Larry Gonick has a long and celebrated career. A mathematician by education he moved to cartooning full time. His Cartoon History of the Universe was published in installments from 1977 to 2009. I read the first two in the 1990's, third in the 2000's and this year picked up the Modern World volumes. They are a masterpiece of casual history that focuses on the pertinent events and people that influenced the history of a region or entire world. Add to that his humorous sarcasm and wit and you have a fun tour of the history of Earth.
He has also made other books, for instance a book specifically on the History of the United States, pictured above. He has also made books about statistics (which I have also read), mathematics, physics, genetics, environment, computers, calculus, algebra, biology, sex, and hyper-capitalism. His style of drawing and explanations assist the reader in learning about a variety of subjects. For instance I was quite surprised how much I learned about statistics and that book was loaned to a friend's daughter who was learning it in university.
So if you would like a fun way to learn, give his books a try.
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