Bastien Vivès is an experimental and prolific French comic author who studied animation and graphics. Under the name Bastien Chanmax, he published the webcomic Poungi la Rataille. Other titles include La Boucherie and Juju Mimi Féfé Chacha with writer Alexis de Raphelis. In 2010, he teamed up with Merwan to create Pour l'Empire.