Author and graphic designer Tim Leong discusses his new book.
, locations change, character’s motives shift—it all becomes tremendously difficult to track. You may find yourself asking, “What side of the Civil War spawned from Speedball accidentally blowing up Stamford, Connecticut was Professor Xavier’s estranged, mentally ill son on, again?” Or, “What state was the Blob born in?”, a book of easy-to-read charts and graphs detailing the ins and outs of the House of Ideas’ complex history.
Gordon Jackson, io9: As a designer with a long history of creating infographics for magazines, what attracted you to charting the Marvel universe, over, say, DC?: I’m a huge comics fan, period. I strongly believe that fandom doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. That was the idea behind the firstbook—that there’s something for everyone, no matter your interests. That said, Marvel was my first love, my first exposure to comics.
io9: Which infographic in the book was the most difficult to research, or keep track of? And do you have a favorite or least-favorite for either reason?: There’s a chart that is a series of Venn diagrams that shows the commonalities and differences of various characters from Spider-Verses. That was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Honestly, “that was harder than I thought” was a pretty common refrain for me.
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