Marjan Manček (1948) is a self-taught artist who made a living drawing caricatures for Slovenian and foreign newspapers and magazines during his studies in Ljubljana. He creates book illustrations, comics, and original picture books. He has illustrated more than 200 books, 33 of which were his own, designed the visual concept of five puppet shows, and created ten animated short films. He has received several accolades in Slovenia and abroad for his work. His caricatures have also been published in two European anthologies of illustrated humour and satire, Opus International (Paris, 1972) and Satyricon (Berlin, 1980). He has received the Levstik Award, the Levstik Lifetime Achievement Award, a nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, and the Hinko Smrekar Lifetime Achievement Award for his illustrations.