b. 1979. He graduated from the »George Enescu« Academy of Arts in Iasi / Iassy. He is street artist, comics artist, illustrator, curator for an ongoing project about the art of comics in Romania, which aims at archiving, researching and promoting these art forms in Romania. He is known as »Ciubi« or »Sir Squared Cat«: The name was inspired by one of his characters, »the squared cat«, which is now seen on many buildings in Bucharest. The artist published his first cartoon in 1995 in a local newspaper; since then, he has illustrated books and contributed cartoons to over 90 newspapers and magazines in Romania, Belgium, Slovenia, Poland, France, Greece, Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Alexandru Ciubotariu has received almost 20 awards for his works, which have been presented in more than 100 exhibitions around the world. This book (Povestea despre eu) “The story of I” appeared for the first time in 2005 in Romanian and had been officially translated in Hungarian, German and Finnish. The artist lives and works as an artist in Bucharest.