the series is amazing. it single-handedly sparked my love affair with ancient history. i can't even begin to count the number of historical books i've read because of larry gonick

the only complaint i have is the shocking drop in the quality of the drawings at the end of the first CHOTU (vol. 8?) and its continuation into the subsequent books. but i guess it's a little unreasonable to expect the artwork to sustain that level of drawing excellence over 1000+ pages