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Cartoon illustration from The Simpsons showing Homer Simpson wearing a Mr. Plow jacket surrounded by other characters, with a red plow truck in the background.

2014-01-02

The Simpsons Mr. Plow Illustration

From Job Opening: Database Journalist, Politics by Nate Silver

Stylized flat illustration of six figures dressed in historical Renaissance-era costumes in shades of blue, red, and pink.

2014-03-17

Renaissance Figures Editorial Illustration

From Parsing Is Such Sweet Sorrow by Emma Pierson

Black silhouette illustration of a fox standing over a hedgehog on a yellow background, referencing the fox and hedgehog concept.

2014-03-17

Fox and Hedgehog Illustration

From What the Fox Knows by Nate Silver

Stylized editorial illustration of an elderly man in a suit with dollar bills floating around him against a teal and pink background.

2014-03-18

Editorial Illustration: Man With Flying Dollar Bills

From Buffett’s Billion Won’t Lead to a Perfect Bracket by Carl Bialik

Editorial illustration of an elderly man in a suit surrounded by falling dollar bills with a tournament bracket diagram in the background.

2014-03-18

Warren Buffett Bracket Challenge Editorial Illustration

From Buffett’s Billion Won’t Lead to a Perfect Bracket by Carl Bialik

Four illustrated political campaign buttons for Cruz, Rubio, Bernie Sanders, and Trump, styled with social media like themes on an orange background.

2014-03-19

Political Campaign Buttons Illustration - Cruz, Rubio, Sanders, Trump

From An America Without Irish Immigrants by Mona Chalabi

2014-03-19

SIGDIG Colorful Typography Logo

From An America Without Irish Immigrants by Mona Chalabi

Repeating pattern of Donald Trump wearing a Make America Great Again hat alongside Made in China labels on a red background.

2014-03-19

Trump MAGA Hat / Made in China Repeating Pattern Illustration

From An America Without Irish Immigrants by Mona Chalabi

Geometric stylized illustration of an American football player in a red jersey with number 63 and a gold helmet featuring a small bar chart motif.

2014-03-24

Football Player Illustration with Chart Helmet

From The Fastest Rapper in the Game by Mona Chalabi

Editorial illustration showing people walking past rows of computer workstations in an office or polling place setting.

2014-03-26

People Walking Past Computer Workstations Illustration

From Missing: Up To 4 Million Workers by Ben Casselman

Animated still of Anna from Disney's Frozen, a young woman with auburn hair and blue eyes in a black and teal dress standing in a forest.

2014-04-02

Anna from Disney's Frozen – Animated Film Still

From The Top-Grossing, Bechdel Test-Passing Movies by Walt Hickey

Repeating pattern on purple background showing red-and-white striped voting booths with a person's legs visible beneath, alternating with cyan bell curve distribution graphics.

2014-04-04

Voting Booth and Bell Curve Repeating Pattern

From Jobs Report: Back to Where We Started by Ben Casselman

Colorful editorial illustration of a person relaxing in a chair with a laptop, a black cat nearby, surrounded by plants, records, and a city view.

2014-04-09

Person Relaxing at Home with Laptop and Cat Illustration

From In the End, People May Really Just Want to Date Themselves by Emma Pierson

A Bob Ross painting of a figure resting by a campfire near a reflective pond in a dark forest with warm orange and red tones.

2014-04-14

Bob Ross Painting: Campfire by the Pond

From A Statistical Analysis of the Work of Bob Ross by Walt Hickey

A grid of twelve Bob Ross-style oil paintings depicting snowy winter landscapes with cabins, mountains, and evergreen trees in various color palettes.

2014-04-14

Bob Ross Winter Landscape Paintings Grid

From A Statistical Analysis of the Work of Bob Ross by Walt Hickey

A painted winter landscape in blue tones featuring snow-covered mountains, evergreen trees, and a rustic cabin in the foreground.

2014-04-21

Winter Mountain Landscape Painting

From Happy Bob Ross Visualizations by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration showing sperm cells on a bright yellow background, used decoratively for an article about fertility or reproductive health.

2014-04-24

Sperm Cells Editorial Illustration

From Are Older Men’s Sperm Really Any Worse? by Emily Oster

FiveThirtyEight branded title card reading Do You Buy That? in bold red, white, and blue text on a dark teal background.

2014-04-30

FiveThirtyEight – Do You Buy That?

From Race Gap Narrows in College Enrollment, But Not in Graduation by Ben Casselman

Editorial illustration showing two archery targets with a knife, fork, and arrow on a yellow-green background, suggesting a food or dining theme.

2014-04-30

Archery Targets with Dining Utensils Illustration

From Even the Head Chef of the World’s Best Restaurant Doubts There’s a World’s Best Restaurant by Carl Bialik

Editorial illustration showing a woman carrying a large overflowing laundry basket while a man stands idle nearby, on a pink background.

2014-05-05

Woman Carrying Laundry Basket Illustration

From Guess Who Cares For Young Adults When They Move Back Home by Heather Krause

Editorial illustration of three gold coins shaped as balloons floating in a blue sky, being popped by needles, suggesting deflating currency or financial bubbles.

2014-05-12

Gold Coin Balloons Being Popped — Editorial Illustration

From Why the Housing Bubble Tanked the Economy And the Tech Bubble Didn’t by Amir Sufi, Atif Mian

Decorative editorial illustration showing stacked documents with a lightning bolt and a magnifying glass with a red checkmark.

2014-05-13

Document Review Illustration

From Mapping Kidnappings in Nigeria (Updated) by Mona Chalabi

Repeating pattern of brown leather briefcases and blue Twitter bird logos on a yellow background, used as editorial illustration.

2014-05-14

Briefcases and Twitter Birds Editorial Illustration

From Breaking Down the Young Billionaires Club by Mona Chalabi

Repeating pattern editorial illustration of a white-haired woman in a purple jacket surrounded by lit dynamite sticks on a purple background.

2014-05-14

Editorial Illustration: Janet Yellen with Dynamite Pattern

From Breaking Down the Young Billionaires Club by Mona Chalabi

Vintage-style editorial illustration showing a person standing on a stack of books labeled Workplace and Health, with a guitar and other figures nearby.

2014-05-21

Vintage Workplace Health Editorial Illustration

From I Stand Corrected About the Best Kind of Desk by Emily Oster

Editorial header graphic for FiveThirtyEight's Am I Normal? column featuring a reader question about living with a roommate at age 32.

2014-05-23

Am I Normal? — I'm 32, but I still live with a roommate

From Dear Mona, I’m 32 and Live With a Roommate, Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Editorial header graphic for FiveThirtyEight's Am I Normal? column featuring a reader question about living with a roommate at age 32.

2014-05-23

Am I Normal? — I'm 32, but I still live with a roommate

From Dear Mona, I’m 32 and Live With a Roommate, Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Editorial illustration showing a brain dissolving into pixels that flow into a smartphone displaying a dollar sign, on a red background.

2014-05-29

Brain Pixelating Into Smartphone With Dollar Sign Illustration

From Inside the Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting by Carl Bialik

Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover from March 29, 1976 showing a New Yorker's view of the world, with Manhattan in detail and the rest of the US as a distant, sparse landscape.

2014-06-02

The New Yorker Cover: View of the World from 9th Avenue (Mar. 29, 1976)

From New York Is 85 Percent Better Than LA (According to Aggregate Personal Income in the Metropolitan Statistical Areas) by Nate Silver

Comic-style illustration of two hands holding an overstuffed burrito with beans, cheese, and greens spilling out, on a yellow background.

2014-06-05

Burrito Editorial Illustration

From In Search of America’s Best Burrito by Nate Silver

Colorful editorial illustration of a burrito wearing sunglasses on a skateboard with french fries and a hand reaching in, on a blue background.

2014-06-06

Burrito on a Skateboard Illustration

From The Search For America’s Best Burrito Starts in California by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Editorial illustration of a burrito wearing a sheriff badge in front of a desert mesa landscape.

2014-06-07

Burrito Sheriff Editorial Illustration

From Western States Are a New Frontier in the Search For America’s Best Burrito by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Editorial cartoon illustration of a red lobster lying on a gurney or hospital bed against a yellow background.

2014-06-08

Lobster on a Gurney Editorial Illustration

From The Search For America’s Best Burrito Turns to the Northeast by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

Colorful editorial illustration of a green crocodile with open jaws biting a pale alligator, set against a coral-pink background.

2014-06-09

Crocodile vs. Alligator Editorial Illustration

From The Search For America’s Best Burrito Heads to the Land of Sweet Tea by Anna Maria Barry-Jester

2014-06-12

One Tot, Two Tot, Happy Thought, Distraught

From Baby No. 2 Is Harder on Mom Than Dad by Heather Krause

Four illustrated faces of babies and adults with captions reading One Tot, Two Tot, Happy Thought, Distraught in a playful editorial style.

2014-06-12

One Tot, Two Tot, Happy Thought, Distraught — Editorial Illustration

From Baby No. 2 Is Harder on Mom Than Dad by Heather Krause

Cartoon illustration of an alien face with grey skin and large red eyes on a small icon-sized image.

2014-06-16

Alien Face Illustration

From Predicting When ‘Game of Thrones’ Author George R. R. Martin Will Come Out With His Next Book by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration of a stylized figure wearing red headphones with sound waves emanating from each ear, set against a dark background with decorative symbols.

2014-06-19

Headphones Listener Editorial Illustration

From If Hillary Clinton Runs For President, When Might She Announce? by Harry Enten

Three illustrated beer bottles on a light blue background, with a dashed vertical line dividing the center bottle from the other two.

2014-06-21

Three Beer Bottles Illustration

From Is Sam Adams Too Big to Be Craft Beer? by Eno Sarris

Editorial illustration showing soccer commentators from Germany, Egypt, Poland, and Brazil with their iconic goal-celebration phrases displayed in large colorful text.

2014-06-22

Soccer Commentators' Goal Calls: Tor, Goal, Gooooal, Olha o Gol

From Ctrl + ← A Sticker Collector, America’s Center of Mass and Gooooooooals by Mona Chalabi

Decorative editorial illustration with tennis themes featuring tennis balls, a scoreboard, and tennis terms like Deuce, Love, and Winners in green tones.

2014-06-25

Tennis Editorial Illustration: Deuce, Love, Winners

From An Oddity of Tennis Scoring Makes Its Annual Appearance at Wimbledon by Carl Bialik

Editorial illustration of a globe on a dinner plate with a fork and knife, symbolizing global food or diet themes.

2014-06-25

Globe on a Dinner Plate Illustration

From The FiveThirtyEight International Food Association’s 2014 World Cup by Nate Silver, Walt Hickey

2014-06-27

Am I Normal? — FiveThirtyEight Feature Logo

From Dear Mona, I’ve Been in My Job For 3 Years. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Red-tinted editorial illustration of an elephant with bold text reading The Republican Debates: Round 2 on a red background.

2014-06-27

The Republican Debates: Round 2

From Dear Mona, I’ve Been in My Job For 3 Years. Am I Normal? by Mona Chalabi

Stylized editorial illustration of three college basketball players from Wisconsin, Duke, and Virginia on a red polka-dot background.

2014-06-29

College Basketball Players Editorial Illustration

From Ctrl + ← The Clintons, Cake And the Supreme Court by Mona Chalabi

Stylized editorial illustration of multiple black silhouette airplanes flying through a light blue cloudy sky.

2014-06-30

Airplanes in Flight – Editorial Illustration

From Why Budget Airlines Could Soon Charge You to Use the Bathroom by Luke Jensen, Brian Yutko

Lionel Messi in Argentina jersey number 10 seen from behind with arms raised, overlaid on a bubble chart graphic background.

2014-07-01

Messi No. 10 Editorial Illustration with Bubble Chart

From Lionel Messi Is Impossible by Benjamin Morris

Stylized editorial illustration of multiple black silhouette airplanes flying through a light blue cloudy sky.

2014-07-02

Airplanes in Flight – Editorial Illustration

From Tim Howard Lost, But He Just Had the Best Match of the World Cup by Nate Silver

Editorial illustration showing a paintbrush labeled RISK painting over a gauge or dial with labels NO, SOME, and HIGH on a pink background.

2014-07-10

Risk Paintbrush Editorial Illustration

From How a Woman’s Weight Before Pregnancy Affects Childbirth by Emily Oster

Editorial illustration showing a paintbrush labeled RISK painting over a dial or gauge with labels NO, SOME, and HIGH on a pink background.

2014-07-14

Risk Paintbrush Editorial Illustration

From Germany May Be the Best National Soccer Team Ever by Nate Silver

Colorful editorial collage featuring a black-and-white photo of a singer with swan sunglasses alongside a vinyl record label reading Amen Brother by The Winstons.

2014-07-22

Amen, Brother – The Winstons editorial illustration

From America’s Favorite ‘Star Wars’ Movies (And Least Favorite Characters) by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration showing a line of people in white coats holding folders waiting to be interviewed by a seated figure, suggesting a job interview queue.

2014-08-05

Job Interview Queue Illustration

From In Science, It Matters That Women Come Last by Emma Pierson

Editorial illustration showing two people in white coats holding folders waiting in line before a seated woman reviewing documents, suggesting a job interview or medical setting.

2014-08-05

People in Lab Coats Waiting in Line Illustration

From In Science, It Matters That Women Come Last by Emma Pierson

Blue-tinted editorial illustration featuring a donkey with bold text reading The Democratic Debates: Round 2

2014-08-05

The Democratic Debates: Round 2

From Are Female Scientists Hiding? by Emma Pierson

Abstract blue geometric pattern featuring diagonal stripes and angular shapes with dashed lines on a blue background.

2014-08-06

Abstract Blue Geometric Illustration

From What’s The Best Age To Be? by Mona Chalabi

Editorial illustration showing a crowd of black human figures with blue outlines on a yellow background, with one red figure turned away and one purple figure standing out.

2014-08-19

Crowd of figures with one red outlier illustration

From Why States Should Aim For 100 Percent Vaccination by Emily Oster

Decorative editorial illustration spelling HOLIDAY in bold red letters composed of data visualization shapes like pie charts, bar charts, and geometric forms.

2014-08-20

Holiday Data Visualization Illustration

From Police In England And Wales Went Two Years Without Fatally Shooting Someone by Carl Bialik

Pop-art style illustration of bejeweled hands with long green nails resting on a stack of plaid-patterned cards or money, with partial text visible.

2014-08-21

Pop-Art Hands on Stack of Cards Illustration

From I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was by Walt Hickey

Illustrated tarot card styled graphic featuring a crescent moon with a face, radiating rays, gold stars, and the label The Lonely at the bottom.

2014-08-21

The Lonely — Tarot Card Illustration

From I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration styled as a tarot card labeled 'The Obstacle' showing two interlocked wedding rings above a road barrier, numbered III at the top.

2014-08-21

The Obstacle – Tarot Card Illustration

From I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was by Walt Hickey

Illustrated tarot card styled image titled The Redhead featuring flowing red hair, blue flowers, and colorful roses in a decorative editorial art style.

2014-08-21

The Redhead – Tarot Card Illustration

From I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was by Walt Hickey

Tarot card style illustration titled The Restless featuring scissors cutting a rope against a golden background with a flame symbol at top.

2014-08-21

The Restless — Tarot Card Illustration

From I Went To A Psychic And Then Found Out How Right She Really Was by Walt Hickey

Courtroom sketch by Steve Hauss depicting a crowded courtroom scene with a judge presiding and multiple attorneys and spectators.

2014-08-22

Courtroom Sketch by Steve Hauss

From It Only Seems Like Politics Is More Corrupt by Hayley Munguia

Cartoon illustration of Homer and Marge Simpson lying in bed having a conversation, from the animated TV show The Simpsons.

2014-08-26

Homer and Marge Simpson in Bed – The Simpsons Illustration

From What Happens To The Human Brain If You Try To Watch Every ‘Simpsons’ Ever by Walt Hickey

Stick figure cartoon showing two characters reacting to a solar eclipse, one shouting 'Alert the Queen!!' while the other activates a British Emergency broadcast tower.

2014-09-02

Alert the Queen!! British Emergency Eclipse Cartoon

From Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions by Walt Hickey

XKCD-style stick figure cartoon showing a pitcher disintegrating while throwing a baseball that creates a plasma sphere and X-ray front toward an unsuspecting batter.

2014-09-02

Plasma Sphere Baseball - XKCD Style Illustration

From Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions by Walt Hickey

2014-09-02

Vintage Fox Logo

From Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions by Walt Hickey

Book cover for 'What If?' by Randall Munroe featuring a dangling T-rex and a monster emerging from a hole, with the subtitle Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.

2014-09-02

What If? Book Cover – Randall Munroe, creator of xkcd

From Randall Munroe Of xkcd Answers Our (Not So Absurd) Questions by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration of a Native American headdress with a red prohibition symbol overlaid on a green background, conveying opposition to use of Native imagery.

2014-09-05

No Native American Headdress — Editorial Illustration

From The 2,128 Native American Mascots People Aren’t Talking About by Hayley Munguia

Illustrated supplement jars with labels depicting various fitness activities including yoga, biking, running, dance, kettlebell, swimming, and weightlifting.

2014-09-05

Fitness Activities as Supplement Jars Illustration

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess's Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Editorial illustration of a Native American headdress with a red prohibition symbol overlaid on a green background, conveying opposition to use of Native imagery.

2014-09-05

No Native American Headdress — Editorial Illustration

From Fabiano Caruana Is Doing The Impossible At Chess's Most Competitive Tournament by Oliver Roeder

Illustrated supplement jars with labels depicting various fitness activities including yoga, biking, running, dance, kettlebell, swimming, and weightlifting.

2014-09-08

Fitness Activities as Supplement Jars Illustration

From Don’t Take Your Vitamins by Emily Oster

Illustration of stacked documents with a lightning bolt icon and a magnifying glass showing a red checkmark.

2014-09-08

Document Review Illustration

From In The Papers: Inequality, Long Hours And Gifted Education by Ben Casselman

Editorial illustration of a figure wearing red headphones with music and cultural icons radiating outward on both sides, suggesting contrasting music tastes.

2014-09-16

Headphones Figure with Music Icons Illustration

From Spotify Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself by Walt Hickey

Editorial illustration of a stylized figure wearing red headphones with sound waves emanating from each ear, set against a dark background with decorative symbols.

2014-09-16

Person Wearing Headphones Illustration

From Spotify Knows Me Better Than I Know Myself by Walt Hickey

Three-panel stick figure comic where one character says they used to think correlation implied causation, then took a statistics class, and another replies the class helped, maybe.

2014-09-18

Correlation vs. Causation XKCD-style Comic

From Skeptical Football: Goatslingers, Manning vs. Messi, And The Andrew Luck Experiment by Benjamin Morris

Blue-toned editorial title card reading 'The Democratic Debates: Round 3' with a donkey silhouette in the background.

2014-09-19

The Democratic Debates: Round 3

From Dear Mona, How Many Adults Take ADHD Drugs? by Mona Chalabi

Editorial illustration showing two cyclists connected by a chain of bicycle gear and crank mechanisms forming percent signs on a mint green background.

2014-09-25

Two Cyclists Connected by Gear Percent Signs

From How FiveThirtyEight Calculates Pollster Ratings by Nate Silver

Editorial illustration showing a lion, bull, zebra, and butterfly each enclosed in colorful geometric cages with scattered letters in the background.

2014-10-07

Animals in Cages Editorial Illustration

From Z Is For Zebra — 90 Percent Of The Time by David Goldenberg

Editorial illustration of a zebra standing inside a blue and red isometric cube, with large partial letters visible around the edges.

2014-10-07

Zebra in a Cube Editorial Illustration

From Z Is For Zebra — 90 Percent Of The Time by David Goldenberg

Illustrated Scrabble tiles spelling out OUTRAGE on an orange background.

2014-10-18

Outrage — Scrabble Tiles Illustration

From New Scrabble Dictionary Disrepects The Game by Oliver Roeder

Cartoon illustration of a person wearing a black graduation cap and gown with a red tassel and tie on a yellow background.

2014-10-20

Graduate Cartoon Illustration

From U.S. High School Dropout Rates Fall, Especially Among Latinos by Ben Casselman

Silhouettes of four people standing in a line next to an American flag, suggesting a political or electoral theme.

2014-10-20

Political Figures Silhouettes with American Flag

From Pollsters Say They Follow Ethical Standards, But They Aren’t So Sure About Their Peers by Carl Bialik

2014-10-20

Three Silhouettes with American Flag

From Pollsters Say They Follow Ethical Standards, But They Aren’t So Sure About Their Peers by Carl Bialik

Historical engraving of the Mechanical Turk chess-playing automaton showing a turbaned figure at a cabinet with exposed clockwork machinery inside.

2014-10-23

The Mechanical Turk Chess Automaton Engraving

From Rage Against The Machines by Nate Silver

2014-10-23

NBA Preview 2014 Editorial Illustration

From 2014 NBA Preview: The Lakers Are Even Worse Than They Were Last Year by Neil Paine, Ian Levy, John Ezekowitz, Andrew Flowers

2014-10-24

NBA Preview 2014 Editorial Illustration

From 2014 NBA Preview: The Rise Of The Warriors by Neil Paine, Ian Levy, John Ezekowitz, Andrew Flowers

2014-10-27

NBA Preview 2014 Editorial Illustration

From 2014 NBA Preview: The Sixers Are Going Nowhere Fast by Neil Paine, Ian Levy, John Ezekowitz, Andrew Flowers

Black and white editorial illustration of four NBA basketball players on an orange background, featuring a Raptors player wearing number 7, for an NBA Preview 2014 feature.

2014-10-28

NBA Preview 2014 Editorial Illustration

From 2014 NBA Preview: Key Offseason Pickups Should Give The Cavs A Boost by Neil Paine, Ian Levy, John Ezekowitz, Andrew Flowers

Editorial illustration showing a gauge or meter with blue and red sections above a panel with checkboxes, two checked and one marked with an X.

2014-10-31

Illustrated gauge with checkbox panel

From Even Pollsters Don’t Know All The Details Of How Their Polls Are Made by Carl Bialik

Colorful editorial illustration of a smiling mouth with braces, teeth featuring smiley faces, surrounded by coin-like shapes with the letter F on a blue background.

2014-11-10

Smiling Mouth with Braces Editorial Illustration

From Are The Concerns About Water Fluoridation Legit? by Emily Oster

Editorial illustration showing red and blue columns with a figure on a ladder reaching toward a bright opening, suggesting political themes.

2014-11-19

Editorial Illustration: Figure Climbing Toward Light Between Political Columns

From The Supreme Court Won’t Be Getting Another Sotomayor Anytime Soon by Harry Enten

Editorial illustration of a man in a suit standing on a ladder painting or marking a large dark column between classical architectural pillars in blue and red tones.

2014-11-19

Man on Ladder Painting Column – Editorial Illustration

From The Supreme Court Won’t Be Getting Another Sotomayor Anytime Soon by Harry Enten

Editorial illustration showing the word LIVE in bold red and blue letters above line-drawing portraits of two political figures.

2014-11-19

Live Blog Illustration – Two Political Figures

From Your Job May Affect How Your Brain Ages by Christie Aschwanden

Three illustrated name badge cards on a pink background, with the rightmost badge showing the name James Smith in blue text.

2014-11-20

Name Badge Illustration with James Smith

From Dear Mona, What’s The Most Common Name In America? by Mona Chalabi, Andrew Flowers

Editorial illustration showing silhouettes of South Carolina and Nevada overlapping with a dollar bill featuring George Washington in the center.

2014-11-20

South Carolina and Nevada State Silhouettes with Dollar Bill Illustration

From Every President’s Executive Orders In One Chart by Dhrumil Mehta

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