Born in Amsterdam from one Dutch and one US parent, Liz Greenfield studied animation at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.
Stuff Sucks was one of few story-focused Dutch webcomics of its time, as Greenfield's contemporaries predominantly drew simple comedic cartoons.
In an interview with Comic Book Resources, Greenfield stated that after Stuff Sucks, she was interested in writing "subject matter less trivial than music snobbery and petty crime.
"[3] In a review on Comix Talk, Stuff Sucks was compared with the works of fellow webcomic creators Vera Brosgol, Jim Zubkavich, and Drew Weing, being described as "slick, stylistic, and with snazzy monochromatic colouring."
Comix Talk went on to praise the webcomic, calling it "a sharp, engaging fiction that grabs you from the get-go and leaves you begging for more the moment your eyes scan the latest weekly offering’s final panel.