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Alexandra Gallant-Lee 52A @ MICE
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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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@ MICE at 52A 12/6-12/7

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Tapping the sign again
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"
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
Al is also changing how we communicate. With so little free time and so much pressure to be perfect, many who've never cooked a turkey might have a chatbot walk them through the steps, feeling safer asking "stupid questions" in private. People even report using Al conversation prompts to get lively discussions going at the table. Al can generate the toast, the prayer, the party games and the poem read before dessert.
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I don't even want to link to this, but the author of the article also wrote a novel about how 'ai will transform humanity' lol.

Almost every assumption the article makes is something that should be challenged immediately. "AI is starting to sound like another kitchen appliance" NO IT ISN'T.
Screenshot of a post by Scientific American @sclam.bsky.social As Al slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we're willing to outsource Is This Our First Al Thanksgiving? As Al slips into kitchens, conversations and memories, Thanksgiving has become a test of how much we're willing to outsource @ www.scientificamerican.com (Accompanying image is a bunch of people with overly smiling faces, possibly an AI image, it looks too shiny, but maybe it's real, doubtful given the premise of the piece, though)
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Brainstorming with Frogby
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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This postcard is from a bit later, if I remember correctly, but I love seeing people enjoying this massive pile of snow in their winter gear at the base of Niagara Falls (American Falls) in New York
The American Falls and Ice Mountain, Niagara Falls, NY The frozen American falls in the distance and a number of people from the turn of the century (1900) in winter garb enjoying the snow
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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lmao I saw one of them on display the other day in a store and was like well that's made of nightmares
one of those red light therapy face masks that looks like it's straight out of a horror movie
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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I had such a good time tonight at the preview party for MICE! Always such a fun way to kick off the 'season' of MICE, @hubcomics.bsky.social is such a wonderful part of the community. Had to duck out a tiny bit early to get home bc Audrey Hepcat is a menace, but she's adorable, so I forgive her.
It's me, a white woman with glasses wearing a dark blazer holding a microphone, standing in front of a wall of comics
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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I'm so excited and honored to be one of the recipients of this year's MICE Mini-Grants for my new comic, BRAINS, which is a love letter to the brain and a giant middle finger to so-called AI. I will also be doing a reading from it at MICE on Dec. 6th during the Science Comics Carousel from 1-2PM!
The cover of my comic, BRAINS, featuring a colorful brain and the title 'BRAINS' by Alexandra Gallant-Lee 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"
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I really love this frog-shaped friend, can’t wait to send him off on an adventure if he goes home with someone at MICE
A felted frog (throw pillow sized) frogby with big eyes smiling
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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That's the way we became the Monster Munch... the Monster Munch 🎵

(this is all I keep thinking every time I look over at these Frogby pals in their various states of progress)
Three felted friends in various states of finish (the pink frog is done, has large eyes and is reaching out to give you a hug), the green one is shaped like slime and has no facial features, the tiny orange one looks like an oven mitt of some sort... together, the effect is very 'oh yeah, those guys from the Monster Munch bag'
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Devastated to learn that they've removed the pressed penny machines from North Station! They were there earlier this year, I even made a note of it in my New England Vacation with Frogby comic in April! It's already out of date.
Did you know... there is a pressed penny machine at North Station (in Boston) Drawing of a "frogby" pressed penny with frogby, a little frog with big eyes and a cute face in a pond (collector's edition)
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The print versions just arrived!
Two pages from a comic First page: "How do we choose to depict history? How do we reflect on it?" Art: Sad eyes and a nose with a streak painted over it to look like the stars and stripes of the American flag, with a paint brush Second page: "When do we Commercialize it?" (Commercialize is in the Coca-Cola font) Art: The Statue of Liberty is smoking a cigarette. Multiple copies of my new zine 'This Place is a Prison, These People Aren't Your Friends' about how we engage with places that have been used for the incarceration and how they have been transformed, and whether it is possible to do so ethically or not.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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He’s got a pal now
An orange chicken nugget looking felted puppet, next to a pink puppet of frogby with big eyes
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Oh he's biblically accurate Frogby
side profile of my pink frogby puppet being held up by my hand, he has a very big bubble visible from the side
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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He lives!
view of my desk - a bright pink puppet with big eyes a nose and a mouth, next to my Moominhouse, just out of frame
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Light and color perception is SO cool to me, it’s also explored a little in the comic this puppet is for, cause I am a huge nerd 🤓
The same puppet from the previous post but more in line with his daylight accurate color, much pinker - it’s a pink frog with big eyes
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The eyes are attached, still gotta felt them out a bit, but excellent progress! One more smaller puppet to make this weekend!
A pink felted frog with big eyes
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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That's me with a puppet, that's me in the spotlight... on Saturday, December 6th from 1-2PM, when I perform a reading from my comic, BRAINS, at MICE in Boston as part of the Comics Carousel www.micexpo.org/schedule-2025

Just gotta give Frogby a face now, I am so pleased with how this is shaping up!
A white woman wearing glasses, smiling, holding up a puppet on her hand that's the size of a small (pink) turkey, it doesn't have a face yet
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I mean... she's everything in it
Black and white photo of Helen Slater in oversized glasses and a soft short feathered tapered haircut of the 80s, in a plaid suit and a shirt with oversized lapels and a brooch, sitting at her desk with a calculator and a diploma on the wall behind her, plus one of those green glass lamps you see in law offices or libraries
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I'm actually really surprised at how well this puppet is coming along - I haven't made a puppet in over thirty years and they were either sock puppets or marionettes. These were the process shots before I added the butt. My friend said the second photo looks like the inside of a keyhole surgery 😆
it's shaped wool and crochet that looks more like a pink bucket hat that former game show host, Mayim Bialik would have worn on Blossom the inside of a bright yellow crocheted 'bucket' that's been felted with pink felt and white core wool is visible for the structure of one of the arms
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Obviously the puppet is gonna have a cute little butt, too, just like Frogby.
two big butt cheeks made of pink felt on a hand puppet I'm making of a thick little frog
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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A Frogby (frog with big eyes) pencil sketch and Frogby is saying "omg thank you!!!"
November 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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A quick trip to Salem this afternoon - spotted a MICE poster, too!
Two birds in blue jackets and yellow pants with ties cheersing “A bird with two hands is worth two beers at the bar” “I’ll drink to that!” Wall mural of a dog in a tshirt reaching for a cup of coffee Sign of a local shop with an advertisement for the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo View from the commuter rail, water stretches across the bottom of the image with a hazy sky in the distance
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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It's done! BRAINS IS DONE. (Things a zombie says when they sauté a lil brain)
A shot of the comic file in Clip Studio paint where all 44 pages (including the front and back cover) of the comic are visible
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Some of the pages from it:
An illustration of The "Liberty" Hotel in Boston, MA, it's the former Charles Street Jail The Statue of Liberty smoking a cigarette with the words 'When do we commercialize it?' and the word commercialize is in the Coca-Cola font.
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM