H.U. Steger (1923 - 2016) studied at the Zurich School of Applied Arts, where he later worked as a teacher for 20 years. His first cartoon was published in Nebelspalter. Since 1945 he has published a weekly cartoon about global or local events under the name of H. U. St. in the Weltwoche, the Zürcher-Woche and in the Zurich-based Tages-Anzeiger. Alongside his career as a cartoonist, Steger is also an author of children's books, a painter, an off-the-wall artist and a collector of just about everything.