Mehdi Annassi, aka Machima, is a self-taught multidisciplinary visual artist based in Casablanca. He started his career in the video game industry in 2008, and worked since then as a digital artist, illustrator, graphic designer and street artist. In addition to his commissioned work (murals,comics, posters, illustrations, animations…), the award-winning artist (creative of the year 2015 on the Maroc Web Awards) is known for his contribution and involvement on Moroccan comic art scene, as a founding member of Skefkef, the first Moroccan independent comics magazine written in darija. Apart from designing walls and posters for his freelance clients, Mehdi Annassi is currently working on his first graphic novel. His work has been shown in Morocco, Spain, Egypt , France, UK and Lebanon.