Maissa Gargouri

ABOUT MAISSA GARGOURI

French writer and illustrator who, along with her younger sister Mayada, co-created the popular comic Desperate Bledardes. The official Facebook page of her strip has earned more than 330,000 Likes.

She has worked as a professional lawyer.

She was featured by Cheek Magazine in March 2015.

She and Mayada were raised in the Paris area by Tunisian-born parents.

Desperate Bledardes started as a parody of Desperate Housewives which starred Teri Hatcher .