Leif Goldberg graduated from RISD's film and animation program in 1997. Cartoonist, zine

Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....

maker, filmmaker, and former member of the Fort Thunder

Fort Thunder

Fort Thunder was a warehouse on the second floor of a pre-Civil War former textile factory in the Olneyville district of Providence, Rhode Island. From 1995 through 2001, the space was used as a venue for underground music and events, as well as a living and working space for the artists...

 art collective, he is the co-founder (with Mat Brinkman

Mat Brinkman

Mat Brinkman is an artist and electronic musician from Texas. He was a creator of the Fort Thunder artist live-work space in Providence, RI. He recorded with the bands Mindflayer and Forcefield, who performed at the 2002 Whitney Biennial...

 in 2000) of the comic tabloid Paper Rodeo. In 2005, he edited and produced Free Radicals, a compilation of comics and drawings. He was a member of the art, music, and performance collective Forcefield

Forcefield (art collective)

Forcefield was a noise band and art collective closely associated with Fort Thunder in Providence, Rhode Island. Known for performing in colorful full-body knit-wear of their own design, the band rarely played outside of Rhode Island but did one US tour with their Fort Thunder roommates Lightning...

and a contributing writer/performer for the experimental theater troupe, trutheatertheater.