Among numerous chart types that AnyChart allows creating there are 3D Column Charts. Using this tool, we have made our version of a GraphJam chart that wittily mocks the good old Lord of the Rings trilogy:

To check out other examples of 3D Column Charts, visit 3D Column Charts section in AnyChart charts gallery.

Charts make people not only understand numbers, but also laugh.

GraphJam is a website showing music and popular culture in funny charts and graphs created by users. These charts can be viewed as a form of modern Internet folklore - signed by nicknames, they are half anonymous, and most witty ones are often reposted by other users in blogs and social networks, which resembles the way folklore spreads.

The fact that charts can be used in such an unexpected and curious way truly inspires us. And it was difficult to stay aside, not trying to apply here AnyChart’s vast capabilities and make some especially interesting items posted at GraphJam even more expressive.

All our charts are fully configurable and nice-looking, so they show the best advantage of any information, including even jokes. One of the many types supported by AnyChart is a 3D Pie Chart, and this is our version of a GraphJam 3D Pie Chart:

To check out other examples of Pie and Donut Charts, visit our gallery.

We will be posting more charts from GraphJam created by AnyChart.

One would think that the only mission of charts is presenting boring information in scientific works and at report-back meetings. However, charts, along with some other data visualization methods, are a very refined and expressive tool, so they are able to reproduce more elevated meanings as well and even can become a kind of art. These splendid prospects inspire us so much that we have introduced a new tag - Charts and Art.

Let’s begin with charts in fiction. There are only two examples we’ve found for the moment (fiction being a text first of all), but they clearly demonstrate the powerful tragicomic potential of line charts!
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