Stypka came from
Dobrá near
Frýdek-Místek. After graduating from a grammar school in Frýdek, he was a journalist in the regional press, and also briefly worked at a candle shop and was a salesman at local festivals. After years of journalistic work, he became a
graphic artist and
typesetter. He had long collaborated with the magazine (single-parentship). He was single, with three children. In the summer of 2019, Stypka was diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer. He died on 10 January 2021, at the age of 41 from complications associated with
COVID-19 during the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic. ==References==