who supports local artists here?
U know those comic books which are sold in 7-eleven and MPH?

I have supported them since MAN HUO WAN( comic king ) started( i think was 5-6 yrs ago)

WHo else support them??






So anybody reads local comic/manga?

I donno wether to categorize them as comic or manga thou....

i only liked jinggo in all malaysian comics that ive ever read...what happen to him actually other than a guy that looked like him??

This post has been edited by rokiroad: Apr 12 2009, 02:36 PM

I used to be a fan of Kaoru.
But after I realized that she always copies stories from other Japanese artist...

I stopped liking her.
No originality at all.

Even those cheapskate artist who draws for Ujang has more originality than our faux mangaka wannabes.

hu~~ most of malaysia manga seem to be a copy from jap manga.... kinda sad... only some of them... like detective hantu.. then there's one mag from 10years ago, supernova or nova i think.. they have a manga about a love story.. if i'm not wrong the artis r kenny or something.. really nice manga and really original..

Liga Pendekar '' Perikatan Adiwira '' (The League Of Pendekar)



Company : PTS Millenia Sdn Bhd

Azhar Abdullah











Sketch


Kebayan





Orang Minyak







Sources : http://www.komik-m.com/

http://azharsketch.blogspot.com/




Fan Art











Sources : http://amykamen555.blogspot.com/

But they don't have novelty anymore. Same comedy shit from 25 years ago.

I used to like Ben and Kaoru's artstyle when i was younger. Then i sort of stopped reading. And i quite agree it's hard to ignore the fact that they have very similar art-style to Japanese manga.

But hey, imitation is the highest form of flattery, no?

can i support Kid-Chan?

Kaoru, when i 1st read her work, i notice a lot of stolen scene from other manga. most noticable her earliest book on with Zombie Powder, n Kaoru Cake House is with Café Kichijoji de. if u own both book, try to do comparison. i didnt bother reading/bought beyond those later book, so i cant do any comparison. Dunno who is Ben already though.

I did like Ben styles. Since his artworks are more on to shounen styles. Better than Kaoru imho.

Sabariah Tukang Sihir










http://www.adifitri.com/comix/sabariah_web.html



Credit


bohrtaag / Azarimy (pergh.com)


http://pekomik.com/2008/sabariah-tukang-sihir.html

^ azarimy lama tak borak ngan dia.

Alwan Comic







Free Download

http://www.4shared.com/file/36902941/2d19e...rified=8b3a1a4c




http://ujangzero01.blogspot.com/

Can I support Ben..

Hikayat Syah Mardan '' BARONGAN ''



Cover








Title: Barongan

Writer: Yusrizal Mohd Yusof
Artist: Mohammad Yazid Kamal Baharin
Fythullah Hamzah
Mohd Munadzam Samsudin
Nor Azri Norazmi
Cover Artist: Mahathir Buang
Editor: Saiful Halmi Mohamad Dam


Price: RM5.00
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For more information, write to: saiful_h@dbp.gov.my
or call : +60321483654, +60133911992 (En. Nordin)


Sources :

http://pekomik.com/2007/barongan-komik-baru-dbp.html

http://alyridura.multiply.com/journal/item...asa_dan_Pustaka

http://kromosomblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/b...di-pasaran.html

nice malaysian komik

KOMIKOO #0


Company : Komik Factory



Genre : Malaysia Komik/Manga Identity





Cover





Preview




Adijin




Aedes




Baba Chuah




Kromosom




Shah




Zafran



http://www.komikoo.blogspot.com/

I like Ben's artwork... Story-wise is okay.

POWDER #001


Company : Komik Factory


Genre : magazine & comics



Cover





Promosi









HUNTOO #001


Company : Komik Factory


Genre : Mystery/Horror Comics



Cover

Ben's comic is still the best in term of all malaysian IMO eventhou he still some idea.

LAwak campus is the most original lolz

Malaysian '' Pendekar'' Comics

Anugerah PeKOMIK 2009



Juri


- Dato' Mohd Nor Khalid
- Prof Madya Dr Muliyadi Mahmood
- Jaafar Taib
- Hafidz Mahpar



1 - Kartun Satu Muka Terbaik (Best Loose Cartoon)

a) Naga Berapi - Gayour
b) Atuk - Ujang
c) Gelak Golek Golek - Bendi
d) Lawak Antara Benua - Lambok
e) Lawak Kampus - Keith
f) Fairy Good Brothers - Xanseivera

2. Siri Komik Kartun Terbaik (Best Comic Series).

a) Kereta Tanpa Penanda - Bawang
b) Lelaki Belalang - Padi
c) Apa Yang Aku Cari - Gayour
d) Juganah/Asalan - Kromosom/Dna
e) Obesia - Fairul Nizam/Popia
f) Orzsome - Bram

3. Komik SuratKhabar Terbaik (Best Comic in News Paper).

a) Pusaka Angkasa - MF Ajif
b) Salmah - Shah
c) Seladang Tunggal - Zoy
d) Kici- kici - Ensalim
e) ALAM - Zuraizee
f) Pi mai tang tu - Imuda

4. Anugerah Berus Emas PeKOMIK (Special PeKOMIK Award)
- Nora Abdullah

5. Penerbit Terbaik (Best Publisher)

a) Gempak Starz
b) MOY
c) PTS
d) Noradz
e) Karangkraf
f) Creative Enterprise

6. Lukisan Kulit Muka Terbaik (Best Cover).

a) Liga Pendekar - Aadi Salman
b) Komikoo #02 - Popia
c) Popcorn #01 - Tan Eng Huat
d) Bumper raya G3 08 - Padi
e) Kijiya - Zint
f) Monggo - Slaium

7. Ilustrator manual/digital Terbaik (Best Painted Artist).

a) Kromosom
b) Puppeter
c) Popia
d) Padi
e) Rambai
f) Adijin

8. Warnaan Terbaik (Best Colourist).

a) Bendi
b) Padi
c) Papan
d) Firdaus Radzi
e) Sub
f) Siew

9. Kemasan Ink Terbaik (Best Inker).

a) Jambang
b) Aadi Salman
c) Baba Chuah
d) Gayour
e) Xanseivera
f) Keith

10. Majalah Komik Terbaik (Best Comic Magazine).

a) Gempak
b) Popcorn
c) Komikoo
d) G3
e) Apo?
f) Gila Gila

11. Penulis Terbaik (Best Writer):

a) Liga Pendekar - Azhar Abdullah
b) TwinX - Pac
c) Obesia - Fairul Nizam
d) Siapa - Aadi Salman
e) Kijiya - Zint
f) Apa yang aku cari - Gayour

12. SiriMini Komik Terbaik (Best Comic Mini Series).

a) Orang Minyak, Gempak - Niezam Bachok
b) Sesat Di KL, Gila-Gila - Aza
c) Kipas Susah Mati Manga, Gila Gila - Ramzahurin
d) Supermarket, G3 - Niezamuddin
e) Akademi Armageddon, Utopia - Slaium
f) Siapa, Komikoo - Aadi Salman

13. Komik Baru Terbaik (Best New Comic).

a) Liga Pendekar - Azhar Abdullah
b) TwinX - Pac
c) Oka - Totoro /Ahliow
d) Cicakman - Kru Prooduction
e) Barongan - DBP
f) Kijiya - Zint

14. PeKOMIK (Pelukis Komik)Terbaik (Best Comic Artist) ): warna atau hitam putih:

a) Azhar
b) Pac
c) Lambok
d) Padi
e) Gayour
f) Ramzahurin
g) Popia
h) Kaoru
i) Adijin
j) Zint

15. Komik Terbaik (Best Comic).

a) Liga Pendekar - Azhar Abdullah
b) TwinX - Pac
c) Oka - Totoro/Ahliow
d) Kijiya - Zint
e) Helios Eclipse - Kaoru
f) Cicak man - KRU




Sources : http://anugerahpekomik.blogspot.com/

i like ben la de gardenier,but the story a bit like ichigo/strawbery 100%, anyone notice that?

I like Ben! Zint is good too. Keith, Apoh and Kaoru are my top fav. local artist too.

WoW (Pekomik Zine Edisi Khas)

Gempakstarz won the best publisher award made me lol'd.

The Best Komik


Liga Pendekar !!!!!

ben fan here..lol..

my fav - zint
i love all his under 18 series..

Mediaseni 80s Comics

Woh.. Gila 18SX dan 18SG.

a fan of Ben too, i gotten this signature from him



full article here http://www.kevinlmw.com/news/?p=174

Why are old skool Malaysian comics so frickin' manly, awesome and HELLS YEAH VIOLENCE? I just pissed my pants watching the inspector blowing away the crocodile with an M16. If anyone could scan these old comics and put em' up on Torrents, the whole universe would divide itself by zero.

I have those comics but my mom use it as waste paper, much to my chagrin. Those publications are much hardcore such as sex, monsters and guro elements that would seem too un-Islamic today.

Ben's artwork is fantastic. Runner up in the International Manga Award in Japan. Heard that he jumped from gempakstarz to komik factory. Is it true?

I also love CW Kee's comic in the Sun newspaper. 2 columns is enough to illustrate the malaysian lifestyle with a touch of humour

This post has been edited by airiholic: Apr 24 2009, 06:04 AM

Local comic scene need to improve more on concepts and storyline. I would say that many local artist can draw very well but a good artist doesn't mean a good writer.

Malaysian Online Komik



Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Mohammad Yazid Kamal Baharin

http://www.mohammadyazid.com/







http://www.mohammadyazid.com/blacklight/






http://www.mohammadyazid.com/retrojak/





http://www.mohammadyazid.com/intipati/

OWh I really like Kaoru masterpiece~
Feel so proud wif him ><
Nway suuport Malaysian Cartunist

Janji Kula




Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Aedes (Ahmad Kamil Sabri)



Sources : Majalah Jom (15/4/2006)

nice comics

I think I just got an idea.

Urmm..
I Love local CoMic..
Like GeMPaK..
their artist are so talented. Especially, C2v, Love Lowkey!
Xansiveara > FairyGodBrother.
Keith > Lawak Kampus.
Apoh > Mat Gempak!
And Kutu! > Now Drawing For DC is i not mistaken.

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Added on April 28, 2009, 9:14 amKaoru Is A Girl..
^^,!.. Hehe.. Btw, her drawing is spectacular..

This post has been edited by GriBBLEz: Apr 28 2009, 09:14 AM

Kartunis Pelukis Kelas Kedua ?






Saya banyak mendapat email daripada student-student yg mengambik course Art & Design kat universiti-universiti tempatan.

Kata kebanyakan diorang, pensyarah @ lecturer mereka yg ‘bijaksana’ pernah mengatakan bahawa kartunis ni dikategorikan sebagai “pelukis kelas kedua”.

Ini berlaku bila mereka disoal oleh pensyarah @ lecturer yg ‘bijaksana’ tu tentang pelukis idola mereka dan apa cita-cita mereka selepas tamat pengajian kelak.

Pabila jawapan mereka adalah menjadi kartunis profesional dan pelukis idola mereka adalah seperti Kartunis Ujang, Gayour, Aie, Tembakau, Ubi (ehem!) dan lain lain lagi; serta-merta muka pensyarah @ lecturer yg ‘bijaksana’ tu berubah dan keluarlah statement “pelukis kelas kedua” tersebut.

Ini kerana kebanyakan kartunis-kartunis tidak mendapat pendidikan formal senilukis seperti kebanyakan pelukis painting yg lain. Kata pensyarah @ lecturer yg ‘bijaksana’ tu lagi, kartun jugak tak boleh dikategorikan sebagai lukisan yg bermutu kerana terlampau simple, tiada anatomi, isi yg merapu dan tiada unsur ilmiah.

Jadi student-student Art & Design tu ingin meminta komen dan pendapat saya berkenaan isu ini…


Pendapat saya ?


Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah!

Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah! Kesian Dato’ Dr Lat… dapat Dato’ ngan Ijazah Kehormat Doktor Seni tu ingatkan Business Class… rupa-rupanya Second Economy Class!

Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah! Kesian Walt Disney… ingatkan filem Snow White ngan Disneyland tu tahap 5 Star tapi rupa-rupanya Low Class!

Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah! Apalah Zunar… buat kartun politik yg gila punya sinis ngan kaya dengan satira, tapi rupa-rupanya Second Hand Artist aje… patutlah kena ban!

Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah! Apalah lu ni Ubi… lukis kartun bertahun-tahun baru tau lu ni sekadar Pelukis Kelas Dua Anggur picisan rupanya!

Kah! Kah! Kah! Kah!


Aduh pecah perut second class aku ni gelak!

Second Class ke, Economy Class ke, Kelas Kedua ke, Kelas Dua Anggur ke, Kasta Pariah ke… yg penting ‘aku buat apa yg aku suka dan aku suka apa yg aku buat !’



http://www.kartunisubi.com




This post has been edited by HangPC2: Apr 28 2009, 03:39 PM

Aiyooo Second Class

Kalong Pendita




Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : A. Ghafar Bahari

Golden Age Malaysian Comic in 80s before Hong Kong Comic & Japanese Manga Coming to Malaysia

Dulu KDN tak kacau sangat

actually being a good artist is easier than being a good comic writer. because these days, it's just very hard to come out with a complete 100% original idea. no matter how much you try n look, there will most likely be some linkages or relationships with other more popular stories from Japan or US.

even our local comic, those with local heroes, most of them are based on the existing stories with some modifications.

for me, as long as you don't take too much elements from another story, it is still OKAY. if you take maybe some ideas here n there, then try to innovate n create something new, then that's something different. u copy too much = not original anymore.

as for our local manga industry, i feel we have lots to learn. we have a lot of talented people such as Ben (yes, his artworks are very nice). i'm sure we can achieve something great.

p/s.... and i must agree, good artist doesn't mean good writer.

Sources : http://ra-cd.blogspot.com/

From Gempakstarz




Popcorn

Hero Sekolah




Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Aman Wan


http://7aman7.blogspot.com/

What Happened To BEN ?

Leaving on a jet plane


Amir Hafizi
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 02:32:00





PINKY : Adijins most-beloved original creation



COMICS can't protect you from the cold. Both figuratively and literally. Just ask Aad'i Salman Ayob Khan, known in the comics and design industry as Adijin. He has been in the Malaysian comics industry for eight years and is opening a new chapter in his life as he prepares to fly to Canada.

He only has one bag - a green backpack - which he has stuffed with T-shirts, underwear and a few pairs of pants.


Hardly enough gear to protect him from the cold Canadian weather, but a lot of space will be filled with comic books - something he loves more than being adequately prepared to fight off pneumonia and frostbite, perhaps




I'm not really doing comics for any amount of serious money. It's for satisfaction. - Adijin


"I do have a jacket," he said.

Adijin, celebrated award-winning Malaysian comics illustrator and graphic designer, will be flying off to Canada on Wednesday. He has landed a gig with the Canada-based, or rather Quebec-based, Volta Creations, Inc as a concept artist.

"I'm going there for the opportunity to work with different artists," said Adijin at his home in Cheras recently.

"Malaysia has a lot of talented people, but perhaps not enough organisations to get them together like in other countries. We also have a problem with diversity, when most people are doing the same kind of art."

Adijin says this about his drawings: "I think it's semi-realistic."

The current fad or popular style being put forth by many Malaysian artists, and the world of comics for that matter, is what is perceived as manga-based.




JITA DEWATA : Another one of Adijins attempts at capturing regional artistic flavour


"It's not wrong to draw anything in any way, but if there is a chance to see more varied forms and styles of art and illustrations, I would prefer to go and work with them. To learn, to grow. To experience and to explore."

Humble words from a man many consider as one of Malaysia's top artists. He recently won an award for Best Cover at the inaugural Anugerah Pekomik for his work on Liga Pendekar.

The problem with variety was acknowledged recently, in the Morning International Manga Competition, which started as the world's first full-scale International Manga Competition that was part of a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Morning magazine published by Kodansha.

Chief Judge Eijiro Shimada wrote: "When I read all the submitted works, what surprised me was that the submissions we received are not as diverse as works for other Japanese manga competitions, even though this is an international competition. Manga includes everything such as superhero comics and European comics, etc. Even if the style of the work looks different from manga, it is manga as long as the creator thinks it is manga. Even if the content is unusual for manga, it is manga as long as the readers think it is. In Japan, manga has developed that way."

Adijin will probably find what he is looking for in Quebec.

Just across the street from Volta's office is Ubisoft's Quebec branch.

"The Canadian Government has been very supportive of gaming companies. They have seed capital programmes and incubation incentives for the industry," he said.

"Not that the Malaysian Government is unsupportive. I know that some RM200,000 is available for comics alone and there are other grants. It's just ... I want to work with all these other artists. That's it."




LIGA PENDEKAR : Awarded Best Cover at Anugerah Pekomik 2009


Adijin is part of a list of illustrious illustrators such as Datuk Lat, Rejabhad, Mahathir Buang (Milx), Billy Tan, Tan Eng Huat, Sonny Liew, Baba Chuah, Sunder Raj, Kin Sun, Mohammad Yazid, Ong Chee Yang, Sheldon Goh, Alan Quah and others who over the years have established Malaysian creative talent overseas.

Adijin's previous work include the comics Silent Hill, Hack / Slash and Small Gods for Devil's Due Publishing and Image Comics as well as art for Warhammer 40,000.

Interestingly, Volta Creations mainly supplies game companies and advertising agencies. They don't really focus on comics.

"I'm not taking this job for the glamour, because it is not glamorous," said Adijin. "Doing comics is more glamorous than doing graphic design. There's no money in comics, but it's still glamorous. I won't be doing comics there. I'll be a concept artist.

"However, I will come back, perhaps when the visa expires. I still want to do comics. I don't want to let that go."

Though soft-spoken, Adijin can be very resilient and faithful to his choices. After taking the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia exams, he decided to immediately plunge into the world of Malaysian comics. Together with other artists, he founded Urban Comics - a self-published effort.

"It was during the time of the self-publishing explosion. People like Jeff Smith (Bone) and Dave Sim (Cerebus) all were the frontrunners in the States," he said. "It took a while for the wave to get here, but we eventually caught the ‘fever' in 2001. However, things fizzled out in 2003. I don't know why. I guess, in publishing, you can never really know what people want."

Having had to keep taking other jobs even while doing Urban Comics prepared Adijin for the comics magazine's eventual bust. He ended up doing advertising design work for companies such as Ogilvy and comics illustration work for some overseas studios.

Having already established himself, Adijin ploughed on and now has got a break with Volta.

"I'll be back," he said. "And I'll still do comics. After all, I'm not really doing comics for any amount of serious money. It's for satisfaction."


- Malay Mail -

i need ben products! T_T how to keep track of ben now? XO my most fav mangaka for local. second is kaoru. have her signature and picture with her..

i need ben! =( other local cant satisfy my reading other then ben. i even try to draw like him. tiru some of his drawing xD

Malaysian Online Komik




Guruh - The Tiger Of Lembah Kemuning




Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Mohammad Radzi Hanif

ben and kaoru for me

hmm... i'd like to have their autograph

Ben, Gayour and Ujang are my favourite.

Right now Gonzo is about to bankrupt, If I am anak Sultan Perak I had already buy Gonzo and ask them to make Fatal Chaos anime.Lantakla org nak ckp FC tiru Tenjo Tenge.Eva FTW!

This post has been edited by HangPC2: Jul 17 2009, 10:50 AM

same! got any source to lurk for ben? =( his comic selling where ka.. =( too long didnt find any =/

and i have kaoru autograph +picture xD

nice comics....

This post has been edited by G3-X: Jul 17 2009, 09:00 PM

The late Pak Jab, Kerengge and Cik Li for me.

ben's comic senang nak cari.
for those who look carefully ler

dun forget dato' lat

This post has been edited by sassyset: Jul 17 2009, 10:55 PM

i mean lately.. last time with gempak senang nampak. after out gempak hard to see T_T where to find? xD i want~

If you looking for the comic that he make for Gempak during his time with Gempak, mmg senang nak cari kat 7-11 or kedai2 mamak or local bookstores. Gempak already make all the compilation of his manga when he worked there. But if you want the latest and very latest manga, its hard to find because right now he's working randomly for many publisher. Last time you can see his manga in Powder mag but now this mag already stopped and lately I heard he work as an ilustrator for many MMORPG including producing its online manga.

Sources : http://www.bluehyppo.com/MagsComics/comic.asp

the one he produce for gempak i can find easily. in fact i have them. i want the one after he out of gempak. T_T saw some cover on net but cant find to buy the manga =(

Laksamana Moden



Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Lela Sari (Jimi Kong)



Berita Harian Sabtu, 7 Julai 1984





Berita Harian Jumaat, 13 Julai 1984

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


http://www.etawau.com/HTML/AirAsia/Lat.htm

Nagasatria




Painter/Illustrator/Comic Artist : Niezam


http://niezamcomic.blogspot.com/

http://niezamcomic.deviantart.com/

http://profile.myspace.com/niezamcomic

http://darkwerkcomic.blogspot.com/

niezamcomic@gmail.com


Faizalmukhtar

http://faizalmukhtar.blogspot.com/




Early Concept




Preview












Comic Preview

for those who don't know, we have only 1 person in malaysia who have Phd in Art and Comic Studies, and hes Prof. Dr. Mulyadi Mahmood, UiTM Art Faculty.

we had some minor discussion some years ago, and when he looked at my artwork (6 years ago lol~)...and he said:

"It's good for Malaysian to have it's own mangaka, but not develop to our own culture, content and environment, it's a waste. If we still up to Japanese content, culture and environment, our mangaka would not progress anywhere"

he even give some example on Chinese and Taiwanese mangaka who manage to transform manga into their own.

I still support our local manga scene. And in 2002, when I met Ben and had the oppurtunity to chat with him, I asked him what degree ha had. He said he only an Economic grad-turn-mangaka. When I ask why, he laughed and said:

"it doesn't matter what course you did, it's all about the passion. Tak kisah la apa you punya course, kalau you sudah minat, minat la!"

Yeah passion. But do people need always to follow japanese content? Have to agree with the professor.

This post has been edited by Leo the Lion: Sep 13 2009, 10:51 PM

half agree with the prof, half agree with ben

Saga Empayar Kristal : Armada Azur




Painter/Illustrator : Zamzami Mat Zain




http://zackollections.blogspot.com/

obexstudio@yahoo.com










Urana Exham : Satu Eterniti










Sources : http://studioinspirasi.madani-media.com/

i was actually suprise that there are many talent. I think, the lacking here is the promotion n second is the mentality of our people. Most of us still cant really appreciate the work of malaysian

Like all of Zint's,Ben's,Kaoru's,Keith's comics. GempakStarz™ Cool!

THE HISTORY OF MALAYSIA CARTOON INDUSTRY




By FAKHRUL ANOUR (AYOUR)


The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time. Cartoons defined as drawings formed by an exaggeration or a distortion of a subject for an effect of satire and entertainment. The original meaning was in fine art, and there cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting or tapestry. The somewhat more modern meaning was that of humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers. Even more recently there are now several contemporary meanings, including creative visual work for print media, for electronic media, and even animated films and animated digital media.

When the word cartoon is applied to print media, it most often refers to a humorous single-panel drawing or gag cartoon, most of which have captions and do not use speech balloons. The word cartoon is not often used to refer to a comic strip. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists.

Malaysia is a country in the southeast of Asia with population estimated (by February 2008) around 27.496 million. The people of Malaysia come from a number of different ethnic groups mainly — Bumiputra (65%), Chinese (26%), Indian (8%) and others (1%). Though Malay is the country official language, freedom use of other languages mainly English, Chinese and Indian in electronic or printing media are fully allowed. Thus Malaysia provides a multi culture cartoon industry based on their ethnic and language preference though Malay medium take more of the market percentage.

Cartoon industry started in Malaysia almost simultaneously with Indonesia during the late 1920s in conjunction with the development of newspapers. In that context, not only did cartoonists illustrate culture, but they also recorded, criticized or commented upon current events, known as editorial cartoons. From there, the industry evolved to different medium such as magazine or electronic media to become not only as editorial cartoons but also comic, strip and animated cartoons.

During the early phase of Pre-independence Period (1930s – 1957), two major newspapers written in Jawi; ‘Warta Jenaka’ & ‘Utusan Zaman’ played vital role on introducing regular and freelance community of cartoonists. In addition to entertainment, most of the cartoons functioned as instruments of criticism and satire, in line with the goals of the papers to raise racial consciousness towards their rights and their future. The cartoons contained political, social and economic criticism concerning the community especially Malays, as well as humorous subjects. One of the major subjects in early cartoons was the effect of colonization in the way of life. Many cartoons recorded and criticized the influence of Western Culture, especially on those who considered the western way of life more attractive.




* A cartoon by Abd. Manan entitled ‘Barat Tinggal di Barat, Timur Tinggal di Timur’ (The West Must Stay in the West, the East Must Stay in the East) in ‘Warta Jenaka’ (7th September 1936) is not only an anti-Western statement, but it also criticizes those who are fascinated by the West. It shows a couple of monkeys symbolizing Malays who are aping Western attitudes.


When came into Post-independence era after 31st August 1957 (Independence Day), the social, economic and political conditions of Malaya played a very important role in shaping the form and content of local cartoons. By this period, new publications of newspapers were introduced which begin the era of multi language freedom in media. There are two types of cartoons, namely, strip and single-x-frame. Most of the strip cartoons deal with social issues related to attitude, modernization and moral crisis. Meanwhile single-x-frames depicted most local and international contemporary events which only began to thrive in the 1980s. By this era, Berita Harian (first published on 1st July 1957) claimed to feature the largest number of cartoons among newspapers in Malaya at that time.




SINGLE-FRAME

Editorial cartoon by Peng which was published in Berita Harian newspaper dated 7th September 1957 for weekly column called ‘Berita Harian Hidangan Hari Sabtu’ (Berita Harian’s Saturday Column). Translated from English, these cartoons were originally drawn for the ‘Straits Times Saturday Forum’ in The Straits Times, the English version of Berita Harian.



STRIP

The strip cartoon ‘Keluarga Mat Jambul’ (Mat Jambul’s Family) by Raja Hamzah in Berita Harian dated 14th May 1961. This series was said the first to introduce strip cartoon in Berita Harian.
Late 1960s, imported comics from Indonesia has encourage a new transition of style with more realistic drawing compared to cartoon feature. By right, this realistic drawing mainly influenced by western comics such as Spider-Man and Superman, but with local content, the popularity has appeared to attract the readers. When cartoons comic mostly appeared in newspapers, these realistic drawing comics were published as graphic novels or magazines




Achir Suatu Kemesraan’ (The End of Intimacy) was one of the famous Indonesian matured comic series back in 1970s.



Comic industry in Indonesia used to be hyper-active before people started to complain about bad moral issues that was implanted in youngsters’ mind.






In 1970s, Malaysian publisher, Raz Studio published a realistic drawing comic magazine titled ‘SALINA’. It introduced a new breed of comic artists instead of cartoonists such as Rizalman, Zawawie HO, Sang Arif Budiman, S Zain, Samudra Perwira, S Mohammad and R Rahimah. This comic magazine has lasted for more than 10 years thus encourage cartoon industry to follow the same method by publishing magazine for cartoons.



As 1973 approached, western cartoons and comics were terminated in line with the policy to encourage the development of local themes and cartoons. It also echoed the search for a national identity as proposed in the National Cultural Congress of 1971. Cartoonists had to abide by rules and laws related to the Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984, which among others, prevents the discussion of social and political issues deemed to be ‘sensitive’. These policies determine what is politically and stylistically acceptable in terms of criticism, form and content of local cartoons.

In 1978, the first Malaysian cartoon magazine ‘GILA-GILA™’ was published by Creative Enterprise Sdn. Bhd. The success of the magazine encouraged more publishers to produce similar publication until many years later the success was took over by ‘UJANG™’ and ‘APO™’ published by Moy Publication Sdn. Bhd. The increase in the number of cartoon magazines, the emergence of new cartoonists, the exhibition given by the public and by the government turned the 80s into the golden age of Malaysian cartoons. During this period, most of them inspired by western cartoon magazines such as ‘MAD™’ & ‘NUTS™’ but with their own identities that reflected the local culture.





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i used to read Captain Malaysia when i was 6 7 something.dunno what happen the manga stopped just like that