Larry Gonick

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Larry Gonick


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Larry Gonick (born 1946) is a cartoonist best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form, which he has been publishing in installments since 1977. He has also written The Cartoon History of the United States, and he has adapted the format for a series of co-written guidebooks on other subjects, beginning with The Cartoon Guide to Genetics in 1983. The diversity of his interests, and the success with which his books have met, have together earned Gonick the distinction of being "the most well-known and respected of cartoonists who have applied their craft to unravelling the mysteries of science" (Drug Discovery Today, March 2005). ...more

Average rating: 4.16 · 16,923 ratings · 1,390 reviews · 43 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Cartoon History of the ...

4.27 avg rating — 3,569 ratings — published 1990 — 21 editions
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The Cartoon History of the ...

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The Cartoon History of the ...

4.30 avg rating — 1,955 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions
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The Cartoon Guide to Statis...

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The Cartoon History of the ...

4.20 avg rating — 1,148 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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The Cartoon Guide to Physic...

3.98 avg rating — 1,098 ratings — published 1998 — 22 editions
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The Cartoon Guide to Genetics

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The Cartoon History of the ...

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“(First Barbarian): whats the difference between a lord and a barbarian?
(second Barbarian): As little as a week!”
Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance

“Look son, the Human Pig.

(shocked)Mother, y-you're inhuman!

(deadpan)Another animal could do this?”
Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the Universe II, Vol. 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome

“The New Englander is half-mad. His idea of a good time is to preach sermons 51 weeks of the year, and destroy buildings on the 52nd. Besides, he lacks the refinement that can only come from wielding absolute power over a servile class.'
'The Southerner's religion is corrupt; his morals are lax; his plantations are cruel; his women are easy. His life is (shudder) deeply tempting.'
'Non-Pennsylvanians are all obsessed.'
'Hey, I'm Jewish. Where can I go but Rhode Island?'
Any chance of uniting all of these? Not in 1765!”
Larry Gonick, The Cartoon History of the United States

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