Binglin {bing-ling} is an author-illustrator, ignatz award-winning cartoonist-designer, and multidisciplinary maker of things. he is both enjoyer and creator of accessible science communication, playful design, and strange storytelling.

currently, binglin is the publication designer at stoop shop comics. from 2018 to 2024, he worked at the national aquarium as their brand designer and science illustrator. other past clients include minnesota public radio, GKIDS, Harmonix, The Nib, and Oni Press.

Expedition Backyard is his debut graphic novel, an early reader urban science story created in collaboration with science-communicator Rosemary Mosco and published through penguin Random House Graphic. you can order it through your local bookstore.

outside of work, binglin enjoys tinkering with textile, being sat on by his cat, and translating chinese short stories into english.