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Alexandra Gallant-Lee
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Nature & Science Illustrator, Multi Award-Winning Cartoonist, Science Communicator & Designer, Comics, Zines, She/Her, Based in Boston

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 3d
BRAINS is my award-winning comic, now available for purchase in print, from Radiator Comics www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg... for $15 and digitally through itch for $6
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · Nov 28
You can download BRAINS for $6 on itch right now! alexandragallant.itch.io/brains
The cover of BRAINS - a colorful brain and the word 'brains' Page 1 is a single panel 'It can feel like plucking fruit off a tree... and seeing what's inside' Illustration of a branch of a tree with peaches on it, and a cross section of a peach, instead of a pit, there is a brain Page 2 is 4 panels Panel 1: "...and sometimes" text over an illustration of a peach Panel 2: "it's a pit" (cross section of a peach, with the pit visible) Panel 3: "or a worm" (a fruit with a worm poking out of it) Panel 4: "but sometimes... it's a universe" the brain/pit in the peach from the previous page is zoomed in and now has rings around it like a planet in space An abstract illustration of a nervous system and eyes and the words memory, language processing, cognition, sensory perception, emotion, imagination, visual & auditory processing, logic Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU" Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU"
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The introduction to BRAINS
Lately I have been thinking about brains more than usual - and usually in the context of so-called 'artificial intelligence' and how so much of the marketing for it seems to be predicated upon the idea that it would be a welcome thing to think less, know less, do less for ourselves and that somehow is supposed to make us be more... productive? creative? analytical? how? How can doing less of these things ever result in us being more of any of them? When people I know bring up ChatGPT to me, I often ask them if they've ever engaged with it on a topic they know forwards and backwards and mostly the answer is "no" and the reaction is "why would I ask it about something I already know?" My response is... when you realize how inaccurate it is about something you know highly accurately, then you can extrapolate that to any other way in which you engage with it. It is creating a plausible response. Not an accurate one. A plausible one. It doesn't offer you an answer, just an answer shaped box. And it's up to you to open the box and see if what you need is inside or if it is a box full of spiders. Now if it's a subject you don't know much about, you might not even realize it's a box of spiders. Here you are, walking around with a box of spiders, when what you really needed was directions to the nearest hospital. Well now you need those directions anyways because of those spiders just bit you. Just don't do it! (illustration of a pink little frog next to 'a box of spiders' and a note about how this is frogby, he's playing the part of a blood cell that has a big crush on the brain)"
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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One sale away from 200 sales in my itch shop, thank you to everybody who has bought a zine or comic.

PS - If you buy one, you can share it with pals, it's a PDF, who will stop you? Not me! Get a comic, snag a zine, share with a friend, two people get to read it for the price of one, what a deal!
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February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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One of the things I loved when I was growing up was how there were so many things that went into *how* things worked, like behind the scenes in various ways including literally behind the scenes of music videos with Making the Video. I could not get enough of things like that. I still can't.
February 16, 2026 at 4:10 AM
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Yes!!! The hospital I used to work at had a tube system and I remember the first time I got an email that was like "FYI the pneumatic tube system is down" and I was like OMG WHAT and then immediately asked the research space/facilities guy who sat near me like a zillion questions about them
vanessa-armstrong.com Vanessa Armstrong @vanessa-armstrong.com · 14h
Pneumatic tubes? In this economy?!

If you're in healthcare, yes! Every hospital has tubes. They’re labyrinthian & networked & cool.

At Tube Talk, I talked with those who make them and those who run them. Give it a read below! #tubetalkmedia #pneumatictubes

www.tubetalk.media/p/pneumatic-...
The Last Bastion of Pneumatic Tubes
Pneumatic tube systems are thriving in the healthcare industry. And while the technology is an old one, the hospital systems have recent innovations that make it state of the art.
www.tubetalk.media
February 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Had a pretty good day, made some delicious soup, did a bunch more tidying in my studio/reorganizing my art/craft supplies and now so close to being done with a commission, I am so pleased with how it turned out, too.
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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from a friend.

Even if the world is imperfect.
Even if power is uneven.
Even if systems are flawed.
I will still make something beautiful.
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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One sale away from 200 sales in my itch shop, thank you to everybody who has bought a zine or comic.

PS - If you buy one, you can share it with pals, it's a PDF, who will stop you? Not me! Get a comic, snag a zine, share with a friend, two people get to read it for the price of one, what a deal!
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February 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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BRAINS is also available for purchase digitally through itch for $6
BRAINS by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A love letter to the brain and hate mail to AI
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January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
www.radiatorcomics.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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I would like to share one of my favorite things we found in CDMX, specifically the beautiful typeface used within the palacio del bellas artes
Sign: "<< ELAVADOR AL MUSEO" The typeface could be said to belong to that of the art-deco movement, but it seems unique to me-- it's characteristic feature is the use of sharp angles and redundant lines within each glyph to accentuate the glyph's form. Sign: "ENTRADA"
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.

youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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Hotel is booked for my Chicago trip for CAKE, I'm very excited!!
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Had a pretty good day, made some delicious soup, did a bunch more tidying in my studio/reorganizing my art/craft supplies and now so close to being done with a commission, I am so pleased with how it turned out, too.
February 16, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Pipe cleaners have basically not been used for their stated purpose outside of a small minority for decades
shobitap.org Shobita Parthasarathy @shobitap.org · 7h
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Design by Pierre Guariche, Alain Marcot and Guy Lagneau, France (1971) #ArcoLamp #Castiglioni
French open plan modernist living room interior decorated in earth tones with modular seating, built-in cabinetry, and a central fireplace. The photo is from 1971, but the space was designed in 1968 and features Poul Kjaerholm PK22 chairs and an Eero Saarinen Tulip Armchair. The prominent arched floor lamp is the iconic Arco model by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos.
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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Hotel is booked for my Chicago trip for CAKE, I'm very excited!!
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
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Let’s do some good! RAÚL THE THIRD @raulthethird.bsky.social & I made art together on Gab ‘n’ Doodle. We’re auctioning our pieces to raise $ for the Immigrant Law Ctr. of MN.

The auction will last 1 week. To bid: galabid.com/art-auction-...

#kidlitart #illustration #art
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Images: 2 collage pieces by Mark Hoffmann: dinosaurs skateboarding And one mixed media piece by Raúl the Third Text: AUCTION! ALL OF THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA. MARKHOFFMANN @studiohoffmann RAÚL THE THIRD @raulthethirdvamos BID ON THESE STARTING AT 12pm SAT. 14th MORE INFO IN MY BIO LINKS
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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this is delightful and i think a lot of folks' kids on here would like it
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 19d
Do you hate how AI is being shoved at us at every turn? Do you want to feel inspired to make stuff with your own brain? Have I got something for you! My award-winning comic, BRAINS, is available in print now, a love letter to the joys of thinking and perceiving and BEING a human in the world.
Brains | Radiator Comics
Radiator Comics distributes, produces, and promotes hand-made, self-published and small-press comics that focus on self-expression and storytelling. At the core of our mission is a commitment to incre...
www.radiatorcomics.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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#kidlit friends, since online searches are now pretty impossible, I'm tapping the #kidlitart collective for a few answers.

First, what are some picture books that feature an over-confident character?
My favorites are Bob Shea's I'M A SHARK and Lucy Cousins' I'M THE BEST. 1/2
February 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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BRAINS is my award-winning comic, now available for purchase in print, from Radiator Comics www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg... for $15 and digitally through itch for $6
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · Nov 28
You can download BRAINS for $6 on itch right now! alexandragallant.itch.io/brains
The cover of BRAINS - a colorful brain and the word 'brains' Page 1 is a single panel 'It can feel like plucking fruit off a tree... and seeing what's inside' Illustration of a branch of a tree with peaches on it, and a cross section of a peach, instead of a pit, there is a brain Page 2 is 4 panels Panel 1: "...and sometimes" text over an illustration of a peach Panel 2: "it's a pit" (cross section of a peach, with the pit visible) Panel 3: "or a worm" (a fruit with a worm poking out of it) Panel 4: "but sometimes... it's a universe" the brain/pit in the peach from the previous page is zoomed in and now has rings around it like a planet in space An abstract illustration of a nervous system and eyes and the words memory, language processing, cognition, sensory perception, emotion, imagination, visual & auditory processing, logic Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU" Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU"
February 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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LinkedIn is currently a depressing battleground: artists who choose AI & those who don’t. Have some damn dignity and confidence in your own abilities and voice! I’ve seen artists say things like “I blend cutting edge technology to amplify the height of emotion”, to “I have a seat at the table” 1/2
February 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Several times she has mentioned AI having a "2% error rate" and I'm furiously shouting NO ITS MUCH HIGHER at my TV like my dad when the Red Sox are losing
bookjockeyalex.bsky.social Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 15h
On The Pitt, Dr Al-Hashimi is confronted with several massive errors from her genAI medical transcription program that delayed vital care for a patient, and dismisses them as nothing to worry abt as long as you double check. The perfect distillation of AI boosterism. AI is great even when it isn't.
February 15, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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some photos so you can really see how messy my tiny bits are #art
a tiny little 3D printed “ham radio” in the palm of my hand (it looks like a ham with an antenna and radio face) another angle of my HAM RADIO yet another angle of my ham radio the front radio face of my han radio. you can see the tiny details are quite messily painted and need to be adjusted larger in the sculpt
February 15, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…

“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”

Way to devalue my experience.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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“Art is to me, now, probably one of the last good things we’ve got left as human beings."

I've been feeling this more and more. How the war for our attention robs us of tangible art. Robs us of the feeling of being alive.
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM