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Larry Gonick (born 1946) is an American cartoonist best known for The Cartoon History of the Universe, a history of the world in comic book form, which he published in installments from 1977 to 2009. 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 ...
Consistently enthusiastic in tone, for the first five volumes Gonick uses the last page to recommend further reading, in prehistory, archaeology and history. But rather than relying upon an ordinary, typeset bibliography, Gonick sustains his unorthodox style and exuberant tone as the Professor takes the reader through a cartoon tour of his sources.
Larry Gonick (The Cartoon History of the Universe) produced graphic non-fiction about science and history for more than 30 years. Joe Sacco's nine-issue series Palestine (Fantagraphics, 1993–1995) — about his experiences in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in December 1991 and January 1992 — broke new ground in the realm of comics journalism.
[citation needed] The book has been compared to cartoonist styles of Art Spiegelman and Larry Gonick applied to African American history. Johnson said of the first edition, "Permeating this encyclopedic research is ... recognition of the beauty, resilience, and spiritual endurance of black Americans." [1]
The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance by Larry Gonick; Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown; Elektra Lives Again by Frank Miller; Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Vol. 2, by Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell; Fax from Sarajevo by Joe Kubert (ISBN 1-56971-346-4) Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
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The product of two years of work, All-Atomic Comics was scripted by Rifas, with art by himself and a number of other artists, including Melinda Gebbie and Larry Rippee. The comic found great success, with an initial print-run of 10,000 copies [ 7 ] (and revised editions released in 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980). [ 8 ]
After nine years and nearly $350 million, USA TODAY confirmed just one exoneration resulting from a grant program to address untested rape kits.