This preliminary paper is a part of an ongoing research to study the relationship between the theme on Malaysian unity presented in Malaysian comics. This research has been conducted by collecting existing related literatures and local Malaysian origin comic visuals which has therefore fulfilled the objective of this paper. Visual analysis method to identify visual characteristics reflecting theme on national unity in Malaysian comics has been applied in this study. Therefore, this research may serve a better understanding to the public, audience, artist, and future researcher on the relationship between Malaysian origin comics and the concept of Malaysian national unity.
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To Cite this Article: Radzi, M. Q. A.-N. bin A., Ibrahim, N. H., Gani, M. A. A. bin A., & Bahari, N. L. K. (2022). Visual Characteristics of National Unity in Malaysian Comics. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(1), 1703–1708.
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