The fourty-seventh comic: #417 Kampung Boy
Now to a somewhat sweeter story. Kampung Boy is the story of a boy growing up in a kampung, a village, in Malaysia. It covers his parents, his education (mostly religious, at least initially) and his friends. There's stories about his daily life, but also how the modern world enters this life, both by the machines mining for tin and traveling in cars. It's a story of life that doesn't exist much anymore and the story ends as the protagonist leaves the village, both because his parents sell their rubber plantation and because he goes to boarding school - as he leaves the kampung, he is no longer a kampung boy.
It's a small, simple story. There are no big threats or adventures, but they are parts of life, combined into a narrative. It's a fast, satisfying read that entertains and enlightens well.