Binglin {bing-ling} is an award-winning multidisciplinary creator making work across illustration, design, comics, poetry, science communication, and the endless intersections within. He uses art and writing to explore and express experiences of gender, sexuality, diasporic identity, and disability, and he is especially drawn to visual journalism as a conduit for strange, raw storytelling.

Binglin has worked with Minnesota Public Radio, The National Aquarium, GKIDS, Harmonix, The Nib, Oni Press, and others. His debut graphic novel, Expedition Backyard, is an early readers’ urban science story co-created with science communicator Rosemary Mosco and published through Random House Graphic in 2022. He has been self-publishing comics and zines since he was single-digits years old.

In his personal life, Binglin enjoys gardening, studying handcrafts, and translating Chinese short fiction.

2024-2025 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award — Expedition Backyard: Exploring Nature from Country to City, presented by the Oregon Association of School Libraries

2023 Outstanding Anthology Ignatz Award — Shades of Fear, presented by Small Press Expo

2021 Innovation in Marketing Award — presented by the National Aquarium

2020 Outstanding Anthology Ignatz Award — Be Gay, Do Comics, presented by Small Press Expo

Please contact me at binglinhu.art@gmail.com with your project specs and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Timeline and budget are helpful details to have before getting started.

Types of work I’m interested in taking on at this time include: science art, editorial illustration, book and picture book illustration, publication design.

I am selective about graphic novel pitches. If you believe my voice and style will be a strong fit for the work, please feel free to contact me anyway.

Thank you for your interest!

I co-run an online shop with my partner and fellow artist, Ashanti Fortson, at seatoad.bigcartel.com. I post digital wares for sale or pay-what-you-want on itch.io. You can support me on Patreon and Ko-fi.

Bluesky: binglin.bsky.social
Instagram: @binglin.work