Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe [Paperback]

The comic book universe is adventurous, mystifying, and filled with heroes, villains, and cosplaying Comic-Con attendees. This book by one ofWiredmagazine's art directors traverses the graphic world through a collection of pie charts, bar graphs, timelines, scatter plots, and more.Super Graphicoffers readers a unique look at the intricate and sometimes contradictory storylines that weave their way through comic books, and shares advice for navigating the pages of some of the most popular, longest-running, and best-loved comics and graphic novels out there. From a colorful breakdown of the DC Comics reader demographic to a witty Venn diagram of superhero comic tropes and a Chris Ware sadness scale, this book charts the most arbitrary and monumental characters, moments, and equipment of the wide world of comics.Tim Leong is an award-winning art director and designer. He's currently the Design Director atEntertainment Weeklymagazine, and was previously Design Director atFortunemagazine, Director of Digital Design atWIREDmagazine, and Design Director atComplexmagazine. During Tim's run atComplex, Kanye West said: I really thinkComplexis taking the cover game to another level; these are all history in the making. And that has to count for something, right? He's also the founder of the Eisner-award losingComic Foundrymagazine. His first book,Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universeis published by Chronicle Books. He also writes his author bios in third person. Super Graphicis an absolute joy and a feast for the eyes. It's stuffed with enough information to keep you occupied for hours and fun enough to want to revisit again and again. If you're a comics fan or simply love data visualizations, you definitely need to check it out.
-GeekDad This is a wonderful book, both clever and informative while also being a joy to look at. Highly recommended...!
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