Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny take on modern history. In an engaging and witty graphic style, Larry Gonick covers the history, personalities, and big topics that have shaped our universe over the past five centuries, including the Industrial Revolution, the American Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the evolution of political, social, economic, and scientific thought, Communism, Fascism, Nazism, the Cold War, globalization, and much more.

Volume I of the Cartoon History of the Modern World starts with the arrival of Columbus and ending with the American Revolution. Hilarious and informative, intriguing and inventive, Cartoon History of the Modern World is a complete and up-to-date course in modern world history.