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Binhua Chen

Xu is Coming

Three different color squares
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Windows among black space containing a figure.
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. window against class background containing figure.
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. figure emerging from black window with speech bubbles
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing grey stills
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing stills from a comic strip
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing stills
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. figure bust looking at phone, with smaller figures on either side.
Three different color squares
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Windows among black space containing a figure.
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. window against class background containing figure.
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. figure emerging from black window with speech bubbles
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing grey stills
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing stills from a comic strip
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. Nine squares in a grid containing stills
Screen still from Binhua Chen's Thesis project, 2022. figure bust looking at phone, with smaller figures on either side.
Three different color squares

Xu Is Coming is a digital comic story about Xu, a girl who is a comic book character, with different art styles and storytelling strategies used in each page.


One day, Xu receives an invitation by spam fax to visit a place called Brand New Page, leaves her home, and steps into a fantasy journey among pages where she encounters the stories of other characters.

Artist Presentation

line drawing of binhua chen's portrait
Binhua Chen
MFA Visual Narrative: 2022
Binhua Chen is a designer, illustrator, and storyteller. She is very interested in social events, documentaries, metaphors, sleeping, and chatting with strangers (online). She is planning to create additional short digital stories to be available online to everybody for free. Binhua will be designing related products to sell as a way for her and her audience to enjoy her storytelling to the fullest.