The Perishers save money. Actually there might be something in that; Wellington (unlike the majority of comic characters) has noticed that he and his friends never seem to get any older. On those rare occasions when he cheers up a small raincloud usually appears to dampen his spirits. An Old English Sheepdog who lives with his boy, Wellington. Boot is a generally affable and mellow character, given to flights of fancy and daydreaming. In this respect, Boot is the UK equivalent of Snoopy from Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" strip. Boot is also convinced that he is in fact an 18th-century English lord
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,