There’s something about these hand-drawn maps that tells the story more intensely than with the usual maps and illustrations we’ve seen on the matter.

From Weekly Filet #134, in October 2013.

Mapping Europe’s war on immigration

Le Monde Diplomatique

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NSA Files Decoded

The Guardian

The Entire History of the World—Really, All of It—Distilled Into a Single Gorgeous Chart

Slate

2013 Annual Report

Feltron.com

Analyzing the Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters

Pudding

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