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Alexandra Gallant-Lee
@alexandragallant.com
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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 · 1d
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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Just put another digital download up in my itch shop - you can snag the four Frog by Transit mini-comics, each one folds into thirds, too, so you can have four different subway cars for each of the respective MBTA lines. Frog by Day, Frog by Night, Frog by Transit
Frog by Day, Frog by Night, Frog by Transit by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A little frog goes on the MBTA in Boston
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November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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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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I've applied for some jobs lately that I would really love, I really hope I get some interviews. The jobs are things that would be a new challenge for me but in a way that really lets me use all of the experience I have, both as an artist and from working in medicine on design and communications.
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Fwiw, I also wrote this whole thread about the benefits of using alt text for artists! bsky.app/profile/mann...
manningkrull.bsky.social Manning Krull @manningkrull.bsky.social · Apr 16
Artists -- and everyone! -- a reminder that you should always include alt text with your posts containing images, every time. Here are some great reasons why: (1/)
February 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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SEBA JOHNSON
Olympic athlete, actor, and vegan animal rights activist, Seba Johnson was the first African-American woman to ski at the Olympics, and the youngest alpine ski racer in Olympic history (she competed at age 14).
#BlackHistoryMonth #Olympics #WinterOlympics
A drawing of Seba Johnson skiing
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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That last panel was actually the placeholder sketch but I just liked it so much that it ended up in the final comic.
A sketch of a little frog pushing a robot away, with the text 'a plausibility generator/plagiarism machine can't help you with that'
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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This one is also available to read free on itch - alexandragallant.itch.io/this-place-i...
This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A zine exploring the history of carceral spaces that have been transformed into something else.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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If you clocked that this was entirely fictional, good for you! I think the confusion for some people shows that it was not marked or explained clearly enough. Even the existing note makes it seem like it was based on composite but real stories, not a "hypothetical."
February 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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It’s a Fancy Frog Flash Sale for the next four hours (or until they’re gone!)

I’ll post each fancy frog in this thread - DM to claim, I’ll note when each one is gone.
$30 each, shipping included if you’re in the US!
International will have to be calculated :s
An assortment of brightly colored crocheted frog and fish coin purses on a striped tablecloth
February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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For a panel this morning at the #aaasmtg, the other speakers and I will share ideas and examples for improving trust in science. Here are a few I'll mention if I get a chance (we have a LOT to talk about). I'd love to hear yours. (1/7)
February 14, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Artists and photographers of Blacksky, Bluesky, and all of the fediverse: I implore you to use alt text!

Here's how, courtesy of @manningkrull.bsky.social: manningkrull.com/digital-phil...

I want to share your art and photography! Let's accommodate our friends and comrades who use screen readers!
Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull
Hi! You may be here because I or someone else sent you this link in response to a conversation about alt text on Bluesky. Welcome! Here's some basic info about alt text, its importance, and how to wri...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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I went to college for criminology and criminal justice and used to do research into law enforcement misconduct as part of my education and have been working on zines lately that through that lens - I've got a zine examining scams and how race and gender play a part I'll have out soon. Also this:
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 25d
This Place is a Prison - an examination of former prisons and jails that have been transformed into something new, how we engage with those spaces and whether it is possible to do so ethically or not. $8 www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
A hand holding a small comic called This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends, it has the Liberty Hotel in Boston, a former city jail, as the background of the cover
February 12, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Legendary founder of NPR programming Bill Siemering is enjoying Zoom visiting with students so much that he's asked me to put a second call out. No honorarium necessary. Any takers?
joshshepperd.bsky.social Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · Jan 7
Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.
A Founding Father of NPR Worries About Its Fate
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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When I teach illustration classes, I always do a lecture on exactly this at the end of the semester. I've had WAY more rejections than successes in my career. And I know lots of illustrators and cartoonists and writers who are MUCH more successful than I am who would say the same thing.
nirlevie.bsky.social Nir Levie @nirlevie.bsky.social · 4d
Nobody talks about failures.

I tracked every comic pitch I sent.
98.2% failure.

Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice.

Persistence isn’t strength.
It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off.

#comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art
A pie chart that shows my success percentage in comics pitching.
February 14, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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oh my gosh, ONE copy left! will it be yours? will you go on a silly journey with me and discover how I tried to grow tomatoes in my tiny apartment and spent months sketching and painting them as they grew out of control til the point that they touched the ceiling of my kitchen
alexandragallant.com Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 25d
Fried Zine Tomato is also available to purchase in print for the first time, too, for $10 🍅 www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
a hand holding a copy of my comic, Fried Zine Tomato, the cover has three tomato fruits on it and a bunch of sprawling vines
February 14, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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What do you lose when you don't think for yourself?
A little pink frog saying "these apps, the chatbots, they are designed to keep you engaging with them, like a slot machine, not to be engaging for you or your brain' 'what do you lose when you don't think for yourself?'
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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If you were a Young Person in New York in the 2000s I strongly recommend clicking around on this time machine website interiors.noahkalina.com
New York City Restaurant Archive (2002-2008) | Noah Kalina
A photographic archive of over 2,800 New York City restaurants, bars, and venues photographed between 2002-2008.
interiors.noahkalina.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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Two pages from BRAINS, which you can get now, print or digital.

$15 print: www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
$6 digital: alexandragallant.itch.io/brains

My award winning comic, a 40 page love letter to the brain (and hate mail to AI) and the joys of thinking, perceiving and being human.
It feels like there are AI snakes on every plane sometimes Two Snakes: you must use it! You must! MUSSSSSST! Another Snake: "We need your fresh data!" Chorus of Snakes: "Feed us! Feed us! Writing isn't just writing, it's thinking through ideas. Finding language to describe your experience. Putting your thoughts into words. Add some drawings, we got a comic stew going, baby. The creative process is an adventure just waiting for you to discover it (a little pink frog travels through a landscape on his adventure) It's up to YOU to go on a journey within yourself. (The little pink frog is holding a map, all destinations are "you") A plausibility generator/plagiarism machine can't help you with that. (The frog rejects the robot)
February 13, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Instant pattern download for this super-cute fluffy #duckling. Fully-illustrated, 20-page pattern. littleconkers.etsy.com/listing/4004...
#LittleConkers #Crochet
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February 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Oh gosh so exciting, the Sloth and (Moon)atee book is here! Yes yes, meet a band of tardigrades and a penguin with a jetpack and octopus who looks after the Interdimensional Bloop and the Listening Aardvark. Wherever we go, we are friends. ❤️🌚

bookshop.org/p/books/slot...

#books #booksky #comics
Sloth and (Moon)atee
Check out Sloth and (Moon)atee - <p>The third book of Sloth and Manatee comic adventures, in which the friends travel to the Moon and encounter conversational rocks, a (very!) small band of tardigrade...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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I've thought about this guy and the model buses all week after reading this. Really cool story and RIP man from Leeds.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leeds physicist secretly built hundreds of model buses
Dr Gordon Brooke's family say they only realised there were 600 models hidden away when he died.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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They have been amazing for years! They put out comics as health explainers, too, I love King County Public Health’s public health communication, it’s always incredible.
annabookwriter.bsky.social Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 22h
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. A man shivers in bed while a smiling lady in a red mask shows off her bandage on her arm. Text: Noses are red Ice packs are blue I'm vaxed so miss me with severe symptoms of flu. A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Two lady scientists shrug lackadaisically. Text reads: My love for you can't be explained by science. Just like the new federal vaccine guidelines. A valentine from Public Health of Seattle and King County. Protesters in Minneapolis wear thick clothes and hold signs of support for immigrant neighbors. Text reads: To the health departments in the Twin Cities: Love unites us. Our hearts are with you.
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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If you see this, post a dragon
Drawing of a knight offering a gift to a dragon, who is hiding a gift of their own for the knight behind their back. Caption: "PEACE."
February 14, 2026 at 7:29 PM