Comics in NumPy? More Likely than You Think!
summary
A completed 16‑page NumPy Contributor Comics project funded by Google Season of Docs claims comics can carry concrete docs: hand‑drawn pages (explicitly no AI), prototypes sketched in a 12‑page Google Doc, brainstorming on Google Jamboard, reviews via GitHub issues, and a public repo with artifacts. 300 printed copies distributed at SciPy and a downloadable PDF exist, the workflow ties to contributor pathways, and the comic documents a real mpz/NumPy issue and the PR that fixed it.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Comics in NumPy intro
- 1:49Why use comics for docs
- 3:15NumPy comic project overview
- 6:27Comics origins and inspiration
- 8:37Google Season of Docs funding
- 10:03Balancing art and community
- 12:30Comic-making process
- 17:54Artist’s studio peek
- 21:48Visual metaphors and storytelling
- 23:16Integrating comics into docs
- 25:22Personal project journey
- 26:49Title meaning reflection
- 28:15Finding balance beyond work
- 30:00Comics and creator next steps
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