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!"

PEHH...CAM hOKUTO NO kEN VERSI mELAYU DAAA~

just a note here, I have one group...if you might interested to join go to http://khadrastudio.deviantart.com

trying our best for CF this year~