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LAT (Mohamed Nor Khalid) is one of the most-read cartoonists in Southeast Asia, and with the continued, widespread reprinting and translating of his cartoons, he is gaining worldwide fame. His annual compilations of his strips into books have been extremely successful with one, Kampung Boy, selling more than 100,000 copies. The first print of 60,000 over copies sold out within four months and it had to be reprinted. For a country like Malaysia, that response is a big amount. His comics have a very wide range for an audience including children, intellectuals, and politicians who are fans |
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| Artists of Chiang Mai | Photo Gallery of Tawau Town (see Lat characters in real life) |
| Kampung boy balik kampung | Lat color cartoons | More Malaysian cartoon or comic by LAT |
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| Malaysian comics creator
Lat makes his American debut with this down-to-earth account of childhood
in a Southeast Asian kampung (village). His black-and-white text
resembles a chronological sketchbook, with stilt-houses and jungle plants
inked on each page, and handwritten text explaining events and customs. Readers enjoy the protagonist's casual chronicle of rites of passage such as a hair-shaving ceremony ("adat cukur kepala"), lessons in the Koran at age six, the Bersunat (circumcision) ceremony at age 10, and a trip to the movies circa 1960. From the window of his house, he sees a rubber plantation and hears the "distant roaring sound... of a tin dredge." Later, Constable Mat Saman, a Barney Fife–like zealot toting an automatic rifle, chases villagers who pan the river for saleable tin scraps. Lat's adults have narrow chests and slouch pelvis-first, while mischievous children canoe, dive and fish in the river. This first in a projected series ends on a to-be-continued note, with the narrator leaving for boarding school and already homesick for the kampung. Lat's loose, laid-back stories of Muslim family life and school should appeal to Marjane Satrapi fans; with humor and affection, Lat makes the exotic kampung feel familiar. All ages. Grade 4 Up–Kampung Boy is a pleasure to read. It follows the early life of a Muslim boy growing up in a tiny town in Malaysia during the 1950s. Incidents are well chosen and illuminating, including the rituals surrounding birth, the solidity and pride of family, the joy of skinny-dipping, and the fanfare of a traditional circumcision ceremony. All are handled tastefully and with nostalgic reverence. Illustrations are simple, yet emotionally expressive and charming. As engaging as any travelogue, the book uses universal themes to connect readers to a time and place that may very well no longer exist, but sincere reflection and honest details will draw them into this other world and win their hearts. |
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| Lat's began his cartonist career at 13 years old when his
cartoons were published in Majallah Filem and Movie News. While in SMK
(secondary school) his first comics 'Tiga Sekawan' and 'Keluarga Si Mamat'
appeared every week Berita Minggu news paper. In 1974 he became editorial cartoonist of the New Straits Times He left the daily a decade later to become a freelance. Over the years, Lat did all types of cartooning: political, social, and gag cartoons; comic strips, commercials, and animation. Lat's famous comic book is 'Kampung Boy'. His many achievements were crowned with the awarding of the very prestigious Malaysian honorific "datuk" in 1994. |
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http://drawn.ca/2007/07/18/lat/
http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lat.htm |
| Malaysia's favourite
cartoonist Lat (Dato' Mohd Nor bin Khalid) is a household name in
Malaysia. His cartoons have been appearing in local papers from as
far back as the 1960's, first in Berita Minggu and then in The New Straits
Times.
With countless comic books and the successful cartoon series "Kampung Boy" , Lat is one of the most prolific artists in Southeast Asia. In 1998, Lat even undertook a two-month research on race relations across the United States when he was awarded the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship. Lat was selected as the 25th Malaysian to take part in the Fellowship under its Multi-Nation Programme aimed at fostering international understanding, peace and productivity through the exchange of information. Some collections of LAT’s cartoons :
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Lat is Mohammad
Nor Khalid.
Born on 5 March 1951 in the village Kota Baru in Perak with wonderful talent for drawing. At age 9, his gifted talent in drawing comics began to yield his family income. His first real book was Tiga Sekawan, a story about 3 friends who banded together to catch robbers. The book was published in his sixth year at Jalan Pasir Puteh Primary School in Ipoh and received 25 Ringgit for his service...... ...His latest book is Dr Who?! dedicated to Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia.
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