Abby Kacen is a cartoonist and arts nonprofit professional who uses visual storytelling to explore emotional growth, change, and identity.

Kacen studied interdisciplinary arts at Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia in 2016 where she also received a master's in nonprofit leadership in 2020. She is a community organizer and freely shares resources and professional mentoring for working artists.

She is currently working on a new graphic novel that is a sequel to her self-published book 'Sid & the Sickos (2021)' and is expected to be self-published in 2025.

You can find her work on instagram @mild_pain and patreon. Her open resources live here.