MALAYSIANS KINI No one in a small village in Pendang, Kedah could escape the twelve-year-old boy as he tore around Kampung Padang Durian forcing everyone in his path to take a look at a magazine.

The year was 1974 and villagers travelled up to four hours to reach town to get their hands on a magazine but here was this boy holding the prized reading material he received free of charge.

The magazine - Bambino - was a gift from the publishers and in it contained Zunar's first cartoon.

Today a world famous political cartoonist, Zunar, or Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, 54, is known for his bold strokes which critique corruption among the powers that be.

His no-holds-barred style has made him an enemy of those in power and he has nine sedition charges to show for it.