Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is a programmer best known for creating the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a cult following, and he is one of a small but growing group of webcomic artists who are self-sufficient.
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Munroe grew up in Lakeville, Massachusetts and Chesterfield, Virginia. He was a fan of the funny pages from an early age, starting off with Calvin and Hobbes. After graduati...
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Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is a programmer best known for creating the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a cult following, and he is one of a small but growing group of webcomic artists who are self-sufficient.
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, Munroe grew up in Lakeville, Massachusetts and Chesterfield, Virginia. He was a fan of the funny pages from an early age, starting off with Calvin and Hobbes. After graduating from the Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill: A Renaissance Program, he graduated from Christopher Newport University in 2006 with a degree in Physics. Munroe worked as an independent contractor for NASA at the Langley Research Center before and after his graduation. In January 2006 his NASA contract lapsed and he began to write xkcd full-time. He now supports himself by the sale of xkcd related merchandise. The webcomic quickly became very popular, garnering up to 70 million hits a month by October 2007....
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