The Cartoon Guide to Biology

“In Gonick’s work, clever design and illustration make complicated ideas or insights strikingly clear.” — New York Times Book Review“If only school science books were like The Cartoon Guide to Biology, at least a little, maybe science and students would come together and engage more often.” — ComicBookBin“An invaluable resource.” — Brooklyn Digest“An enjoyable, immersive experience. … Deliver[s] the goods. … Hard to resist.” — Comics Grinder“A hilarious romp through chemistry and biology. … The quirky cartoons and anthropomorphism not only produce a laugh but do make these complex concepts a little easier to grasp. … A fun way to learn the science of life.” — New York Journal of Books“A hilarious and informative cartoon guide to all things biology. … An excellent resource.” — Midwest Book Review

Larry Gonick has been creating comics that explain history, science, and other big subjects for more than forty years. He wrote his first guide, Blood from a Stone: A Cartoon Guide to Tax Reform, in 1977. He has been a calculus instructor at Harvard (where he earned his BA and MA in mathematics) and a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, and he is staff cartoonist for Muse magazine.