RedPen/BlackPen
@redpenblackpen.bsky.social
Webcomic covering parts of science, peer review, data, academic careers, and puns. #science #scicomm #sciart
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Ok - I'll play
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ok - I'll play
To be fair it's usually your own work that you find the fatal flaw in and the comic is just a repeat of the guy on the left
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
To be fair it's usually your own work that you find the fatal flaw in and the comic is just a repeat of the guy on the left
This is a subjectively scary comic for #halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is a subjectively scary comic for #halloween2025
Step right up! Who wants to be able to pull themselves up? Great prices and easy payment plans available!
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Step right up! Who wants to be able to pull themselves up? Great prices and easy payment plans available!
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I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment
October 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I’m watching the World Series. I’m taking part o the Stanford prison experiment. I’m at the combination World Series/Stanford prison experiment
The MVP of this game has to be the organ player
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The MVP of this game has to be the organ player
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Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...
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It's been awhile since I've posted this one. Good thing it's no longer relevant. At all. In any way. Not even a tiny bit.
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's been awhile since I've posted this one. Good thing it's no longer relevant. At all. In any way. Not even a tiny bit.
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#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
by: @redpenblackpen.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
#AcademicSky
(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
It's been awhile since I've posted this one. Good thing it's no longer relevant. At all. In any way. Not even a tiny bit.
October 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's been awhile since I've posted this one. Good thing it's no longer relevant. At all. In any way. Not even a tiny bit.
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Day 26, Give. This virus of bacteriophage Zamilon virophage, might benefit the bacteria (or not). Virophage infect viruses, in particular the giant DNA virus family Mimiviridae. #Drawtober #PhageSky #SciArt
October 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Day 26, Give. This virus of bacteriophage Zamilon virophage, might benefit the bacteria (or not). Virophage infect viruses, in particular the giant DNA virus family Mimiviridae. #Drawtober #PhageSky #SciArt
I haven't been doing #inktober this year (too much other noise in my life) but managed to *accidentally* hit the prompt for today - "puzzling"
win!
win!
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I haven't been doing #inktober this year (too much other noise in my life) but managed to *accidentally* hit the prompt for today - "puzzling"
win!
win!
Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sigh. We're gonna need a bigger story...
And, yes, I do realize the engineering implications of that last panel...
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
And, yes, I do realize the engineering implications of that last panel...
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From paleoart to fine art,
comics to medical illustration,
bioart to space imagery,
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150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡.
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comics to medical illustration,
bioart to space imagery,
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150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡.
🎉And no gen AI or NFTs.🎉
October 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
From paleoart to fine art,
comics to medical illustration,
bioart to space imagery,
explore the rich ecosystem of art + science on Bluesky with the SCIART STARTER PACK.
150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡.
🎉And no gen AI or NFTs.🎉
comics to medical illustration,
bioart to space imagery,
explore the rich ecosystem of art + science on Bluesky with the SCIART STARTER PACK.
150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡.
🎉And no gen AI or NFTs.🎉
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#inktober day 15 with Ragged
It made me thought about the ragged edges observed on swarming motility plates.
Swarming bacteria form beautiful patterns, worth of an art exhibition 🖼️
#microbesky #sciart #inktober2025
It made me thought about the ragged edges observed on swarming motility plates.
Swarming bacteria form beautiful patterns, worth of an art exhibition 🖼️
#microbesky #sciart #inktober2025
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#inktober day 15 with Ragged
It made me thought about the ragged edges observed on swarming motility plates.
Swarming bacteria form beautiful patterns, worth of an art exhibition 🖼️
#microbesky #sciart #inktober2025
It made me thought about the ragged edges observed on swarming motility plates.
Swarming bacteria form beautiful patterns, worth of an art exhibition 🖼️
#microbesky #sciart #inktober2025
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Believe it or not, I actually used this one in the introduction of my PhD defense 😅
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Believe it or not, I actually used this one in the introduction of my PhD defense 😅
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Day 15, Comfort. Phages are safe and protected away from UV light, heat and denaturing chemicals. Maybe they just need comfort of blankets and hot drinks to survive the autumn. #Drawtober #SciArt #PhageSky
October 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Day 15, Comfort. Phages are safe and protected away from UV light, heat and denaturing chemicals. Maybe they just need comfort of blankets and hot drinks to survive the autumn. #Drawtober #SciArt #PhageSky
What's in yer basement?
October 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What's in yer basement?
Adventures in computational biology:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. Yay! A cool looking new mechanism for utilization of omics data!
3. Wait... what is this 'X01' mechanism?
4. And I quote, "No funding will be provided under this NOFO."
5.
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. Yay! A cool looking new mechanism for utilization of omics data!
3. Wait... what is this 'X01' mechanism?
4. And I quote, "No funding will be provided under this NOFO."
5.
September 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Adventures in computational biology:
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. Yay! A cool looking new mechanism for utilization of omics data!
3. Wait... what is this 'X01' mechanism?
4. And I quote, "No funding will be provided under this NOFO."
5.
1. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
2. Yay! A cool looking new mechanism for utilization of omics data!
3. Wait... what is this 'X01' mechanism?
4. And I quote, "No funding will be provided under this NOFO."
5.
“Octopus” refers to a single member of a particular subset of cephalopod species
“Octopi” refers to 8π which is related in some way to the circumference of a hypersphere or something
“Octopi” refers to 8π which is related in some way to the circumference of a hypersphere or something
“Fish” can refer to a single individual, or multiple individuals from the same species.
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
“Fishes” refers to multiple species.
🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Octopus” refers to a single member of a particular subset of cephalopod species
“Octopi” refers to 8π which is related in some way to the circumference of a hypersphere or something
“Octopi” refers to 8π which is related in some way to the circumference of a hypersphere or something
It turns out that the infinite monkeys that may be put out of work from our new (and I, for one welcome them) AI overlords are actually us scientists
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It turns out that the infinite monkeys that may be put out of work from our new (and I, for one welcome them) AI overlords are actually us scientists