Randall Munroe

Quick Facts

Full Name	Randall Munroe
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1984(1984-10-17)
Age	40
Birthplace	Easton
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Libra

Randall Munroe Biography

Randall Munroe is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on October 17, 1984 in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. Internet cartoonist, ex-NASA roboticist, who became famous for his comic series xkcd which had received more than 70 million views as of October 2007.

While growing up in Chesterfield County, he read Calvin and Hobbes by He read Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson, while growing up in Chesterfield County..

Munroe had originally used xkcd as an instant messaging screenname because he wanted a name without a meaning so he would not eventually grow tired of it. He registered the domain name, but left it idle until he started posting his drawings, perhaps in September 2005. The webcomic quickly became very popular, garnering up to 70 million hits a month by October 2007. Munroe has said, “I think the comic that’s gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights”.

Munroe worked as a contract programmer and roboticist for NASA at the Langley Research Center, before and after his graduation. In October 2006 NASA did not renew his contract, and he moved to Boston to begin writing xkcd full time.

After his wife was diagnosed with stage-three breast carcinoma, he married his fiancée in 2011.

Randall Munroe Net Worth

Randall Munroe is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Randall Munroe 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated from Chesterfield County Mathematics and Science High School and received a degree from Christopher Newport University in Physics.

He was nominated in the Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist 2011 and 2012.

Randall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American cartoonist, author, engineer, and the creator of the webcomic xkcd. He and the webcomic have developed a large fanbase, and shortly after graduating from college, he became a professional webcomic artist.

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Who is Randall Munroe Dating?

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In October 2010, Munroe’s fiancée was diagnosed with breast cancer; there had been no prior family history. The emotional effect of her illness was referenced in the comic panel “Emotion”, published 18 months later in April

2012. In September 2011, he announced that they had married. In December 2017, Munroe summarized the time since his wife’s cancer diagnosis in a comic entitled “Seven Years”.

Facts & Trivia

Randall Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Randall Munroe celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.

In response to concerns about the radioactivity released by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, and to remedy what he described as “confusing” reporting on radiation levels in the media, Munroe created a radiation chart of comparative radiation exposure levels. The chart was rapidly adopted by print and online journalists in several countries, including being linked to by online writers for The Guardian, and The New York Times. As a result of requests for permission to reprint the chart and to translate it into Japanese, Munroe placed it in the public domain, but requested that his non-expert status should be clearly stated in any reprinting.

What is XKCD stand for?

According to the xkcd FAQ, the name “xkcd” doesn’t stand for anything. In his Google-speech, Randall said that xkcd originated as a previously unused random 4 letter string which he used, e.g., as his account name on various internet services.

What happened Randall Munroe?

Munroe worked as a contract programmer and roboticist for NASA at the Langley Research Center, before and after his graduation with a physics degree. In October 2006 NASA did not renew his contract, and he moved to Boston to begin writing xkcd full time.

What genre is what if Randall Munroe?

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How do you pronounce XKCD?

xkcd, sometimes styled XKCD, is a webcomic created in 2005 by American author Randall Munroe. The comic’s tagline describes it as “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language”. Munroe states on the comic’s website that the name of the comic is not an initialism but “ just a word with no phonetic pronunciation “.

How do you Randall?

How To is a guide to the third kind of approach. It’s full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. Bestselling author and cartoonist Randall Munroe explains how to predict the weather by analyzing the pixels of your Facebook photos.