These information maps show many facets of the comic book industry. We designed a spread of three different types of graphs for this assignment. We created three pie charts, a line graph, and a bar graph. On the left side of the spread, one can see the three pie charts I created that show popular web comics, print comics, and age groups that read comics. On the right side of the spread I placed a paragraph that explains he details of the graphics as well as a line graph showing digital and print comic book sales, and a bar graph contrasting different title sales.
Before I was able to create each graph, I went through a research process so that I could understand the information I was presenting and cater the graphs to each set. After finding the numbers for each graph, I created a very basic version of each graph in Illustrator using the graphing tool.
I made an effort to treat each graph so that they are all unique. For example, the pie chart of site views for web comics is shaped as a speech bubble. That graph is shown below.
In another graph, I was able to add a second layer of information to the pie chart besides the ages of comic readers. By making a section 3-D I showed that about 1/3 of comic readers age 18-30 are female.
Then with the help of critiques, I solidified a color palette that makes use of primary and secondary colors that are similar to brightly colored comic spreads.
Although it was difficult to arrange the graphs into a very cohesive spread, I think that each graph successfully shows the information I wanted to present.
