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Scenes Of Malaysian Life
''Scenes of Malaysian Life'' is a comic strip series by Mohammad Nor Khalid a.k.a. Lat. In the 2000s the series ran three times per week in the ''New Straits Times''.Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks. ''The Essential Guide to World Comics''. ''Collins & Brown HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp ...''. 2005. 125. References {{comic-strip-stub Malaysian comics titles Malaysian comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lat (cartoonist)
Datuk Mohammad Nor bin Mohammad Khalid ( ms, محمد نور بن محمد خالد, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 5 March 1951), more commonly known as Lat, is a Malaysian cartoonist. Winner of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002, Lat has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old. His works mostly illustrate Malaysia's social and political scenes, portraying them in a comedic light without bias. Lat's best known work is '' The Kampung Boy'' (1979), which has been published in several countries across the world. In 1994, the Sultan of Perak bestowed the honorific title of ''datuk'' on Lat, in recognition of the cartoonist's work in helping to promote social harmony and understanding through his cartoons. Lat also works for the government to improve the city's social security. Born in a village, Lat spent his youth in the countryside before moving to the city at the age of 11. While in school, he supplemented his fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Straits Times
The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was relaunched as the ''New Straits Times'' on 13 August 1974. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English-language newspaper. However, following the example of British newspapers ''The Times'' and ''The Independent'', a tabloid version first rolled off the presses on 1 September 2004 and since 18 April 2005, the newspaper has been published only in tabloid size, ending a 160-year-old tradition of broadsheet publication. The ''New Straits Times'' currently retails at RM1.50 (~37 US cents) in Peninsular Malaysia. As of 2 January 2019, the group editor of the newspaper is Rashid Yusof. In 2020, the paper was listed as the 5th most trusted in a Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute survey of 14 Malaysian media outlets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins & Brown
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Macmillan. The company is headquartered in New York City and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The name is a combination of several publishing firm names: Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987—whose own name was the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded in 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—together with Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded in 1819), acquired in 1989. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray. HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, India, and China. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints. History Collins Harper Mergers and acquisitions Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Comics Titles
Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysian people, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regardless of their ethnicities. Most Malaysians are of Malay, Chinese and Indian descent. ** Malaysian diaspora, Malaysian emigrants and their descendants around the world * Malaysian cuisine, the food and food culture of Malaysia * Malaysian culture, culture associated with Malaysia * The call sign and colloquial name of Malaysia Airlines See also * Malaysian names, names as used by the Malaysian people * * * Malays (other) * Malaya (other) * Malay (other) Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ... {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
