BATU GAJAH: Datuk Mohd Nor Khalid, better known as Lat, is the first cartoonist in Perak to receive the Seniman Diraja (Royal Artist) recognition.
The recognition was given by Sultan Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah when he graced the Lat Gallery House at Jalan Bemban here on Saturday ."When Sultan Nazrin announced it, I was in disbelief but felt happy. It reminds me of my friends who are the royal painters."Therefore, I am thankful to Sultan Nazrin for giving me the recognition," he told reporters at the gallery.
In 1968, his artwork called “Mamat’s Family” comic was first published in Berita Minggu and its publication continued for the next 26 years.
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