Rejabhad, or Rejab bin Had, (23 August 1939 - 14 November 2002), was a

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cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

, whose career started in the 1950s.

History

His hometown was in Permatang Pauh,

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. Rejabhad knew famous Malaysian cartoonist, Rashidin, who taught him about drawing comics. He joined the

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after he left school three months after his debut comic was published in ''Gelanggang Filem'' magazine. He was dubbed as Raja Kartun Malaysia (King of Malaysian Cartoon) . He became a full-time cartoonist for Gila-Gila magazine published by Creative Enterprise after he retired from the armed services. He mentored for Malaysian cartoonists from the 1950s to 2000. His was known as Pak Jab by his fans. Rejabhad died on the 14 November 2002, at the age of 63. His collections of magazines and articles are kept in his gallery in

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Graphical novels

*Periwira Mat Gila ''(3 volumes)'' *Tan Tin Tun *Mawar Oh Mawar *Selendang Siti Rogayah *GG Dengan Rejabhad *Prebet Dabus *Senyum Sedikit ''(2 volumes)'' *Pisang Emas Jalak Lenteng *Amal (son of Periwira Mat Gila) ''(last novel)''

References

Malaysian cartoonists Malaysian comics artists 1939 births 2002 deaths People from Penang Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims {{Malaysia-bio-stub

History

Graphical novels

See also

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