Mendozza Y Caramba, also known as Maxime Gnoan Kacou, is born in Dabou, Ivory Coast in 1964. He became a reporter, caricaturist and comic artist, graduating from the Fine Arts Academy in 1989. He was a teacher of art from 1991 until 1999 and was founding member of magazine Gbich!. He is affiliated with the Tâche d'Encre association.