Munroe, Randall: -Randall Munroeis the author of the webcomic xkcd and the New York Times bestsellers What If?, What If? 2, Thing Explainer, and * How To.* A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full time. The International Astronomical Union has named an...

Munroe, Randall: -Randall Munroeis the author of the webcomic xkcd and the New York Times bestsellers What If?, What If? 2, Thing Explainer, and * How To.* A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the internet full time. The International Astronomical Union has named an asteroid after him; that asteroid, 4942 Munroe, is large enough that it could cause widespread devastation if it were to hit Earth. He lives in Massachusetts.