Karel Štapfer, painter, illustrator and head stage designer of the National Theater in Prague, designed the first Bacilínek puppets as well as the cover of the first print edition. Karel Driml, Bacilínek: veselá tragedie pro malé i velké o zdraví a nemoci o čtyřech jednáních s předehrou [Bacilinek: A Cheerful Tragedy for Children and Adults on Health and Disease] (Choceň: Tiskárna “Loutkáře” spol. r.o., 1929). National Medical Library/ Medical Museum Library, MA 4381