Kai Hua Roh


Kai Hua Roh was a Thai comedy comic book launched in 1973 by Editor Vithit Utsahajit. Kai Hua Roh content is a comic strip that offers humorous aspects of life, popular culture, society, politics, entertainment and news. The book also includes several articles, short stories, and a guest article from a public figure.

History

First published in 1973 by Vithit Utsahajit, son of Bunluesarn founder Bunlue Utsahajit, the publication aimed to entertain readers at a time when media options were limited..
The name comes from two words: “Kai” and “Hua Roh”. Before publishing the book, Vithit consulted an artist from that era for the name. Initially, Kai Hua Roh was printed on A4-sized paper but later switched to a pocket-sized format for better portability.
After standing on the shelves for a 48 years, Banluesarn stopped selling comics in print on a regular basis turned in to making e-books and online platform instead. The last issue of kai hua roh that was published as a book was issue 1515, released on 11 May 2021

Bor Kor Withit

Editor Withit is the Mascot that is associates to Kai Hua Roh and Mahasanook for a long time. This character was inspired by the Editor in chief Vithit Utsahajit. The appearance of this character is a fat and strict editor who tortures the artists. Editor Withit always changes the appearance to match the trend and culture of the time.

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Mahasanook

Two years after the first launch of Kai Hua Roh, Bunluesarn published the Mahasanook comic which includes a short story of comic as an additional con. Nowadays, Mahasanook is end publication on issue 1362 in 2021