This trend of using illustration to explain complex topics is really wonderful. I know that people may criticize it as childish, but I find it helpful and enlightening.
The illustrations that I've found most amazing and well done are created by people like:
You may notice a trend with the gender of the authors above. I personally believe that women have a better sense for simplifying complex ideas, and greater empathy and patience for teaching those ideas once they've been made simple.
The illustrations that I've found most amazing and well done are created by people like:
Lin Clark (https://code-cartoons.com/)
Julia Evans (http://jvns.ca/zines/)
Linda Liukas (http://www.helloruby.com/)
Amy Wibowo (https://shop.bubblesort.io/)
You may notice a trend with the gender of the authors above. I personally believe that women have a better sense for simplifying complex ideas, and greater empathy and patience for teaching those ideas once they've been made simple.