Livia Rusz

Born in Cluj-Napoca, Livia Rusz was one of the few female Romanian comic artists. She was strongly influenced by the French artist Cézard, whose work was among the few foreign comics to be published in Romania. In the monthlies Luminita and Arici Pogonici, Rusz drew the adventures of the duck and the monkey 'Mac et Cocofifi'.

With scriptwriter Al O. Zotta, she created 'Maimuta Kio'. She is also the artist of a comics version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. In Cutezatorii, she made the realistic knight comic 'Dan Buzdugan'. 'Mac et Cocofifi' were redrawn in the 1980s, and published in a series of albums in Germany, Hungary and Cuba. Rusz has additionally illustrated many books, including Tolkien's 'The Hobbit'. In the 1980s, she made the children's comic 'Miskati Közbelép'.