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{{만화가 정보
|이름          = 랜들 먼로
|그림          = Randall Munroe 2016.jpg
|그림 크기     = 300px
|그림 설명     = 
|본명          = Randall Patrick Munroe
|생년          = [[1984년]] [[10월 17일]]<ref name="facebook.com">{{웹 인용 |author=Randall MunroeAboutTimelineAbout |url=https://www.facebook.com/munroerandall?v=info |title=Randall Munroe |publisher=Facebook |date=1984-10-17 |accessdate=2013-04-01}}</ref><ref name="wiki.xkcd.com">{{웹 인용 |url = http://wiki.xkcd.com/wirc/index.php?title=Denizens&diff=prev&oldid=1315 |title = Difference between revisions of "Denizens" - XKCD Wiki |date = 6 May 2008 |website = XKCD Wiki |accessdate = 28 January 2014 |보존url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181201140142/http://wiki.xkcd.com/wirc/index.php?title=Denizens&diff=prev&oldid=1315 |보존날짜 = 2018-12-01 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
|출생지        = [[미국]] [[펜실베이니아주]] [[이스턴 (펜실베이니아주)|이스턴]]
|사망 연도     = 
|사망 장소     = 
|국적          = [[미국]]
|직업          = 
|활동 기간     = 
|장르          = [[웹 만화]], [[물리학]]
|대표작        = ''[[xkcd]]''
|수상          = 
|서명          = Randall Munroe Sig.png
|웹사이트 = http://www.xkcd.com
}}
'''랜들 패트릭 먼로'''(Randall Patrick Munroe, 1984년 10월 17일<ref name="facebook.com"/><ref name="wiki.xkcd.com"/> ~ )는 미국인 작가이자 [[NASA]] [[로봇공학자]],<ref>{{뉴스 인용 | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4942| title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser | work=NASA | date=2013-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{뉴스 인용 | url=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/xkcd | title=Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures | work=WIRED | date=2007-11-13 | 확인날짜=2015-05-17 | archive-date=2014-01-23 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123130010/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/xkcd | url-status= }}</ref> [[웹 만화]]의 작가이다. 그의 웹 만화 [[xkcd]]는 컬트적 인기를 얻게 되었으며, NASA를 떠난 이후에는 전문 웹 만화 작가가 되었다.

== 유년 시절 ==
먼로는 어릴 적부터 [[캘빈과 홉스]] 만화를 보기 시작하면서<ref>{{영상 인용 |people=@Google Talks (venue) |date=2007-12-11 |title=Authors@Google: Randall Munroe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24 |format=[[Adobe Flash]] |medium=[[Digital video]] |publisher=[[Google]] |location=[[Mountain View, California]] |accessdate=2008-09-25 |time=24:13 |quote=...Calvin and Hobbes was the first comic that I discovered.}}</ref> [[코믹 스트립]]의 팬이 되었다.<ref name="NYT">{{뉴스 인용|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|issn=0362-4331|last=Cohen|first=Noam|title=This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix|work=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2008-09-25|date=2008-05-26}}</ref> 클로버 힐 수학과학 고등학교에서 르네상스 프로그램을 졸업한 이후 2006년 크리스토퍼 뉴포트 대학교에서 [[물리학]] 학위를 받았다.<ref>{{웹 인용 |url=http://xkcd.com/about/ |title=About |accessdate=2008-09-26 |last=Munroe |first=Randall |publisher=xkcd}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용 |url=http://universityrelations.cnu.edu/news/2006/05_17_06grads.html |title=582 students receive diplomas from Christopher Newport University |accessdate=2008-05-30 |author= |date=2006-05-17 |publisher=Christopher Newport University |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101185429/http://blog.xkcd.com/2006/10/06/many-news-things-some-overdue/ |archivedate=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== 경력 ==
[[파일:Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester.png|섬네일|오른쪽|400px|"[http://xkcd.com/285/ 285회 "위키백과 시위대"], 타이틀에는 헌법 [[위키백과:보호 정책|준보호]] 금지!"라고 적혀 있다.]]
=== 로봇공학 ===
랜들 먼로는 대학 졸업 전후 미국 [[NASA]] 랭글레이 연구 센터의 [[로봇공학]] 분야에서 독립 계약직으로 일했다.<ref>{{웹 인용 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24 |title=Authors@Google: Randall Munroe |accessdate=2008-09-25 |date=2007-12-11 |work=@Google Talks |publisher=[[Google]] |location=[[Mountain View, California]]}}</ref> 2006년 10월 NASA와 재계약을 하지 않았고<ref>{{웹 인용|date = October 6, 2006|url = http://blog.xkcd.com/2006/10/06/many-news-things-some-overdue/|title = Many news [sic] things, some overdue|accessdate = January 1, 2014|last = Munroe|first = Randall|authorlink = Randall Munroe|at = Job|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130824212721/http://blog.xkcd.com/2006/10/06/many-news-things-some-overdue/|archivedate = 2013-08-24|url-status = live|quote = My about page mentions that I work for NASA — I’m technically a contractor working repeated contracts for them. However, they recently ran out of money to rehire me for another contract, so I’m done there for now.|website = xkcd: The blag of the webcomic|publisher = WordPress}}</ref> 현재는 xkcd 만화를 전문적으로 그리고 있다. 현재는 xkcd와 관련된 상품 판매를 통해 수익을 벌고 있다.<ref name="NYT" /><ref name="Red Hat">{{뉴스 인용 |first=Rebecca |last=Fernandez |title=xkcd: A comic strip for the computer geek |url=http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/xkcd/ |work=Red Hat Magazine |publisher=[[Red Hat]] |location=[[Raleigh, North Carolina]] |date=2006-10-12 |accessdate=2008-09-25 |보존url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306204348/http://www.redhat.com/magazine/025nov06/features/xkcd/ |보존날짜=2007-03-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 웹툰이 빠르게 인기를 얻으면서 2007년 10월 한달에만 7천만 회의 조회수를 달성하였다.<ref name="Wired">{{뉴스 인용 |first=Adrienne |last=So |title=Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures |url=http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2007/11/xkcd |work=[[와이어드 (잡지)|Wired]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast Publications]] |location=[[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] |issn=1059-1028 |date=2007-11-13 |accessdate=2008-09-25}}</ref> [[위험한 과학책]]과 [[랜들 먼로의 친절한 과학 그림책]], 그리고 [[더 위험한 과학책]]을 출판하였고, 현재는 [[아주 위험한 과학책]]도 출판하였다.

[[구글]]과 [[TED]]에서 강연을 하기도 했다.<ref>{{웹 인용 |url=http://www.beyondsatire.us/?q=node/272 |title=Randall Munroe's visit to Google (xkcd) |accessdate=2008-09-25 |last=Spertus |first=Ellen |authorlink=Ellen Spertus |date=2007-12-21 |work=Beyond Satire |보존url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005032646/http://www.beyondsatire.us/?q=node%2F272 |보존날짜=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 웹 만화 ===
{{본문|xkcd}}
[[xkcd]]는 [[수학]]과 [[과학]] 분야를 다루는 [[막대인간]] 형태의 만화이다.
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무어는 원래 xkcd를 이름에 의미를 두는 데 힘을 쓰기가 힘들어서 간단히 만든 인스턴트 메시지의 닉네임이었다고 한다.<ref name="Red Hat" /> He registered the domain name, but left it idle until he started posting his drawings<ref name="Red Hat" /> in September 2005.<ref>{{영상 인용 |people=@Google Talks (venue) |date=2007-12-11 |title=Authors@Google: Randall Munroe |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24 |format=[[Adobe Flash]] |medium=[[Digital video]] |publisher=[[Google]] |location=[[Mountain View, California]] |accessdate=2008-09-25 |time=48:05 |quote= I'm pretty sure I started in September 2005.}}</ref> The comic has a very loyal fanbase. Munroe said, "I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights".<ref name="Wired"/><ref name="xkcd - long light">{{웹 인용|title=Long Light|url=http://xkcd.com/277/}}</ref>

Munroe licenses his xkcd creations under the [[Creative Commons]] attribution-noncommercial 2.5, stating that it isn't just about the [[free culture movement]], but that it also makes good business sense.<ref name="Red Hat" /> His income derives from the sale of [[merchandise]] to his fans, sales consisting of thousands of [[t-shirts]] a month.<ref name="NYT" />

The popularity of the strip among [[Science fiction fandom|science fiction fans]] resulted in Munroe being nominated for a [[Hugo Award]] for Best Fan Artist in 2011 and again in 2012.<ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2012-hugo-awards/|accessdate=7 April 2012|title=Hugo Awards 2012 nomination}}</ref> In 2014, he won a Best Graphic Story Hugo for ''[[Time (xkcd)|Time]]''.<ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2014-hugo-awards/|accessdate=20 April 2014|title=Hugo Awards 2014 nomination}}</ref>

=== 기타 프로젝트 ===
[[파일:Radiation Dose Chart by Xkcd.png|섬네일|Various doses of radioactivity in [[sievert]]s, ranging from trivial to lethal.]]
Munroe is the creator of the now defunct websites "The Funniest",<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://thefunniest.info | title = The Funniest}}</ref> "The Cutest",<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://thecutest.info | title = The Cutest}}</ref> and "The Fairest",<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://thefairest.info | title = The Fairest}}</ref> each of which presents  the user with two options and asks them to choose one over the other.

He started the "WetRiffs" website as a joke, one month after drawing the "Rule 34" comic,<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://xkcd.com/305/ | title = Rule 34 | work = xkcd | first = Randall | last = Munroe}}</ref> "lamenting the lack of guitar-in-the-shower pictures on the internet."<ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://wetriffs.com/ |title=Nudity + Guitars + Showers |accessdate=2008-09-26 |last=Munroe |first=Randall |date=2008-03-18}}</ref>

LimerickDB encouraged the creation of new and the collection of old [[Limerick (poetry)|limerick]]s,<ref>{{웹 인용|url=http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/02/04/limerickdbcom|title=LimerickDB.com|accessdate=2008-09-26|last=Munroe|first=Randall|date=2008-02-04|work=Blag|publisher=xkcd}}</ref> but is no longer accessible.

He started a Geohashing wiki based on one of his comics which contains an [[algorithm]] that generates pseudo-random coordinates around the world every day.<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page | title = Geohashing Wiki}}</ref>

He has also started a project called "[[xkcd What-If|What if]]?" where users post questions to the website which are usually absurd and physics/math related, and he answers them using his own knowledge as well as various sources from the web. In 2014, he published collection of some of the responses in a book called "What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions" through [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]. Following What if #136, a note appeared on the what if page informing readers ''Note: What If updates are temporarily on hold, and will resume on July 14th, 2015 at 7:49:59 AM EDT''. This is approximately the time of [[New Horizons]]' closest approach to [[Pluto]].<ref>{{웹 인용|title=New Horizons' trajectory: Pluto closest approach geometry|url=http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/charts/new_horizons_pluto_closest_approach_geometry_112007_3_lg.html|website=planetary.org|publisher=[[The Planetary Society]]|accessdate=14 May 2015}}</ref>

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 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]]''<ref>{{뉴스 인용|last=Monbiot|first=George |authorlink=George Monbiot |title=Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/21/pro-nuclear-japan-fukushima |work=The Guardian |accessdate=29 March 2011 |location=London |date=2011-03-21}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{뉴스 인용|last=Revkin|first=Andrew |authorlink=Andrew Revkin |title=The 'Dread to Risk' Ratio on Radiation and other Discontents |url= http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/the-dread-to-risk-ratio-on-radiation-and-other-discontents/?hp |work=Dot Earth blog |publisher=''The New York Times'' |accessdate=29 March 2011 |date=2011-03-23}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{웹 인용|last=Munroe|first=Randall |title=Radiation Chart |url=http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/ |publisher=www.xkcd.com |accessdate=29 March 2011}}</ref>

Munroe published an xkcd-style comic on scientific publishing and [[open access]] in [[Science (Journal)|''Science'']] in October 2013.<ref>{{저널 인용|last=Munroe|first=Randall |title=The Rise of Open Access |url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full |date=4 October 2013 |journal=Science |volume=342 |issue=6154 |pages=58–59 |doi=10.1126/science.342.6154.58 |accessdate=26 August 2014}}</ref>
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On May 13, 2015 Munroe announced a new book called ''Thing Explainer'' where he will explain concepts using only the 1,000 most common English words.<ref name=vergebook>{{뉴스 인용|last1=Kastrenakes|first1=Jacob|title=XKCD has a new book about explaining complicated subjects in simple ways|url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/13/8597607/xkcd-thing-explainer-book-announced|accessdate=14 May 2015|publisher=The Verge|date=May 13, 2015}}</ref>
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== 영향 ==
2013년 9월, 무어는 xkcd 독자 포럼에 소행성 (4942) 1987 DU<sub>6</sub>가 [[4942 먼로]]라는 자신의 이름을 딴 소행성 이름으로 후보를 제출했다고 말했다. 이 후보는 [[국제천문연맹]]의 승인을 받아 4942 먼로라는 정식 명칭을 받았다.<ref>{{웹 인용|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=4942|title = 4942 Munroe (1987 DU6)|date = 2013-07-29|website = http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/|publisher =  [[NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology]]|accessdate = 2013-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용|url = http://mystaceus.tumblr.com/post/62271611253/i-named-a-main-belt-asteroid-after-randall-munroe|title = I named a main-belt asteroid after Randall Munroe|last = Hulbert|first = Lewis "Mystaceus"|date = 2013-09-25|website = http://mystaceus.tumblr.com/|accessdate = 2013-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{웹 인용|url = http://blog.xkcd.com/2013/09/30/asteroid-4942-munroe/|title = Asteroid 4942 Munroe|authorlink = Randall Munroe|date = 2013-09-30|website = http://blog.xkcd.com/|accessdate = 2013-06-11}}</ref> 이 소행성은 지구와 충돌하면 지구를 멸망시킬 수도 있는 크기이다.

== 사생활 ==
2008년 5월 기준 먼로는 미국 [[매사추세츠주]] [[서머빌 (매사추세츠주)|서머빌]]에 거주하고 있다.

먼로는 2011년 6월 연인이 [[유방암]] 3기 판정을 받았다고 말했으며<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/06/30/family-illness/| title= Munroe's Blog post "Family Illness"}}</ref> 9월에 결혼했다고 발표했다.<ref>{{웹 인용| url = http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/09/12/672/| title= Munroe's Blog post "<3"}}</ref>

== 저서 ==
출판 연도는 [[미국]]을 기준으로 한다.

* 《[[xkcd]]》 2009년
* 《[[위험한 과학책]]》 2014년
* 《[[랜들 먼로의 친절한 과학 그림책]]》 2018년
* 《[[더 위험한 과학책]]》 2019년
* 《아주 위험한 과학책》 2023년

== 각주 ==
{{각주|30em}}

== 외부 링크 ==
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* [http://xkcd.com xkcd] – 그의 웹사이트, 블로그, 포럼이 있는 xkcd 사이트

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