Ulises Fariñas

Ulises Alfonso Fariñas (born December 29, 1985, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is a Cuban-American comic book writer and artist.

Ulises Fariñas
Fariñas at the Asbury Park Comicon in 2013
Born	(1985-12-29) December 29, 1985 (age 38) Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero Motro Gamma
ulisesfarinas.com

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

1. The Paper Robots Podcast, Episode 97, 16:35-18:00, 23 May 2017.
2. IDW 6 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
3. Svensson, Peter (11 July 2015). "SDCC '15: Panel Blow By Blow As IDW Announced Dredd, TMNT/Batman, Rom, Micronauts and More". Bleeding Cool.
4. Johnston, Rich (31 August 2015). "Here Comes Judge Dredd #1, With Mega City Zero #1, For December". Bleeding Cool.
5. Comics Beat, 20 June 2016.
6. Magnetic Press, 21 June 2016.
7. Ignorant Bliss Podcast, Episode 43, 8 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Facebook page
• Twitter account

Print interviews

• Multiversity
• Comics Alliance
• Comic Book Resources
• Bleeding Cool
• Comics Bulletin

Video interviews

• New York Comic Con
• Puerto Rico Comic Con

Audio interviews

• Ignorant Bliss, podcast with Julian Lytle
• Making Comics