Lat ... Kampung Boy ... Town Boy ... Lots of Lat ...

Inspired by my recent drive up to Malaysia (first time in more than 10 years and first time beyond JB), I decided to borrow the Lat comic books from NLB for my daughter ... for her exposure ... as well as introduce her to some elements I was exposed to myself as a kid, not in M'sia but close enough.

I was rather surprised to find the Kampung Boy copies in NLB (all from more recent reprints) left out a couple of pages I remembered from the original.

Namely, when Mat got home and showed his father the tin he dredged and his father's reaction.

I was thinking ... what the heck???!!!!! Censorship? Self-censorship?

By who? Publisher or Lat?

I know it's probably frowned on today, but this strip was done aeons ago.

Yeah, they "modernised" Mark Twain and Herge, so why not Lat?

Grrrrr

I think I'll try to find the original in some used book stores.

Would appreciate any help here.