《甘榜小子》(或名:《Lat,The Kampung Boy》;英語:Kampung Boy,馬來語:Budak Kampung)是馬來西亞漫畫家拿督莫哈末諾卡立(馬來語:Mohd Nor bin Khalid)(Lat)的自傳圖畫小說,其續集為《城鎮男孩》(英語:Town Boy,馬來語:Budak Bandar)。故事主要講述了作者於1950年代在馬來西亞霹靂州長大的兒時經歷及生活記憶,如:在森林和錫礦中的冒險經歷、進行割禮等家庭和校園生活。此作品被多次翻譯成其他語言,如日語、法語等,並銷往國外,尤其是東南亞,至今已重印16次,更贏得了多個獎項。這使作者成為馬來西亞備受推崇的國際人物和國寶級漫畫家[1]。
2006年,First Second Books(英語:First Second Books)出版了美國改編版[2]。這本書採用較小的格式,既6英寸×8英寸,並以馬特·格勒寧的推薦為特色,把「最偉大的書之一,有史以來的卡通書」印在封面上[3]。根據營銷助理吉娜·伽吉利亞諾(Gina Gagliano)的說法,出版商基本上沒有改動故事內容以符合美國人的口味。然而,他們確實將語法和拼寫從英式英語(馬來西亞遵循的標準),更改為美式版本。雖然如此,出版商還是使用基於作者手寫字體的文本字母[4]。First Second Books判斷馬來語並非讀者的主要障礙[5]。無論是純粹通過文本還是隨附的插圖,大多數馬來語詞可以從上下文中清楚地理解[6]。語言的清晰性給出版商留下了一些術語來向北美讀者解釋,通過在括號中插入定義或將馬來語單詞替換為英語單詞[7]。
Eddie, Campbell. Campbell Interviews Lat: Part 2. First Hand Books—Doodles and Dailies. New York, United States: First Second Books. 12 January 2007 [2010-03-13]. (原始內容存檔於2008-06-23).
Eddie, Campbell. Campbell Interviews Lat: Part 3. First Hand Books—Doodles and Dailies. New York, United States: First Second Books. 15 January 2007 [2010-03-13]. (原始內容存檔於2008-06-23).
書籍
Chin, Phoebe (編). The Kampung Boy. S-Files, Stories Behind Their Success: 20 True Life Malaysian Stories to Inspire, Challenge, and Guide You to Greater Success. Selangor, Malaysia: Success Resources Slipguard. March 1998. ISBN 983-99324-0-3.
Muliyadi Mahamood. The History of Malay Editorial Cartoons (1930s–1993). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Utusan Publications and Distributions. 2004. ISBN 967-61-1523-1.
Rohani Hashim. Lat's Kampong Boy: Rural Malays in Tradition and Transition. Palmer, Edwina (編). Asian Futures, Asian Traditions. Kent, United Kingdom: Global Oriental. 2005: 389–400. ISBN 1-901903-16-8.
Stevenson, Deborah. The Big Picture—Kampung Boy. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (Maryland, United States: Johns Hopkins University Press). January 2007, 60 (5): 201–202 [2010-04-17]. ISSN 0008-9036. doi:10.1353/bcc.2007.0046. Proquest ID: 1190715481.
Cha, Kai-Ming. Lat's Malaysian Memories. PW Comics Week. New York, United States: Publishers Weekly. 20 November 2007 [2010-03-18]. (原始內容存檔於2010-08-18).
Crossings: Datuk Lat (Television production). Singapore: Discovery Networks Asia. 2003-09-21.
Gopinath, Anandhi. Cover: Our Kampung Boy. The Edge (Selangor, Malaysia: The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd). 8 June 2009, (758) [2010-03-15]. (原始內容存檔於2010-08-18).
Lat's Latest. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 1998-03-18: 7 [2010-03-14]. ProQuest ID: 27524668.
Manavalan, Theresa. Kampung Boy Hits Big Time. New Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 4 July 1999: 10 [2010-05-18]. Proquest ID: 42901498. (原始內容存檔於2013-11-02).
More than a Cartoonist. Annual Business Economic and Political Review: Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Oxford Business Group). January 2007, 2 (Emerging Malaysia 2007): 257–258 [2010-12-04]. ISSN 1755-232X. (原始內容存檔於2011-07-15).
Muhammad Husairy Othman. 'Kampung Boy' arrives in Brazil. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 14 February 2006: 13 [2010-07-24]. Proquest ID: 986223671.
Pillay, Suzanna. Airborne with the Kampung Boy. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 26 May 2004: 5 [2010-07-04]. Proquest ID: 642258141.
Ridzwan A. Rahim. Here's the Lat-est. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 2008-08-31: 2 [2010-04-25]. ProQuest ID: 1545672011.
Satiman Jamin; Chuah, Bee Kim. First Indoor Theme Park Set in Nusajaya. New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). 2009-11-12 [2010-03-15]. (原始內容存檔於2010-08-18).
Shuttleworth, Mike. Kampung Boy. The Age (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media). 2010-01-15 [2010-04-02]. (原始內容存檔於2010-08-27).
Steinberger, Kevin. Kampung Boy. Magpies (New South Wales, Australia: Magpies Magazine). November 2009, 24 (5): 22. ISSN 0034-0375.