Randall Munroe. American cartoonist and author (born 1984) Early life and education[edit] Munroe was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. His father has worked as an engineer and marketer.[4] He has two younger siblings, including a brother named Doug,[5] and was raised as a Quaker.[4][6] He was a fan of comic strips in newspapers from an early age,[3] starting with Calvin and Hobbes.[7] After graduating from the Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill in Midlothian, Virginia, he graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2006 with a degree in physics.[8][9][10] Career[edit] NASA[edit] Munroe worked as a contract programmer and roboticist for NASA at the Langley Research Center,[11][7] before and after his graduation with a physics degree.[4] In late 2006, he left NASA, and moved to Boston to focus on webcomics full time.[12][11] Webcomic[edit] Munroe's webcomic, entitled xkcd, is primarily a stick figure comic.
Other projects[edit] What If? A sequel, What If? Thing Explainer[edit] Infrastructures. Nanobots. 1996. Swimsuit Issue. Password Reuse. Troll Slayer. Suspicion. Grownups. Neutrality Schmeutrality. Wisdom of the Ancients. Main/Edit War. File Transfer.