Wisut Ponnimit

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rdf:langString Wisut Ponnimit (Thai: วิศุทธิ์ พรนิมิตร; August 15, 1976, Bangkok), sometimes known by the nickname Tum or Tam (Thai: ตั้ม), is a Thai cartoonist, animator, illustrator and musician. He is best known for creating the cartoon character who has attained significant popularity in Thailand and Japan as well as hesheit, an ongoing series of short comic stories. Started in 1998, hesheit is one of the first alternative Thai comics and one of the only Thai comic series partly translated into English and Japanese. During a two-year study trip in Japan from 2003 to 2005, Wisut Ponnimit started working as a manga artist for Japanese publishing companies such as Shinchosha and Shogakukan. His manga series Blanco (Japanese: ブランコ) was published in the Japanese magazine (Shogakukan) between 2007 and 2010. He has also contributed regularly to the alternative Thai comics anthologies MUD published by from 2008 to 2011. In 2013, an English book of Ponnimit's translated as gained critical acclaim, and Time Out Tokyo called it "the English manga book you simply have to buy." Aside from his comics career, Wisut Ponnimit also creates short animation movies and their soundtracks, sometimes for television commercials. He is also the drummer of the band named Penguin Villa.