Ulises Fariñas

Ulises Fariñas
Born (1985-12-29) December 29, 1985
Elizabeth, NJ
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, penciller, inker, letterer, colorist
Notable works
 Judge Dredd: Mega-City Two
Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero
Motro
Gamma
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Ulises Fariñas (born December 29, 1985) is a Cuban American comic book writer and artist.

Early life

Ulises Alfonso Fariñas was born December 29, 1985 in Elizabeth, NJ.

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 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, Ulises 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

He currently 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

  1. ↑ The Paper Robots Podcast, Episode 97, 16:35-18:00, 23 May 2017.
  2. ↑ IDW Archived 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.

Video interviews

Audio interviews

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