Let me back it up a bit. I know I have a few non-academia readers (hi Momma, hey Dad) that may not be familiar with the research publishing process, including the difference between a review article and a research article. For them, I have made this little graphic:
Now, I was happy just to have the thing published at all, especially in such a cool, new journal. But then yesterday and this morning people started tweeting and re-tweeting about our article. Some lovely people even said that they liked the figures, and every time I read one of those particular tweets I just about melt out of happiness because I personally illustrated Figures 1, 2, and 4 (see below). As there are already some excellent sources for how and when to write a review article (see buttons), I decided to dedicate this week's blog post to my trials and efforts in making these illustrations.