Interactive data comics

Z Wang, H Romat, F Chevalier… - … on Visualization and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates how to make data comics interactive. Data comics are an effective
and versatile means for visual communication, leveraging the power of sequential narration …

Design patterns for data comics

B Bach, Z Wang, M Farinella, D Murray-Rust… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Data comics for data-driven storytelling are inspired by the visual language of comics and
aim to communicate insights in data through visualizations. While comics are widely known …

The emerging genre of data comics

B Bach, NH Riche, S Carpendale… - IEEE computer graphics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As we increasingly rely on data to understand our world, and as problems require global
solutions, we need to effectively communicate that data to help people make informed …

Teaching data visualization and storytelling with data comic workshops

Z Wang, H Dingwall, B Bach - Extended abstracts of the 2019 CHI …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents a method for hands-on creation of data comics in a workshop context
and includes a description of the results, lessons learned and future improvements. Data …

Data comics for reporting controlled user studies in human-computer interaction

Z Wang, J Ritchie, J Zhou, F Chevalier… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inspired by data comics, this paper introduces a novel format for reporting controlled studies
in the domain of human-computer interaction (HCI). While many studies in HCI follow similar …

SketchStory: Telling more engaging stories with data through freeform sketching

B Lee, RH Kazi, G Smith - IEEE transactions on visualization …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Presenting and communicating insights to an audience-telling a story-is one of the main
goals of data exploration. Even though visualization as a storytelling medium has recently …

Chartstory: Automated partitioning, layout, and captioning of charts into comic-style narratives

J Zhao, S Xu, S Chandrasegaran… - … on Visualization and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual data storytelling is gaining importance as a means of presenting data-driven
information or analysis results, especially to the general public. This has resulted in design …

Datatoon: Drawing dynamic network comics with pen+ touch interaction

NW Kim, N Henry Riche, B Bach, G Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Comics are an entertaining and familiar medium for presenting compelling stories about
data. However, existing visualization authoring tools do not leverage this expressive …

Educational Data Comics: What can Comics do for Education in Visualization?

M Boucher, B Bach, C Stoiber, Z Wang… - 2023 IEEE VIS …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper discusses the potential of comics for explaining concepts with and around data
visualization. With the increasing spread of visualizations and the democratization of access …

Narvis: Authoring narrative slideshows for introducing data visualization designs

Q Wang, Z Li, S Fu, W Cui, H Qu - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Visual designs can be complex in modern data visualization systems, which poses special
challenges for explaining them to the non-experts. However, few if any presentation tools …