Rafael Maldonado Bad Hand is the artist, writer and creator of the independent comic, “Pilla”, the story of a young girl searching for her father in a post-apocalyptic world where humans are on the bottom of the food chain. In 2021 he was the recipient of the Imagine 2020 arts award, presented at the proclamation reading of Indigenous Peoples Day for the city of Denver. Rafael has taken on a new independent endeavor with like minded Indigenous comic creators under the name of Rezilient Press and will have the final episode to the first season of "Pilla" and the fist instalment of his new team book next year. Rafael is also working on a retelling of a popular 80s cartoon coming in late 2024.