Ulises Fariñas
# Ulises Fariñas

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.

## 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. He followed up that series in 2016 with Judge Dredd: Mega-City Zero, which he wrote.

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

## Personal life

Fariñas lives and works in upstate New York.

