Jean-François Baudot is a Belgian comic book artist and writer, who works under the pen name Gihef. He spent a part of his childhood in the South of France, but eventually settled in Belgium. Fascinated by films and comics, he decided to pursue an artistic career. After some tips and tricks for artists like Dupa and Bédu, he became the assistant of Eric Lenaerts, who made him turn to a realistic drawing style. Gihef worked on several projects in cooperation with the Gottferdom studios, and made his first solo project, 'R.I.P. Limited' with Jean-Christophe Derrien for the publishing house Nucléa in 2003.