Juhani Tolvanen (born 1956) has been awarded the honourary Sarjakuvaneuvos title by the Finnish Comics Society. He is a former editor specialising in comics, who worked at Ilta-Sanomat from 1979 to 2019. He joined Finnish Comics Society in 1973 and served as the editor-in-chief of Sarjainfo (a magazine about comics) from 1976 to 1983. Tolvanen is also the chairman of the board of the Finnish comics museum association (Sarjakuvamuseo ry). He has translated approximately 160 comics and authored books about comics. His hobbies include cigars and gardening, and he hopes to find more time to read during his life.