

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_showcase_xkcd.py:


====
XKCD
====

Shows how to create an xkcd-like plot.




.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-horizontal


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      .. image:: /gallery/showcase/images/sphx_glr_xkcd_001.png
            :scale: 47

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      .. image:: /gallery/showcase/images/sphx_glr_xkcd_002.png
            :scale: 47





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    with plt.xkcd():
        # Based on "Stove Ownership" from XKCD by Randall Monroe
        # http://xkcd.com/418/

        fig = plt.figure()
        ax = fig.add_axes((0.1, 0.2, 0.8, 0.7))
        ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
        ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
        plt.xticks([])
        plt.yticks([])
        ax.set_ylim([-30, 10])

        data = np.ones(100)
        data[70:] -= np.arange(30)

        plt.annotate(
            'THE DAY I REALIZED\nI COULD COOK BACON\nWHENEVER I WANTED',
            xy=(70, 1), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle='->'), xytext=(15, -10))

        plt.plot(data)

        plt.xlabel('time')
        plt.ylabel('my overall health')
        fig.text(
            0.5, 0.05,
            '"Stove Ownership" from xkcd by Randall Monroe',
            ha='center')

        # Based on "The Data So Far" from XKCD by Randall Monroe
        # http://xkcd.com/373/

        fig = plt.figure()
        ax = fig.add_axes((0.1, 0.2, 0.8, 0.7))
        ax.bar([0, 1], [0, 100], 0.25)
        ax.spines['right'].set_color('none')
        ax.spines['top'].set_color('none')
        ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
        ax.set_xticks([0, 1])
        ax.set_xlim([-0.5, 1.5])
        ax.set_ylim([0, 110])
        ax.set_xticklabels(['CONFIRMED BY\nEXPERIMENT', 'REFUTED BY\nEXPERIMENT'])
        plt.yticks([])

        plt.title("CLAIMS OF SUPERNATURAL POWERS")

        fig.text(
            0.5, 0.05,
            '"The Data So Far" from xkcd by Randall Monroe',
            ha='center')

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.047 seconds)



.. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: xkcd.py <xkcd.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: xkcd.ipynb <xkcd.ipynb>`

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
