Ness Ilene Garza is a visual storyteller born and raised in Riverside and Fresno California and currently lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Ness’s work is guided by their life experiences which span from working in warehouses to training for marathons. They use comics as a way to organize observations of the world and communicate that with others in order to share different perspectives. Ness was formerly known as “Badhands Comics” for several years and has since taken a break to redefine their relationship with comics and social media.