Comic strips on show

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GULI-GULI, the famous comic strip created by Tan Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing, is being showcased at the Pavilion Shopping Centre Kuala Lumpur until today.

The exhibition features selected strips from the series, which appeared in the New Sunday Times from 1982 to 1987.

Relevant messages: Ongkili launching the `Guli-Guli’ exhibition at the LimKokWing University of Creative Technology in Cyberjaya with Lim, who is also the founder and president of the university

Although it was first published more than 20 years ago, the political and the social messages are still relevant today.

A LimKokWing University of Creative Technology spokesman said the comic strips were designed to dispel racial distrust and encourage racial goodwill among the multiracial Malaysian community.

“Guli-Guli was chosen to explore the diversity of the tapestry of Malaysian life as it skilfully highlights the shades and nuances that make Malaysia one,” said the spokesman.

Readers who had followed the comic strips would have notice Lim’s cartoon characters were often depicted in disagreement with each other but never in disharmony or disavowing the bonds that made them one people, reflecting the true spirit of 1Malaysia.

Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili launched the exhibition on Aug 25 at the LimKokWing University of Creative Technology (LUCT) campus in Cyberjaya.