Thilo Rothacker is an illustrator working mainly for European magazines and newspapers such as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Germany, the Weltwoche in Switzerland and the French Le Figaro. He also contributes to the New York Times op-ed page. Thilo studied illustration in Heinz Edelmann's class at the academy of fine arts in Stuttgart and has worked and lived in Paris for ten years and moved to Stuttgart in 2001. He is member of the Art Directors Club of Germany and teaches illustration at the Merz-Academy in Stuttgart.