The Data Makers

The Data Makers

Data Making Prompt: Comics as data

Comics present an expressive, accessible and enjoyable format for storytelling with data. Try channelling a small data set into this format.

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Erica Mattson
May 23, 2025
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This week we had the pleasure of an artist talk from Molly Long, who, among other things, makes comics. And not just any comics, but data comics filled with reams of data that often goes as unspoken or unseen about the joys and sorrows of parenting and motherhood.

As noted in the presentation, Molly’s ability to tell stories with this data in comic form …

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