The illustrator, animator, sculptor and film director Miki (Nikolaj) Muster (Murska Sobota, 1925 – Ljubljana, 2018) is best known in Slovenia for his comic strip characters Zvitorepec, Trdonja and Lakotnik, whose adventures he published in the Slovenski poročevalec newspaper between 1952 and 1973. He was the author of several picture books for children, advertisements, a series of animated films and caricatures. Muster was a pioneer of comic strips in Slovenia and one of the country’s most successful artists in the field of comic strips and cartoons. In 2015 he received the Prešeren Prize for his life’s work.