Zarko Luetic also known under his pseudonym "Zar" was born in 1951 in Zupa, Croatia. He graduated at the School of Electrical Engineering in Split in 1975. He has been working as the Manager of the Working Procedures in the company "Telcom" — Split. His cartoons and caricatures have been published in the local daily newspaper "Slobodna Dalmacija" since 1970. His own solo exhibitions were organized in Split (1978, 1980) and Slavonski Brod (1989). Since 1972 Zarko Luetic has been taking part in the International Cartoon Exhibitions in many places: Skopje, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, Ljubljana; Slavonski Brod, Zagreb, Split, Marostica; Vercelli; Bordighera, Duisburg, Hanover; Knokke Heist, Beringen; Amstelveen; Athens; Gabrovo, Ankara; Montreal, London, Tokyo. His artworks have been awarded numerous prestigious prizes at many International Cartoon Competitions