaptations
In 1927 a silent black and white film, The Kid Stakes, written and directed by Tal Ordell, was released featuring Fatty Finn and his goat, Hector. The film also contained a segment showing Nicolls at his drawing board, creating his famous characters. It was the first feature film to be based on an Australian comic strip.
In 1980 the strip was adapted into a feature film, Fatty Finn directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Ben Oxenbould with Rebecca Rigg. The film grossed $1,064,000 at the box office in Australia and was nominated for seven Australian Film Institute Awards in 1981 winning in the categories of 'Best Achievement in Costume Design' and 'Best Original Music Score'. In the same year Sydney journalist and screenwriter Bob Ellis produced a book of the movie, The Adventures of Fatty Finn with illustrations taken from Nicholls' original drawings.
