Understanding Comics

Amplification through Simplification. Never truer words spoken. As a data analytics major, I can appreciate this lesson. Data comes in large batches and can be increasingly complicated. However, the more complicated it is, the more confusing it can be. For most, data speaks the truth; however, the truth depends on how you interpret it. If one looks too hard into a dataset, they can come up with completely complex yet wrong interpretations, instead of simple yet right interpretations. In addition, complex visuals are even less effective than simple visuals. Similarly, comics try to depict a story simply through pictures. Words in a novel can be complex, but those words in pictures are much simpler and can be easily interpreted, especially when they are drawn to the bare minimum. This allows for comics not to appear cluttered and more complex than it needs to be. Not everything in life needs to be complicated; they can be simple like comics. Now, only if I can apply that to my data analysis.