The Cartoon History of the Universe: Difference between revisions

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Written and drawn by Larry Gonick, this series of non-fictional graphic novels is basically a Cliff's Notes of history in comic book format. The first volume begins with the big bang, and subsequent volumes cover the evolution of life on Earth, the dawn of man, and into early human history. Volume 19 covers up to the Renaissance, after which the series changes its name to ''The Cartoon History of the Modern World.'' The final volume, published in 2009, reaches up to recent events in 2008.

* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: Subtly played up between David and Jonathan; David, returning with two hundred foreskins, quips "I'll take two of 'em," then, when he flees, Jonathan and Michal are seen as nigh-identical crying silhouettes, and Saul exclaims "my son the pervert!" on hearing the news.

* [[Idea Bulb]]: Lampshaded.

{{quote|'''Woman:''' Greater than the Internet?

'''Man:''' Sex can make me forget about the Internet, but the Internet can't make me forget about sex! }}

* [[Moses in the Bulrushes]]: Covered during the life of the actual Moses.

* [[Murder Simulators]]: Parodied in a section about the invention of chess. A mother watches her child capture a rook and laments, "These action games are ruining our youth!"

* [[Running Gag]]: Many different characters and organizations get running gags about them.

** Moses as the slightly-embarrassed-to-be-Hebrew half-Egyptian aristocrat.

 

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