Pakdee Santaweesuk or Tai Kai-Hua-Roh is a Thai cartoonist. He is a pioneer of Kai-Hua-Roh and Mahasanook cartoons. He is the first publisher of the cartoon named PangPond.^[1]

Early life

Santaweesuk was born on October 13, 1960, in Bangkok.^[2] He earned his High Vocational Certificate from Rajamangala University of Technology Phranakhon in advertising in 1979.

While Pakdee was studying in the second year of Vocational Certificate, he offered a drawing to Vithit Utsahajit, the editor Ban-Lue-Sarn Publisher. He was accepted as a cartoonist of Mahasanook and Kai-Hua-Roh in 1979. Pakdee drew a picture story in Lai-Rot magazine, which was owned by Banluesarn.

Career

After he graduated, he worked with an advertising company while drawing cartoon for Mahasanook and Kai-Hua-Roh. In 1983 Vithit asked him to work as a full-time editor-assistant.^[3]

Pakdee drew a boy with three hairs named Pangpond for the first time on Mahasanook in 1989. The response was enthusiastic; 12 years later, Pangpond appeared in an anime and was on-air via Channel 3 MCOT.

Personal life

Pakdee married Udomporn Santaweesuk (or Koong). He had two children, Pattarakorn Santaweesuk (Pangpond), and Samathi Santaweesuk (Ninja). His child's name was used as a character in Ai-Tua-Lek (Thai: ไอ้ตัวเล็ก), his most popular short cartoon. In 2010, Rajamangala University of Technology Phranakhon offered Pakdee an honorary degree in multimedia technology.

Work

• ไอ้ตัวเล็ก is a well-known cartoon of that later became PangPond
• Cockroach Man is an imitative cartoon based on Mosquito Man a movie in which the main character is a cockroach man
• Duen Khrung Duang is the first cartoon that Noppol Komarachun(link) and Saantaweesuk wrote. They use a celebrity/model as a main character to write a story.
• Two comrades is a short cartoon about two friends, “Tai” and “Nhong”.
• The Editor is a cartoon in which “Awitid”(Vithit Utsahajit) is a main character.
• Graphic novel Lhai-Rod
• A cover page of Kai Hua Roh

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