Category Archives: comics

Visually Explaining the U.S. Credit Crisis

XPLANE has done a wonderful visual presentation covering how the recent financial meltdown came to be.

The use of simple graphics helps to understand the timeline of events leading to the meltdown. I like the way the video uses sound effects and simple animation over static graphics to liven up the presentation. I should also confess [...]

Google Explains Chrome with Comics

Google released a beta version of their new open source web browser called Chrome earlier this week.
To explain why they developed a new web browser and how it works, Google hired Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics and Making Comics, to illustrate their book about Chrome in a comic format.

The comic does a great job [...]

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