Langkawit

Langkawit Cartoons now available for download on Google Play.

Cartoonist Langkawit became active in the field of Sabah Cartoon since the early 1990's. His cartoons were published in some local newspaper. This was dawn of his cartoons in the newspapers. His work was in 'Bahasa Dusun' the local Sabah language which features the stories of everyday life of the village and the people of Sabah. Overwhelming responses from readers has encourage cartoonist Langkawit to publish more cartoons. In 1995, he published a collection of his cartoon series in 'Bahasa Dusun' title "KALABATU".

With such good responses, , he even published a series of cartoons in Bahasa Sabah (a local version to the Bahasa Melayu) in 1996. Langkawit, has published Kalabatu cartoon series from Vol.1 to Vol.5. Followed by the Kalabatu cartoon series in Bahasa Sabah version, with a total of 10 series collection.

Cartoonist Langkawit or his real name, David Buku Sooning @ Suning, is from Kg.Kinasaraban, Kota Belud, born on the 22 April 1966 and was the 4th child of 7 siblings. He was raised in a very poor family of farmers. He lived in a remote village and rarely mix with modern society, to a certain extent affect his childhood. He was shy and humble. However, the reclusive life he lead has helped him to be more inspirational to pursue his dreams and to try something which he has not done before.

He migrated to Kota Kinabalu City in 1983, a year after completing final year in high school, to find better opportunities ... and this is where it all began ......... ,

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..... 22 April 2017 is a bittersweet moment for me ...., happy because this is the first day Langkawit cartoons can be downloaded as a mobile application from Google Play ... Sad because my mom and dad are not here to celebrate this date. ... my Birthday ....

22 April 2017 ...

I dedicate all these, in the loving memory of my beloved Mother, Jameah binti sintikan, whom left us on the 13.12.2007 and my beloved Father, Suning Bin Kindingan, who recently left us on the 09.04.2017 ... thank you for everything mother. ..father ...

May their souls, Rest In Peace ..