Penang-born cartoonist Azmi Hussin captures the pandemic stories of Penangites the way he knows best – through comics! Tanjong Life: The New Norm follows the funny adventures of Joe G – Azmi’s buck-toothed, true-blue Penangite character – as he explores the amusing and the not-so-amusing sides of the new normal, highlighting everything from getting caught up in the Dalgona coffee craze to getting his body temperature checked before riding a trishaw, watching performing arts online and finding out what improperly disposed face masks can do. Sure, the pandemic is tough on all of us, but Joe G has undoubtedly found hilarious ways to live life to the fullest in Penang’s new normal!
About the Artist
Mohd Azmi Mohd Hussin, who goes by the pseudonym ME (also written Me), is presently a resident artist at the Made In Penang Interactive Museum. Like his cartoon character Joe, ME is a true-blue Penangite. From his early schooldays he was always fascinated with drawing and admitted that he “won almost all the art competitions in school!” ME would spend half of his daily pocket money on art paper to draw his favourite cartoons – the Thundercats, Rambo and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. By the time he was in Standard Six he was already creating his own DIY comics to sell (just like his idol Dato’ Lat).
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