born in amsterdam from one dutch and one us parent, liz greenfield studied animation at the willem de kooning academy in rotterdam. greenfield began publishing her webcomic "stuff sucks" weekly in december 2004. "stuff sucks" was one of few story-focused dutch webcomics of its time, as greenfield's contemporaries predominantly drew simple comedic cartoons. "stuff sucks" presents the experiences of a group of eccentric friends in amsterdam, and a fish named "binky". greenfield's website got over 8,000 visitors per day in 2006, and sold print copies and t-shirts on a webshop. after running for two and a half years, "stuff sucks" was eventually printed as a set of six cd-sleeve-sized issues.