Ulises Fariñas
Fariñas at the Asbury Park Comicon in 2013
Born (1985-12-29) December 29, 1985
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Notable works
Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two
Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero
Motro
Gamma
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Ulises Alfonso Fariñas (born December 29, 1985, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a Cuban-American comic book writer and artist.

Education

While attending New York's School of Visual Arts, Fariñas studied under Nick Bertozzi, who invited him to join the web comics collective Act-i-vate.[1]

Career

Ulises Fariñas is the co-creator (along with writer Erick Freitas) of GAMMA, Motro, and Amazing Forest. He has worked as an artist on Catalyst Comix, and Transformers: Heart of Darkness.

IDW Comics hired Fariñas for art duties on Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two in 2014.[2] He followed up that series in 2016 with Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero, which he wrote.[3][4]

In 2016, Fariñas and Storme Smith launched Buño, a publishing imprint at Magnetic Press.[5] With Buño, Fariñas aims to provide an outlet which promotes creative freedom in storytelling and diversity of storytellers.[6][7]

Personal life

Fariñas lives and works in upstate New York.

Bibliography

Buño, Magnetic Press

  • Cloudia & Rex (writer, with Erick Freitas (co-writer), art by Daniel Irizarri, limited series, forthcoming: July 11, 2017)
  • Guardian Force Design Manual (writer and artist, inked by Mike Prezzato, one-shot, forthcoming)

Dark Horse Comics

  • Catalyst Comix (artist, with Joe Casey (writer), limited series, July 3, 2013-March 5, 2014)
  • GAMMA (writer, with Erick Freitas (co-writer), one-shot, July 24, 2013)

IDW Comics

  • Godzilla in Hell #3 (writer, with Erick Freitas (co-writer), art by Buster Moody, limited series, September 30, 2015)
  • Godzilla: Rage Across Time #4 (writer, with Erick Freitas (co-writer), art by Pablo Tunica, limited series, November 16, 2016)
  • Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two (artist, with colors by Ryan Hill, written by Douglas Wolk, limited series, 2014)
  • Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero (writer, with Erick Freitas (co-writer), art by Dan McDaid, limited series, 2015-2016)
  • Transformers: Heart of Darkness (artist, with writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, 4-issue limited series, March 23, 2011-June 29, 2011)

Marvel Comics

  • Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #1 (variant cover artist, with writer Al Ewing, art by Luke Ross, November 12, 2014)

Oni Press

  • Motro (writer and artist, with co-writer Erick Freitas, ongoing series, November 2016-present)

References

Video interviews

Audio interviews

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