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gorg mallia in 2004 malta communications , instructional technology , cartoons 9 november 1957 gorg mallia
 gorg mallia
gorg mallia

gorg mallia is a communications academic , author and cartoonist working on the island of malta -lrb- born november 9 , 1957 -rrb- .
he is a senior lecturer at the centre for communication technology , university of malta .
he has a b.a. -lrb- hons -rrb- in english literature and an m.a. in communications , both from the university of malta , and a ph.d in instructional technology , from the university of sheffield , uk .
he specialises in print and presentation media , personal communications and branding , and instructional design and technology -lrb- particularly transfer of learning -rrb- .
as an author , gorg mallia has produced mostly children 's books , which he has also illustrated .
his `` pullu '' series for very young children is very popular in malta and has introduced countless children to reading in maltese .
he has also written two collections of experimental short stories for adults .
he was editor of the comics series `` avventura '' -lrb- `` adventure '' -rrb- , 1982 and `` il-komik '' -lrb- `` the comic '' -rrb- , 1983-1984 .
gorg mallia is one of malta 's best known cartoonists .
his cartoons have been published in newspapers and magazines throughout the island .
from 1993 to 2008 he produced what was then malta 's only regular socio-political comic strip -lrb- `` one family '' -rrb- in `` the sunday times '' .
he has published extensively -lrb- in maltese and english -rrb- both in his academic fields of interest and creatively -lrb- children 's and adult fiction -rrb- .
he was co-editor and producer of malta 's best loved children 's magazine , `` saghtar '' , and past editor of the short lived national children 's magazine `` heyu ! ''
dr. mallia has also produced and presented a number of programmes on maltese national television and radio .
in 1996 he won the broadcasting authority award for excellence in broadcasting for his radio analysis of maltese humour in the series done for radju ta ' l-università , `` biex nidhku '' -lrb- `` what we laugh at '' -rrb- .
he was chairman of the national book council of malta between 2005 and 2013 .
more information about his work can be found on his website : -lsb- http://www.gorgmallia.com]
