- Mass Market Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Gotham Books; Original edition (6 Oct 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1592404871
- ISBN-13: 978-1592404872
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 15.3 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 353,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I've been reading graphjam for a few months now, so when i heard about this book, it was a no-brainer. The graphs, charts, maps etc. are all very well designed and look beautiful. The references are vast, and i'd be impressed if any one person understood every single one without consulting the list at the back. They range from the everybody-should-know ones (Bohemian rhapsody by pitch), to the slightly obscure (place preference of Totos by year) to the insanely detailed (spider map of rappers).
Well worth a read and would make a good present or stocking-filler.
Well worth a read and would make a good present or stocking-filler.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Everyday phrases, sayings and concepts expressed as graphs and pie charts. See also Pop Charts by Paul Copperwaite. You will definitely know someone who will love this.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For a long-time GraphJam follower I thought this would be a great collection of its wittiest and funniest pop culture graphs. While it did mostly fit the bill, it unfortunately decided to hide them behind confusing graphics.
In an attempt to make it more dynamic and interesting for those that may be sick of looking at graphs, they used complicated pictures and messy detail to punctuate what was already a stroke of genius.
In my opinion it ruined the graph for me and a lot of them are difficult to decipher unless you know exactly what the graph is about. Luckily it has a useful list of the relevant pop culture origins in the back, but even for the ones I could recognise it lost the humour and the message.
It is nothing like graph jam, which tried to simplify pop culture down to nice neat nerdy diagrams which never failed to make me laugh.
Perfect for a person who may not be a seasoned internet lurker who is crazy about pop culture but certainly not for any GraphJam fans.
In an attempt to make it more dynamic and interesting for those that may be sick of looking at graphs, they used complicated pictures and messy detail to punctuate what was already a stroke of genius.
In my opinion it ruined the graph for me and a lot of them are difficult to decipher unless you know exactly what the graph is about. Luckily it has a useful list of the relevant pop culture origins in the back, but even for the ones I could recognise it lost the humour and the message.
It is nothing like graph jam, which tried to simplify pop culture down to nice neat nerdy diagrams which never failed to make me laugh.
Perfect for a person who may not be a seasoned internet lurker who is crazy about pop culture but certainly not for any GraphJam fans.
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