Cartoon History of the Universe vols 1-3

[Ysgarran]

Anyone else familiar with these books?

I've read the first two and just learned that the third volume was published late last year. I really enjoyed the first two and thought they were great for leading to other jumping off points for reading about history.

later,
Ysgarran.

Edit:
The Cartoon History of the Universe/Volumes 1 7
The Cartoon History of the Universe II: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome/Volumes 8-13
The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance
by Larry Gonick

 

[Gizzard]

Yes, they are a pretty funny and simple way to brush up your history. Obviously, you aren't looking at serious scholarly study of a specific period or specific people, but a quick and painless overview.

Looking over on the bookshelf, we seem to have 2 History of the Universes, a Cartoon History of the United States and a Cartoon History of Physics. Hmmm.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Are these anything like Terry Deary's 'Horrible Histories' books?

http://www.terry-deary.com/shop/pages/horrhistory.html

 

[Viking Bastard]

Just wondering.