Cartoonist Ernest Ng ends 'Covidball' but promises more sharp takes on Malaysian life


In 2020, Ernest Ng’s anime-style take on Malaysian life went viral, evolving into 'Covidball', a nine-volume chronicle of the pandemic era. — Artwork: Ernest Ng

Back in 2020, cartoonist Ernest Ng first started making regular webcomics that reimagined Malaysian life, politics, and other funny things happening around the country as an anime.

What he didn’t expect was for it to go viral, and eventually spawn a nine volume series about Covid-19 titled Covidball, which would become arguably one of the most detailed accounts of that period of time in Malaysian history.

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