![Ever since I saw Thee Oh Sees Live, I've been obsessed with the guitar](https://theartistdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Abby-Kacen-01-791x1024.jpg)
![Athens Popfest Poster with bands listed](https://theartistdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Abby-Kacen-03-659x1024.jpg)
![Illustration of a building a night with a cat asleep on the roof, a full moon, a chicken in a space ship and lots of characters out front](https://theartistdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Abby-Kacen-04-772x1024.jpg)
![Running won't release the dark demons from your personal HELL!](https://theartistdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Abby-Kacen-02-795x1024.jpg)
![illustration of a party with lots of different characters like robots and aliens and animals and insects](https://theartistdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Abby-Kacen-05-1024x596.jpg)
Cincinnati
Abby Kacen aka Mild Pain is a cartoonist, zinester, & illustrator from Athens, GA whose work is inspired by punk rock & DIY culture. Her fictional and semi-auto bio stories borrow from personal experience to explore themes of identity, memory, and emotional growth. Kacen self-publishes her work and curates compilation zines. She is interested in accessible art & collaboration, and she primarily works in inks, watercolor, and digital art.