KUALA LUMPUR: Aidilfitri is a time for celebration, marking the triumph of perseverance after Ramadan. For Ujang, this year’s festivities hold special significance – his battle to be free from bankruptcy has finally ended after 24 years.
The cartoonist, real name Ibrahim Anon, recalls the lowest point in his life: being declared bankrupt, facing lawsuits from a publishing company over the rights to his popular comic magazine and the “Ujang” character he had created in 1993, and shouldering RM1.8 million in printing debts.
Overwhelmed by the situation, “I lost touch with reality, and not just by a little”, he said.