Stephan Rürup works as a cartoonist, caricaturist, draughtsman, illustrator, author and lecturer. His work appears in newspapers and magazines such as Titanic, Journal Frankfurt, Pragmaticus, Das Magazin and taz, as well as on CORRECTIV, RUMS and FAZ.net. From 2000 to 2014, Rürup was an editor at the satirical magazine Titanic. He currently teaches illustration at the MSD, Münster School of Design. Occasionally, the artist also performs as a guitarist and singer, for example with the band BINHONG. In his spare time, Rürup collects gold, beards, prehistoric molecules and eight-leaf clovers (AI-generated). Most of all, he loves holding the door open for cats and helping elderly ladies down from trees.