Cartoon History of the Universe I, Vol. 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great

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Cartoon History of the Universe I, Vol. 1-7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great (Cartoon History of the Universe book I; vol. 1-7)

by Larry Gonick

4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 · rating details · 1,440 ratings · 154 reviews

An entertaining and informative illustrated guidethat makes world history accessible, appealing,and funny....more

Paperback, 368 pages

Published September 10th 1997 by Three Rivers Press (first published 1980)

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Jul 15, 2008 Idle Hippo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: komik

jalan ceritanya kayaknya dah lupa deh *garuk garuk*
tapi yang inget buku ini bikin gw cekikikan

malah ingetnya kejadian beli bukunya di BBC palasari. gak niat beli, gw niat beli buku lain. pas iseng2 ngeliat, buku ini ada yang sampulnya dah dibuka. iseng baca, eh.. malah asik sendiri cekikikan. cuman repotnya toko bukunya sempit dan lorong2nya cuman muat buat satu orang. alhasil tiap 3-5 menit gw musti nempelin bodi ke tembok sambil nahan napas (ada orang lewat!) blom lagi pelayan tokonya yang kad...more

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Jul 14, 2008 Leli rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comics_graphics, biography_history

gw beli n baca komik ini rekomendasi nafi (eh..helo)

gw suka sejarah, gw suka gambar, gw suka humor, baca buku ini serasa di surga, bahagiaa banget hahaha.. tiap halaman bisa sampe guling2an ketawanya

content sejarahnya kaya & simpel
riset si ahli math Gonick super bgt (coba liat bagian pustakanya, yg kocak juga =D)
tetap ada beberapa fakta sejarah yang harus kita compare lagi sih.

kadang komik ini jadi referensi tercepat gw kalo mo ngecek kronologis dari suatu kejadian sejarah, hahaha

kalau ba...more

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Oct 31, 2009 Abe Goolsby rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: history

This is a really fun—and actually quite comprehensive—historical overview. It's very handy as sort of a quick-reference guide and/or as a supplemental companion to the reading of primary source history texts. (I found it to be fabulously helpful along these lines with respect to Herodotus.)

A couple of disclaimers, primarily applicable to younger readers:

First off, the subject of sex is treated with direct frankness throughout. (This shouldn't be a problem, really. Gonick's emphasis on sex is ro...more

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Nov 09, 2007 Jocelyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is such an *awesome* book. From the time I was about 7 to, oh, a few months ago, I have picked up this book and disappeared for an hour or so at a time just reliving this very wrily funny (re: British) "comic" on human history, from the Big Bang up to Alexander's conquest. It helped make me a well-rounded little 7-year-old, but more than that, I'm effing positive it shaped my sense of humor. Every child in the world should be given this on their 7th birthday so they can keep revisiting it t...more

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Sep 05, 2007 Gphatty rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great epic view of history, with lots of synthesis between events/movements occurring concurrent in different parts of the world. This volume covered many time periods I already knew a great deal about -- Greek & Roman empires; the Biblical era -- but there were still many nuggets of history that were completely new to me. The history of Mesopotamia, for example, when contrasted with what the Bible said had occurred, was fascinating. The strangeness of Egyptian history. The many humorous foo...more

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Jul 21, 2008 Isman rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: comic-books, nonfiction

History might not have traumatized me if this were among my highschool textbooks. In his Cartoon History series, Gonick reminds us about two things:
a) History is fun
b) Especially since you'll learn that there were people more stupid than you. (Unless you find out that some of those people inspire today's leaders. Uh oh.)

But seriously, this series reinforce two old adages: the first one is that having fun is the greatest way to learn. And two: when we're learning from other people's mistakes, it...more

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Jun 03, 2010 Yulibean rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic, sejarah

Selasa yang lalu (4 tahun yg lalu) akhirnya sedikit bisa bernafas setelah hampir seminggu pas liburan Lebaran di habiskan dengan lembur kerjaan dan tiap pagi bangun dengan perasaan seperti habis di tabrak sapi, karena cuma bisa tidur 2-3 jam. Akhirnya nafsu untuk membaca buku timbul lagi, tapi otak tidak mau diajak membaca yang berat-berat (buku tentang besi dan baja misalnya…..halah jayus banget hehehe). Akhirnya setelah browsing selama hampir 3 jam di toko buku Diskon “Toga Mas”…dapatlah eng i...more Selasa yang lalu (4 tahun yg lalu) akhirnya sedikit bisa bernafas setelah hampir seminggu pas liburan Lebaran di habiskan dengan lembur kerjaan dan tiap pagi bangun dengan perasaan seperti habis di tabrak sapi, karena cuma bisa tidur 2-3 jam. Akhirnya nafsu untuk membaca buku timbul lagi, tapi otak tidak mau diajak membaca yang berat-berat (buku tentang besi dan baja misalnya…..halah jayus banget hehehe). Akhirnya setelah browsing selama hampir 3 jam di toko buku Diskon “Toga Mas”…dapatlah eng ing eng ….. Buku Kartun Riwayat Peradaban karya kartunis yang juga ahli matematika Larry Gonick.

Ini untuk pertama kalinya sejarah peradaban manusia di lukiskan ke dalam komik atau kartun yang bagi sebagian orang mungkin dianggap bacaan “ga mutu” hehehe (sebenarnya ada komik yang lain mengenai sejarah, walaupun bukan tentang peradaban…yang recommended salah satunya manga jepang mengenai revolusi perancis dan Marrie Antoinete…tapi saya lupa judul dan pengarangnya). Isi buku ini jauh banget dari tuduhan bahwa komik adalah bacaan ga mutu …. walaupun di susun dengan humor, buku ini sangat layak bagi yang menyukai sejarah maupun yang tidak.

Kita pasti inget betapa ngantuknya kita ketika kita belajar sejarah di Sekolah dulu. Nah dengan buku ini ditanggung bakal ngakak sambil menyerap ilmu. Sejarah peradaban manusia di permak habis-habisan oleh Gonick. Disini Tokoh-tokoh sejarah (bahkan tokoh-tokoh Alkitab) dipuji, dihina, dilecehkan, bahkan dibanting…benar-benar ngawur tapiiii bermutu hehehe. Banyak adegan “kekerasan” digambarkan disini (hmm…rating-nya 17 tahun keatas menurutku)..karena memang peradaban manusia di bentuk oleh darah. Tidak ada peradaban maju yang tidak dibentuk oleh Perang..mungkin itu yang mau disampaikan oleh Gonick di buku ini. O..ya ada satu fakta yang entah benar entah salah…menurut Gonick, pada masa Yunani kuno, praktek Homoseksual atau seks sejenis antar pria *maaf* sudah ada…terutama antara Prajurit Sparta dengan Anak laki-laki.

Rencananya Kartun Riwayat Peradaban in akan diterbitkan ke dalam 3 jilid. Jilid yang sudah diterbitkan adalah jilid pertama yang mengupas dari 3 menit pertama sebelum “Ledakan Besar” sampai perjalanan Alexander Agung dalam misinya menguasai bumi.

Yang cukup mengganggu adalah terjadinya perbedaan gaya menggambar Gonnck yang sedikit aneh. Dari Halaman 1-302, Gonnick konsisten dengan karakter yang kartunis, hidung besar, mata yang lucu, dan tangan yang luwes. Sedangkan sejak halaman 303 (Bab 7 ; Segalanya tentang Athena), Gonnick menggunakan karakter yang Karikaturis, badan yang tidak proporsional, mata yang membelalak…yang menurut saya seperti gambar anak SD kelas 2. Hal ini bagiku sangat mengganggu (Bikin iritasii mata hehehe kasarannya), seakan-akan ada dua kartunis yang saling berebutan menggambar….Tapi mungkin bisa dipahami karena Kartun seri ini merupakan karya pertama Larry Gonick dan dia masih mencari gaya menggambarnya. (Larry Gonnick sudah mengeluarkan banyak buku Kartun Seri lainnya..termasuk tentang Lingkungan, Statistik, Teknologi Dsb). But….buku ini cukup layak untuk dikoleksi.

O..ya sepanjang buku ini Larry Gonick banyak menyarankan kita untuk membaca “Historia” karya Herodotus (hmm..saya pernah melihat sekilas sampulnya di perpust kampus) tapi kalo saya boleh menyarankan untuk membaca History of Mankind-nya Arnold Toynbee yang sudah diterjemahkan ke Indonesia yang mana Historia-nya Herodotus belum hehehe.

Salam
Yulibean(less)

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Jul 01, 2009 Robert rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel

Larry Gonick pastilah seorang ilustrator berbakat sekaligus maniak kutu buku! Bukunya yang seri "Kartun Riwayat Peradaban" ini benar-benar fantastis, kita diajak melihat dari awal kelahiran alam semesta, teori terciptanya kehidupan pertama, evolusi ikan menjadi amfibi, reptil, dinosaurus, dan menjadi mamalia. Lambat-laun daratan semakin dipenuhi beranekaragam kehidupan, hingga tiba-tiba terciptalah primata cerdas-setengah monyet, setengah manusia!

Perkembangan terus berjalan, dan akhirnya Homo sa...more

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Jul 25, 2012 J. rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book is both highly informative and terribly hilarious. It's chock-full of gags, ranging from very clever to the worst sort of puns. So: totally hilarious. In particular, his treatment of sex and odd take on some biblical stories are totally hilarious.

I have few complaints. The cartooning in the 7th volume is not as good as the rest, although I have no idea why. Also: because of the format, there are some strange historical facts that I'm left curious about. For instance, Gonick says that t...more

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Feb 14, 2011 Joanna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: graphic-novel, books-read-2011, non-fiction

The Cartoon History of the Universe is a whirlwind pictorial tour of thousands of years of history that is as hilarious as it is comprehensive. Hilarious: Helen of Troy is drawn with a duck face, as a nod to her origin as the by product of Leda and the Swan. Comprehensive: Gonick doesn't act like Western history starts with the Greeks. He traces the emergent civilizations and empires of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Persians, and many others.

While it is rather disheartening to look at just how many...more The Cartoon History of the Universe is a whirlwind pictorial tour of thousands of years of history that is as hilarious as it is comprehensive. Hilarious: Helen of Troy is drawn with a duck face, as a nod to her origin as the by product of Leda and the Swan. Comprehensive: Gonick doesn't act like Western history starts with the Greeks. He traces the emergent civilizations and empires of the Sumerians, Egyptians, Persians, and many others.

While it is rather disheartening to look at just how many panels of human history can be drawn as cartoonish men in various ages of armor marching against one another, Gonick has a great skill for still making it amusing. He is especially good at drawing animals (sheep and cows and oxen especially) who are perfect as silent commentators, looking at askance at the brutal humans off to fight over further water rights or boundary issues or whatever.

I felt like the book started out as almost more of a science story than a history - but the history of the Big Bang and the emergence of life is really both. He actually makes the science of it feel both engaging and understandable, which is an impressive accomplishment all by itself.

Once humans come on the scene, he does a great job chronicling the various social structures and societies that emerge in all their various forms. He doesn't shy away from sex or slavery or various forms of subjugation that people impose on one another. History is bloody, and so is this book. But it's never offensive, even when it does get graphic. (Although perhaps a speared baby might be a bit over the top, depending on your personal comfort levels with cartoonish violence, but it is awfully funny as used.)

The book doesn't really get too much into religion, although it does use the Old Testament as a source for the history of the Hebrew people. So, more accurately, he doesn't get into the finer points of religion - the stories of gods and goddesses, the specifics of each sects beliefs - and that's fine. That stuff is probably much harder to render, especially as the nature of cartoons is that they are much better at showing action than the subtle causes of action.

Overall, a top notch read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. (less)

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Jul 18, 2007 mahatma rated it 2 of 5 stars

maunya sih beli buat anak, tapi si anak nggak suka.
ini komik buat "siapa" sih?
untuk anak-anak tidak menarik, komik hitam putih begini tidak menyergap mata. msaih lebih menarik komiknya teguh santosa :-) yang mengeksplorasi abu-abu dan arsiran di samping warna hitam dan putih.
untuk orang dewasa, pengetahuan yang disampaikan oleh komik ini terlalu sederhana.
jadi, ini komik nanggung buat saya sih...

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Oct 16, 2012 Forrest rated it 5 of 5 stars

(The following is taken from a review of the first three books in Gonick's Cartoon History. The entire review can be found at deconcrit.wordpress.com)

If I were being honest, I wouldn’t be able to include the first omnibus edition of Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History in this Cannonball, as I’ve read it enough to have dog ended every other page. If I were being really honest, I’d have to admit that the book was the only reason I passed my Western Civ classes in high school and college. But upon readi...more (The following is taken from a review of the first three books in Gonick's Cartoon History. The entire review can be found at deconcrit.wordpress.com)

If I were being honest, I wouldn’t be able to include the first omnibus edition of Larry Gonick’s Cartoon History in this Cannonball, as I’ve read it enough to have dog ended every other page. If I were being really honest, I’d have to admit that the book was the only reason I passed my Western Civ classes in high school and college. But upon reading the second and third omnibuses, I felt it wouldn’t be fair to the series as a whole to leave out the first one that did such a good job of capturing my imagination as a child and a teenager, and instilled in me a love of history that survives to this day.

As with most ‘big’ projects, it’s easier to define Gonick’s Cartoon History by what it isn’t It is not an attempt to professionally summarize the breadth of human history. Nor is it just a comic rendering of western civilization’s greatest hits. The books present a version of history that is entertaining on its own, capitalizing on the larger-than-life figures and bizarre incidents that riddle the history books. Where archaeology and recorded history fail, Gonick fills in the blanks with the mythologies and legends of the cultures he’s examining. He attempts to place these pieces of fiction within their factual contexts, such as the real war against Troy that formed the backdrop for Homer’s Iliad. The result is a ‘dried out’ version of these stories, stripped of much of the supernatural or religious trappings, but given new life in the context of history,

The first omnibus covers the entirety of pre-human history, through to the collapse of the Greek golden age, and the rise of Alexander the Great and his Macedonian empire. While this may seem like a lot, Gonick has put the focus on human history, and the book moves from archeo-biology to ‘proper’ history by the end of volume 2. Each volume contains a single culture, or narrative line. The volumes are generally in chronological order, but around the 400s B.C., history starts getting more and more crowded and the volumes are forced to explore cultures in parallel or come back to examine different areas.

The second book kicks off with one such backtrack, to prehistoric India, where the history either never existed, or was lost to perishable materials. Too his credit, Gonick doesn’t limit his exploration of history to Western Europe, but spends volumes in book two on India, China, and Southern Asia before jumping back to the Roman empire and the rise of Christianity. Book three jumps back again to cover the rise of Islam and the wars in the Middle East and North Africa, including the African empires of Mali and Ethiopia. The camera then shifts back to Europe for the slow collapse of the Byzantine emperors, before pulling back and leaping all over the world for the Mongolian invasions of China and Eastern Europe, the Crusades and the start of the Renaissance.

Where Gonick truly succeeds is in his efforts to make history accessible to any reader. Some of the referential humor will go over the heads of younger readers, but even a middle school student should be able to digest the majority of the books. Gonick doesn’t shy away from controversial topics, from sex to religion to biology, and but navigates dangerous subject matter by sticking to the facts and making equal fun of everyone. Not that it’s impossible to be offended by the Cartoon History, just that rational people shouldn’t be. Overall, Gonick does a very good job of covering history evenly, with a natural lean toward revolutionary events. There are some places where the detail is a little sparse, or he spends a few extra pages on a section that he is particularly fond of, but these sections rarely get in the way of the bigger picture.

These books aren’t going to make you an expert overnight, but I guarantee you’ll feel more conversant with history after you read them. Unless you are an expert. And as an added bonus, you’ll laugh a few times along the way. Gonick succeeds where many historians fail. He finds the joy of history and takes you on a ride to discover it. It’s a mindset that seems foreign to most text-book writers, and one we could certainly use more of. While we’re waiting for that ideal to become a reality, The Cartoon History of the Universe offers a wonderful, and educational, diversion.(less)

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May 05, 2009 cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gn-graphic-novels, popular-science, indonesian

Pada awalnya saya mengharapkan bacaan yang ringan, menenangkan dan menyenangkan, sehingga memilih untuk membaca komik ini. Yang saya dapatkan adalah bacaan padat berisi, runtut dan komprehensif, meski masih tetap menyenangkan, dari 350 juta tahun sejarah bumi dan sejarah dunia.

Berbeda dengan pelajaran IPA di sekolah yang hanya menyinggung sedikit tentang teori ilmiah terbentuknya bumi, bab 1 buku ini mengulas lumayan dalam dengan sajian grafis yang cukup jelas untuk menggambarkan makhluk-makhlu...more

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Jan 28, 2008 nila rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, graphic-comic

Refreshing, belajar sejarah jadi gak perlu serius banget.
Di buku I ini, Larry Gornick mencampur adukkan teori2 ilmu pengetahuan, sejarah, dan sedikit mitology2 dalam bentuk komik yang lucu.
Walaupun mungkin ada beberapa hal yang masih jadi perdebatan oleh para ahli di bidang ilmu pengetahuan, sejarah & kebudayaan.

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Jul 30, 2010 Jay rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, comics, historical-distant, non-fiction, ya, australian-setting-and-characters

A very funny approach to the universe and evolution of the Earth! If you're even remotely interested in history, you're like to get sucked in and have a chuckle.

My father got me this book when I was fourteen and starting to show what would become a great love of history. I read it while I was ill and in bed, and I just gave it another read. Gonick provides a fun read, with a wee bit of a focus on Bible stories in some parts.

I'd recommend it for mature tweens and young teens. There's a little bi...more

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Jun 13, 2009 Christopher rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: history, graphic-novel-comic, re-read

I don't know what it says about me that this book counts as one of my major comfort books. My wife reads Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books, I re-read the Cartoon History. I guess it's just been a stressful few weeks for me.

My one off-note of this book is a change in the style of the art for the last chapter (covering the Golden Age of Athens up to Alexander the Great). Gonick was going for a more Crumb, less cartoony style, but I like the earlier style better.

No more information, just go fi...more

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Nov 12, 2011 Judith rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Cartoon History of the Universe, I: Vol.1-7, From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great by Larry Gonick is such fun! I had forgotten all about him, then discovered this book in one of my kids' rooms. Back when they were in school, I discovered Larry Gonick cartoon histories and bought some for my daughters because they looked like a pleasant way to get all that history that is taught in bits and pieces all through middle school and high school in order, with a better sense time – like decades...more

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Jul 28, 2011 Sandy rated it 4 of 5 stars

As a Children's Librarian who also spent some time working in Adult Reference, I began reading graphic novels when they became a genre we wanted to add to the library. Larry Gonick has taken the history of the "Universe" (really just our portion of it) and tried to condense it and contain it in several volumes of comics. Then these volumes have been gathered together and put into larger graphic novels. Each one of these has an impressive bibliography and it's obvious that Gonick is a well read h...more

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May 19, 2009 Melinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Loved it and hated it. It has excellent descriptions of some things (like why sexual reproduction is better for improving a species than asexual reproduction), and very sacrilegious descriptions of other things (he comes down pretty hard on the Old Testament prophets--do not let children read it unless you also tell them the points of view you want them to have). It does show a lot of history that might otherwise be skipped completely. It does not claim to tell everything, not all the details. A...more

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Dec 07, 2010 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars

I think it was pretty obvious I would like this book. I love comics and I seem to be on a graphic novel streak, and I'm always trying to brush up on my history (since I have a certain resident historian to keep up with). This was a great primer/refresher/huh-I-didn't-know-that-er topped off with Gonick's excellent illustrations. I had to make myself slow down in order to catch the little jokes and details he put into each panel.

The first third helped to clarify some of what I learned about in Bi...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Jess rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction, teaching-materials, ya-books

Overly obsessed with sex, focused on minutae, and at times offensive to my Christian viewpoint (I often felt that Gonick was accusing ANYINE with religious convictions of being dim-witted and gullible). I'm glad I read it, and there are a few parts if the Greek history that I'd like to use in teaching, but overall, I'm thoroughly unimpressed. Despite the fact that the next book contains through the fall of Rome (my favorite period to teach in World History), I'll not be picking up Gonick's next...more

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Jul 20, 2008 Palsay rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: comics, history

Larry Gonnick adalah seorang Darwinis!

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Apr 07, 2011 P.J. Sullivan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: history, humor

Books of historical humor are of two types: those that are more funny than factual and those that are more factual than funny. This one is the latter type. You will find no laugh-out-loud hilarity here. No doubt it is clever, entertaining, and amusing, but you won't split your sides laughing. It is solidly fact-based, however, and you can really learn from it. You could even use it as a textbook. Bibliography included. The art work is outstanding!

Book 1 covers a lot of ground, from the Big Bang...more

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Jul 31, 2008 erry rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

big bang...duar!!! sup, roti lapis, hingga cacing.
benarkah kehidupan berasal dari zat zat yang tidak hidup?? teori abiogenesis?? evolusi?? seleksi alam??

kalau benar ada evolusi. dan kalau benar manusia berasal dari kera. kenapa kera2 tdk berubah jadi manusia?? kenapa hingga detik ini blm pernah ditemukan adanya hewan peralihan?? burung tetap jadi burung, ikan tetaplah ikan, dan monyet tetap jadi monyet.

kalau teori evolusi benar adanya. bagaimana dgn adam dan hawa?? apakah mereka adalah homo sap...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Kristian rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm not sure what if it says more about my public education or about these books that much of my history knowledge comes from Gonik and his combination of humor, and truth.

This is hilarious and well told, showing how different countries and even areas (cultural, and political and religious) all intersect and influence each other. Because of the scope of the comic is telling the history of the universe, the book does not go into much detail, but is otherwise perfect to give an over view of histo...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Steve rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: adults

I've taken to reading comics because my son loves them, and I have to preview some books, because he freaked out reading one. My partner thought he would like this one so we got it. I read it, and I don't think it's appropriate for an 8 year old and it's kind of hard to get through for a 45 year old. But it is fun to read, especially if you have internet access and follow up on things that interest you. I learned a few things, and those few things led to further explorations.

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Jul 14, 2009 Rani rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: history

saat gue sekolah dulu, masuk ke pelajaran sejarah itu yang dilakukan adalah tertidur dengan berpura-pura membaca or pura2 baca padahal yang dibaca itu komik. sejarah itu benar2 pelajaran yang boring.

tapi disini larry gonnick benar2 mengupas sejarah dengan caranya sendiri, fresh! love this book! ngakak2! kenapa guru sejarah gue ga bisa membawakan pelajaran sejarah seperti ini, tentu akan berbeda.

oh ya, reproduksi adalah bagian kesukaan saya di dalam komik ini. so funnnyy

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Jan 16, 2008 Nings rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: students

Recommended to Nings by: -

Dalam buku ini, Larry berusaha memperkenalkan sejarah pada kita mulai dari proses terbentuknya tata surya (dia lebih memilih teori "Bintang Kembar") sampai zaman-zaman 8 peradaban tertua di dunia. Ada beberapa nabi juga muncul disana seperti Musa, Nuh, dll. Larry menggambarkannya dalam bentuk kartun disertai celetukan yang umum sering kita ucapkan, membuat gw banyak ketawa waktu membacanya (tentu sambil belajar juga). Yang gw kurang suka dalam buku ini adalah : sepertinya dia banyak memasukkan p...more

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Aug 24, 2007 Adih Respati rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 01-picturebook, 06-history

In this first volume, MIT's Mathematician Gonick tells the tale of Big Bang, evolution (from single-cell species to hominid), prehistoric civilization, modern civilization (without and then with religion --many of which were later on invented), beginning of wars among nations, and last, the emergence of philosophy (and again, the governmental conflict it caused).

For newbies, this masterpiece is of introductory. Those familiar with the subjects will find Gonick's sense of humor is deeply symbolli...more

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Jun 12, 2012 Cyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book burst on my consciousness around the summer of my eighth year, and fed my fledgling loves of science, history, humor, anthropology, and black and white comics. Gonnick's text is fascinating and his narrative scope broad, and he has a charming visual style with just a touch of cheeky prurience. Not for the easily shocked, or religious fundamentalists.

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