Javier Zarracina

Vox Graphics


Between 2015 and 2019,I served as the Graphics and Data Editor at Vox.com, contributing to the creation of motion graphics, maps, data visualizations, and illustrations across all Vox platforms. Here is a selection of work:


Editorial Illustration (author)

I created numerous editorial illustrations for daily stories and projects.

Black panther and Marvel's movies politics

US Democracy in Danger

Islamisms and far right extremisms need each other

Cancer survivor marches for science

The war to free science

Summer movie villains in the age of calamity

Dating as a widow

Future perfect series

Why soccer players take dives

Head transplants might be close

A simple guide to CRISPR

Conflict in the Indian Ocean

Trump's China trade war

 Borders

Graphics and maps for Johnny Harry’s “Borders” documentary series.

Editorial Illustration/Art direction

I commissioned and directed numerous editorial illustrations for daily stories and projects.

Chronic pain and opioids (Illustrations by Angie Wang)

A year of tennis scandals in one comic (Illustrations by Tom Humberstone)

Fatal mistakes (Illustrations by Cristina Byvik)

Inside "The Americans" (Illustrations by Tom Humberstone)

The New New Economy series (Illustrations by Justin Mezzell)

Human and Neanderthal love (Illustrations by Annette Elizabeth Allen)

How gymnastics scoring works, explained with a comic (Illustrations by Chris Kindred)


Microgrid architecture


Graphics for a David Roberts article on the redesign of electric grids


Trump’s plan to cut his own taxes




The “smarter” wall


Graphics for an article by Shirin Ghaffary on how drones and AI tech is used to secure the US-Mexico border

Moon poop


Graphics for an article by Brian Resnick on how Apollo’s human waste bags can teach us about the origin of life

7 ways a trip to Mars could kill you



Walk like a penguin

Tips to walk in the snow safely


In search of Forrest Fenn's treasure


Graphics and maps for an article by Zachary Crockett on a treasure hidden in the Rockies.