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Cartoon is a brilliant greeting from former journalist IRENE HOE. Thanks Irene. [Above pix is by famous Malay cartoonist, Datuk Mohammed Nor Khalid or LAT, from Malaysia.]

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Al Hirschfeld Caricatures Pop Singers

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Pop singers, like many celebrities, need to be immortalized. One way is to use caricatures. Al Hirschfeld, to me, is one of the greatest artist of his kind. Below are only a few of his work. He was a Hollywood great.  He must have been a happy and healthy caricaturist; he died at 99.

I used to check out his drawings from US entertainment magazines that I bought in the 50's and 60's and had fun trying to guess who the characters were.  Hirschfeld has become the only artist to have a Broadway theatre named after him.

 Selected at random from Google Images, do you know who these singers are? Most have gone away but some are still around.

What a Wonderful World from Louis Armstrong - 

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Hirschfeld’s 1999 picture of Liza Minnelli is his work in color. It is an achievement he often sought i.e. to capture a perfect likeness using minimum lines. He achieved Minnelli’s stance with only a line; his pen never left the page. Similarly with Sammy Davis Jr. above.

Fool On A Hill - Paul McCartney.

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                        And the man himself, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.

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There is no intention to profit monetarily from these caricatures by Al Hirschfeld but only to show how he had influenced and entertained many senior Singaporeans who enjoyed his artistic talent. If, for any reason, these pictures are not for publication, please inform blogger by writing on the Comment page.

Images: Al Hirschfeld, Google.

Cartoonist Lat n Frankie Rock In Ipoh Kopi Tiam

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Malaysians say jokingly that if you want to know the truth about the country don't read the newspapers; read LAT. 

For those who have not been initiated, LAT is not an acronym but the name of Malaysia's most famous cartoonist, Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid.

I searched my little library at home and found Lat's collection of cartoons. They included,  Kampung Boy, Lat's Lot and Town Boy. It's not the whole collection but it is in the last book that I found what I wanted. 

 Lat's love for 60's music shows in his depiction of the rock and roll hey-day after he left his kampung life and went to Ipoh town.

The cartoons above enact his meeting with a Chinese boy called Frankie who told Lat, "I like pop music also. Do you want to exchange records with me? I have ALL the records! You just say it - I GOT IT! What record you want? Elvis... Cliff Richard... I got all! Bobby Darin, Ricky Nelson, Paul Anka, Pat Boone, Neil Sedaka, the Patters, Connie Francis, Bobby Vee. You have heard a new group called the Beatles? (from: Town Boy - Sixth reprint 1992)"

When Lat told Frankie he had no records for exchange, Frankie took Lat to his home.  They went into a 60s kopi tiam (coffee shop) called Kedai Kopi Ah Hong.  

But as we are taken illustratively beyond the won-ton mee stall and the kopi drinkers, through dark, winding staircases and long wooden corridors, the reader finally finds himself in a large family room where his friend shows Lat his father's collection of a treasured radiogram with the latest 60s vinyl records of Bill Haley, Ricky Nelson and other pop hits (images 1 and 2). 

To Lat it was the thrill of a lifetime as the final double-page image 3 shows them screaming and yelling  to the roof tops to the surprise of Frankie's grandmother and sister.

Have you read Lat's cartoons. You're missing plenty if you haven't.

Quotation and Images from: Town Boy By Mohd. Nor Khalid, Berita Publishing Sdn. Bhd. A Member of The New Straits Times Group, 22, Jalan Liku, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sixth reprint 1992. Printed by Percetakan Cergas Sdn. Bhd. 58100 Kuala Lumpur.

Original article/images: Andy Lim Collection.