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Caroline Hu
@hudrewthis.bsky.social
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science-inspired comics and illustration | asst biology professor at MassArt | former postdoc at Harvard OEB | she/her | opinions my own
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Capping off 2025 with two of my favorite comics festivals! See you at Nonfiction Comics Festival and @massmice.bsky.social .
Nonfiction Comics Festival Burlington, VT 11/15 Table 20b Speaking Event: Graphic Novel Collaboration Panel MICE Boston, MA 12/6 - 12/7 Table 10a Speaking Event: Science Comics Carousel
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Met my books for the first time. 'Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau' by @nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and me is out now! #unboxing
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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@nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and my book—Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau—comes out tomorrow!! 🤿🐟🌟

I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
A page from my upcoming book. Jacques emerges from snorkeling and asks Philippe: "When does the new graphic novel about me, Jacques Cousteau, come out?" "The one by Ned Wolfe and Caroline Hu?" "Oui." "Tomorrow! 11/4"
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Count down three days until #NEGM25!
Caroline's hand holding a NEGM25 Sticker above a table covered with copies of the same sticker. The sticker features the Phineas Gage skull logo design.
October 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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First day of the academic year! Fitting time to announce that my visual essay, Prompted, about learning in the time of LLMs, is now available to buy from @radiatorcomics.bsky.social

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Front cover. A ball and stick model of a neural network sends its output arrow through Caroline's head. Caroline is sitting at her desk in front of her laptop. She is represented with her eyeball persona. Text says "Prompted. An educator's response to generative AI in the classroom. Caroline Hu, PhD." Interior spread. Caroline is standing in front of a giant chalkboard. Students are at their desks. Text says: "Welcome to biology class at an art and design college. Why teach science here? Because artists help us make sense of the universe. Because designers help us envision futures." Interior spread. Two abstract strands wind together, kind of like a helix. Interior spread. A visualization of the thought experiment, "The Chinese Room", as proposed by John Searle circa 1980.
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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My September and October schedule. ☀️
A cluster of sungold tomatoes. The greenest one on the end is also Caroline's eyeball persona. It asks "are you watching Dan Da Dan?"
August 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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My summer convention schedule. ☀️
Chartreuse flyer of convention schedule showing a slime mold life cycle and Caroline's eyeball persona as one of the fruiting bodies. Summer '25 - 6/1 Cazi Con, 6/28-6/29 - CAKE, 7/15-7/16 ComSciCon.
May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Comics at MassArt Exhibit. Opening this Monday and reception this Friday! Faculty across four departments are showcasing student work and our diverse approaches to teaching comics. Reception is open to the public--come grab some refreshments, a bean bag, and read some comics!
Comics at MassArt exhibitL 3/24-4/5. Reception Friday 3/28, 5-7 PM. Student Life Gallery, Kennedy Building, 2nd Floor. 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Marty our mascot, a mastodon, sleeps atop our Tower Building like Snoopy on his doghouse.
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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#hourlycomicday #hourlycomicsday
Took notes 1/31 and drew it all today. Love this annual treat to do something personal and work traditionally.
February 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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There are a few more days to apply for a science comic collab! This semester’s cohort of students had a few special requests for scientific topics. 😎 If you or a colleague researches one of these, please consider applying! Form can be done in a few minutes. And please share widely.
Ad for scientist collaborators that includes special requests from students: Chinook salmon, nutrition, sedimentary rock, food biochemistry, black holes, scavenger biology (especially vultures), sexual systems, whiskers, and non-visual photoreception.
January 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this spring! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? Learn more & sign up here by 1/30: bit.ly/comicscollabspring2025
Decorator crab that has added science motifs to its shell, such as cells, proteins, crystal structures, etc. Text says: "Call for scientists! Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more & sign up by 1/30: bit.ly/comicscollabspring2025."
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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If you are going to be at the American Society for Cell Bio meeting/in the San Diego area next Tuesday, there is going to be a science x art show! I'll be there with my own science zines and comics, as well as student work. Thanks @beatascienceart.bsky.social and team for organizing!!
Flyer for Science and Art: Bridging Two Creative Universes Art Show & Reception. Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024, 6:30-10:30 PM at the UCSD Park & Market. 1100 Market St in San Diego, CA. RSVP at www.beatasceinceart.com/artshow2024/
December 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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MICE is this weekend! Come for amazing comics, workshops, and panels, then stop by the 🌟Curiosity Portal🌟 in the main hallway. Interact with the portal and watch what it reveals about indie comics and MICE attendees over the course of the expo. Fuller Building at Boston U. Free admission! #Mice4MICE
Khushbu and Caroline holding a looking glass frame. Instead of containing a mirror, the frame looks like you could fall inside and says "Curiosity Portal." Mice and comics float around the scene, giving it an uncanny, but also humorous look.
December 3, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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Scientist collaborators for this fall semester have been selected! Thank you everyone who applied. Once again we had to pass on many fascinating projects because there are only 14 students in the class. Yes, we’re doing it again in spring. ✨
Bower bird that has collected cells, chemical compounds, planets, and bones around its bower. Text says "scientist collaborators selected! thanks all who applied! more collabs in the spring!"
October 5, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic📷 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Sign up here by 9/13: bit.ly/comicscollab...
Cartoon mastodon reading a comic held up by its tusks. Flyer says "Call for scientists. Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more & sign up by 9/13: bit.ly/comicscollabfall2024." Plain text flyer. "Open to scientists in any field! Special requests for the following: birds, exobiology, flower morphology & cultivation, intrusive thoughts & compulsive behavior, multicellular fungi, blue-tongued skinks, whales. Please share widely! Questions? chu2354@massart.edu"
September 1, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Scientist collaborators have been selected for this spring semester's comics collabs! Thanks all who applied. The volume of apps made it loud & clear--scientists want to visually communicate their research!!
Marker drawings of symbiotic pairs of organisms. "Scientist collaborators have been selected!" "Thanks all who applied!" "More comics collabs in the fall"
February 20, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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Seeking scientist volunteers! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? I need collaborators for this spring's cohort of SciComm & Comics art students! Please share widely. bit.ly/sciencecomicscollab
Flyer advertising a need for scientists volunteers. "Call for scientists! Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more and sign up by Feb 1st." Simple cartoon heads are wearing hats that are designed to look like items symbolic of different scientific disciplines: an aromatic ring, a crystal, an ammonite, and a paramecium. Link: bit.ly/sciencecomicscollab
January 10, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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This weekend I am going to be @massmice.bsky.social ! I'll be kicking off the event scheduling with a workshop about making diary comics...for non-human animals! 🐝🐸🐭 Come learn about animal senses AND make a minicomic. The rest of the time I'll be at my table 13B. Hope to see you there!
A map of the MICE location. A cartoon version of myself is running along the bottom with several different animals. I am holding a stack of zines and yelling "I'm going to be at MICE!" Also included are my workshop details (Saturday 11:30AM Room 410) and table details (13B).
September 28, 2023 at 3:10 PM
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Orientation and first week of classes done! We talked about cicadas, Dollo's Law and AI, and the long history of humans and mastodons (which means breast-shaped teeth by the way...). A student had to leave early and handed me a ZINE on their way out. Feeling so energized being here!
Selfie of Caroline holding up a peace sign with her right hand. She is standing in the front atrium of the MassArt Design and Media Center.
September 7, 2023 at 8:28 PM
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Hi! My name is Caroline and I am an artist, biologist, and educator. Here because I love learning about new research and seeing people's art. ✨ #biology #sciart #comics #stemed
Comic page of my WIP graphic novel pitch 'Mighty Metamorphosis.' A chipmunk gets surprised when greeted from a cicada nymph living underground. My zine 'Portraits of Metamorphosis', flanked by a metamorphosis-themed cootie catcher and template minizine. Comic page from my WIP graphic novel 'The Little Scientist' showing the main character exploring collections of specimens. Cover illustration I did for The Biology of Genomes annual meeting. It depicts three groups of flowers that have variation in appearance due to different genomic mechanisms.
July 27, 2023 at 8:02 PM