We recently connected with Breeze Hu and have shared our conversation below.

Breeze, appreciate you joining us today. Let’s start with the story of your mission. What should we know?

I began drawing comics for fun and never thought I’d become a comic artist, About five years ago, I receive an anonymous critique of my mini-comic collection. The viewer is disappointed because there are few narrations that are rather pale. I was so defensive that time, asking my friends why a comic needed a story. Can’t it be a poem or a piece of feelings? Shouldn’t art be free? With the confusion, I began to put more effort into storytelling.

In the past five years, I have seen and heard many stories from friends and family, strangers online, from news or fiction, from music or films. Their stories carry the thickness and emotions of true life. The twists, conflicts, joy, and pain turn abstract concepts into vivid figures close to us. It is essential in today’s increasingly torn-up world, and that’s how we build connections and begin listening to another side’s opinions again.

That’s the moment I thought, story matters. I want to make it into my lifelong career. So, even to this day, I still believe that artists, whether visual art or literary music, art make the world a better place; besides entertainment, artists are creating a grey zone – a space between black and white, pure good and evil. Call me the ultimate centrist, but I genuinely believe we need much space in this extremist world.

– Try to make the world a better place. It may sound idealistic or self-righteous. Who am I to influence others’ opinions? But if we can’t change people through communication, what can we expect?

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

This is Breeze, a Baltimore-based comic artist, illustrator, and storyteller. I’m finishing my MFA at the Maryland Institute of Art. The first time I picked up a brush was three or four. I didn’t consider art a career until I got seriously ill in middle school.

During my hospitalization, I had to think about my future and what I would most like to do if I spent the rest of my life in a hospital bed. In my most fragile time, art was my shelter, meditation, and a place to put my emotions and thoughts.

After leaving the hospital, I decided to pass on the help that art brought me. For me, skill is a tool to get the message across. For that, I have a very flexible style and am able to manage different jobs. This day I work in comics, illustration, design, children’s books, branding, helping other clients discover their stories, helping them sell their concepts, and documenting stories from my own life.

Can you share your view on NFTs? (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

I prefer to see the concept of NFTs as one kind of contemporary art, which makes us rethink how to measure the value of art and the relationship between the market and art. It also has the concept of appropriation and reproduction, but it’s different from pop art, and the economic tricks in NFTs are more important than their aesthetics. But at the same time, I am also pleased to see some artists in financial difficulties can take this opportunity to earn quick money, which can support their dreams to go further.

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

I hope to get in touch with indie comic events like SPX, bubbles, CAKE, etc. It is different from traditional ComicCon and art book fairs, more inclusive, more underground, and has a unique energy. At the same time, many small publishers have relatively short lives. You may not be able to find some books or some editors after a few years. If I can see this community early, I can get more inspiration and guidance.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://breezehuart.cargo.site/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breeze_hu_art/