The Perishers dog, Boot. In the early days of the strip they lived in an approximately 10-foot (3 m) diameter concrete pipe section in a seemingly abandoned builder's yard. In 1966 he and Boot moved into a small railway station that had been closed by the Beeching Axe, and they have lived there ever since. Wellington takes his nickname from his trademark wellington boots – he cannot afford proper shoes. He named his dog Boot to go with Wellington. Wellington is quite an intellectual and given to philosophical trains of thought. He can also be quite resourceful – he appears to support
The Cartoon History of the Universe also to read the primary sources. Gonick's work is not the first comic history in English: an early series of comic histories was published in Victorian England: "Comic History of England" (1847–48) and "Comic History of Rome" (1852), by author Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, illustrator John Leech. Beginning with its original comic book "Volume 1" in 1977, the complete series covers world history through 2008. The Cartoon History of the Universe The Cartoon History of the Universe is a book series about the history of the world. It is written and illustrated by American cartoonist, professor, and mathematician Larry Gonick,