Born in Bangkok in 1964, Stephff (Stephane Peray) began his career as a press photographer in the Far East. Since 1998 he has been drawing cartoons for several magazines in Asia, including the [Far Eastern Economic Review](http://www.feer.com/) and Asiaweek. And since 2006 his cartoons in The Nation have been reprinted by a score of dailies the world over, e.g. the Kuwait Times, NRC Handelsblad, Der Standard and the International Herald Tribune.