Saturday MOrning Breakfast Cereal
Header: The Graphvella:
Any story can be told in 3 charts or fewer
Header: Example 1: Zombie movie
Header: Fig. 1
[ A pie chart of March shows a small amount of "infected population" while a pie chart of April shows a much larger amount ]
Header: Fig. 2
[ A flow chart starts with "zombies are everywhere" and "is this guy is a zombie?" If the answer is "no," then proceed to "yes he is" and "death." If the answer is "yes," then "can you escape?" If "no," then "death" and if "yes," then "hide in a small confined space with a group of people from different backgrounds" and then "death." ]
Header: Fig. 3
[ A line graph with x-axis "human history" and y-axis "biomass of human brains" slowly increases until a point where it drops to zero ]
Header: Example 2: Romantic comedy
Header: Fig. 1
[ A bar graph titled "skills possessed by the male" has high bars in "intelligence," "senseof humor," and "hostage negotiation," but a very low bar in "love." Another bar graph titled "skills possessed by the female" has has high bars in "intelligence," "senseof humor," and "business negotiation," but a very low bar in "love." ]
Header: Fig. 2
[ A line graph with x-axis "time" and y-axis "integrity of romantic relationship" has a slowly increasing line until a sudden drop at "contrived miscommunication" and then a sudden rise at "man humiliates self in charming and expensive manner." ]
Header: Example 3: Zombie romantic comedy
[ A line graph with x-axis "time" and y-axis "integrity of romantic relationship" has a slowly increasing line until a sudden drop at "contrived miscommunication" and then a sudden rise at "man humiliates self in charming and expensive manner." The line continues to riseuntil dropping once again at "man eats woman's face." ]