Makis Malafekas studied art history and social anthropology. He presented seminars at the Sorbonne on the history of European comics, and worked at the School of Fine Arts in Paris. He has written articles for Eleftherotypia's "9", Libération, Lifo and others. Deepfake is the third in the series of/by Michalis Krokos, after De les kouventa (Ink 2018) and Mesakti (Ink 2020). Makis lives and works in Brussels and Athens.