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1. What competition did Emerson enter?

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2. What prize will the winner of the competition get?

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3. What is the name of the superhero in Emerson's comic?

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4. What is the name of his comic book?

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5. Has Emerson ever taught a class?

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6. What is Emerson's dream?

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What can Earthboy do?

What do you think of Emerson's work?

What do you think are the messages he's trying to send through his work?
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Meet 9-year-old Emerson, the only Malaysian Who Made It to UNICEF’s Finals

We’ve all dreamt about accomplishing something great but this 9-year-old will totally amaze you
as he’s actually got a long list of achievements – especially this recent one!

UNICEF recently announced the top 20 finalists for their very first Climate Comic Contest. Children
and youth were invited to design and submit comic characters with special powers to fight climate
change, and Emerson was one of them! Way to go Emerson!

Emerson’s submission,
Earth Boy, is the ONLY Malaysian submission selected as a finalist among almost 3,000
submissions from over 99 countries in a comic contest organised by UNICEF. Malaysia
represent!

Earth Boy, along with 19 other characters, will be featured on the Climate Comic Contest website
where members of the public can vote for their favourite characters from now until 17 November.
The character with the most votes will be announced the winner and go on to be featured in a full-
length professional comic book! The comic book is set to be released on April 22 – Earth Day. So
vote for this kawaii 9-year-old yeah!

Earth Boy isn’t the first of Emerson’s illustrations. Over the past 3 years, Emerson has been busy
racking up a number of achievements;
 Best Poster Award for the primary school category in the National Space Challenge 2017
Post Contest by Planetarium Negara, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
(MOSTI)
 Champion in the International Children Drawing Contest 2017 organised by JCI Malaysia
Written and illustrated a children’s storybook entitled ‘Attack of the Evil Clone’ that launched
in April 2017
 Conducted several kid’s coming drawing workshops alongside his brother Sheldon
 Conducted a Creative Cartooning Workshop for secondary school kids at the Young
Changemakers Summit in 2016
 Completed 3 more illustrated storybooks awaiting publication
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And all that before his 10th birthday?!

With a children’s book published and 3 more on the way, Emerson’s ultimate dream would be to
have his very own superhero comic book published. “I believe comics can make a difference as it
is creative and fun to read,” says Emerson in his submission to UNICEF. Anyone else proud of this
adorable little boy?! You can also help Emerson realise his dreams of producing his very own
superhero comic book and vote for Earth Boy! Support lokal la!

Read more at WOB: https://www.worldofbuzz.com/meet-9-year-old-emerson-malaysian-made-

unicefs-finals/