Asterix Omnibus 1: Asterix The Gaul, Asterix and The Golden Sickle, Asterix and The Goths

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books (to date) from Asterix and the Picts (2013) to Asterix and the Griffin (2021) written by Jean-Yves Ferri and illustrated by Didier Conrad The Asterix series frequently exploits clichés about other countries. They’re in overdrive here thanks to the eclectic cast of new recruits. The Egyptian who talks in hieroglyphics is especially funny (old hairy nose!). The bureaucracy in the recruiting centre is amazing and, as with Asterix in Switzerland, the Gauls temporarily allying with the Romans creates an unpredictable plot. All original French publishing dates and volume numbers are shown. Other translation publishing dates and volume numbering may differ. To participate in the Olympic Games in Greece, the Gauls register themselves as Romans. When the officials declare the magic potion to be a form of illegal doping, Asterix turns to his native abilities to compete. In Ferri and Conrad’s first Asterix adventure, Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix visit Caledonia (Scotland). It’s a good old-fashioned Asterix romp, a crowdpleaser that plays it safe. The characters names are just as amusing as ever, with Camomilla and Macaroon the central couple.

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Uderzo and Goscinny parody the Tour de France cycle race in this culinary tour around Gaul. It marks the first appearance of Dogmatix. Banquet has more plotholes than any other Goscinny-penned Asterix book: The final Asterix adventure published before Goscinny’s death, Obelix and Co. is a sophisticated parody of capitalism. A young business student attempts to corrupt the Gauls through greed – it’s fun to see the effects of the menhir boom ripple through the Roman empire. Obelix decides to join a chariot race across the homeland of the Romans, Italy, accompanied by Asterix and Dogmatix. The race takes them to Venexia, Florencia, Neapolis, Sena Julia and other locations. Caesar calls the Egyptians inferior to the Romans. Outraged, Cleopatra wagers that her people can build a grand monument in record time. Edifis, a bumbling, timid architect is asked to perform the miracle, and asks his old friend Getafix for help. Meanwhile, his rival and Caesar's agents attempt to sabotage the effort. The Gaulish village is troubled by a marauding shipload of Vikings – Asterix and the Vikings would have been a better title. It’s creepy for a children’s book, with the mugs made from the skulls of the conquerors’ enemies. The ending, where the Vikings’ quest was only too successful, is satisfying.The Gauls travel to Egypt to build a temple, aiding the alarmingly incompetent architect Edifis. The story also explains the reason for the Sphinx’s missing nose, and the scene where the Gauls are trapped in the pyramid and Getafix finally allows Obelix some magic potion is memorable.

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It’s time for a boy’s trip, as the men of the Gaulish village travel to Olympia. The story was originally serialised to coincide with the Mexico Olympics in 1968. It’s effectively Asterix in Greece – as well as exploring Greek culture, it also parodies the contemporary Olympics’ struggle against performance-enhancing drugs. Asterix and Obelix need to return a hostage to a lone village in Spain that still holds out against the Roman invaders. Pepe is one of the series’ most memorable characters, with his habit of holding his breath. Obelix takes up Spanish dancing (“¡Olé!”) and Asterix takes up bull-fighting.

Escorted by two Arvernes chiefs, a mysterious teenager has just arrived at the village. Caesar and his legionaries seek her, and for good reason. In the village, it is rumored that the father of the visitor is no other than the great Vercingétorix himself. Caesar sends one of his advisors to the Gaulish village, in an effort to make them rich, decadent and utterly dependent on Rome. He starts by buying menhirs at ever-increasing prices, thus persuading most of the village to make useless menhirs, and in turn employing other villagers to hunt for their food. The plan goes awry when Caesar's treasury proves insufficient to fund the menhirs, and a campaign to sell them in Rome fails because of competition from Egyptian menhirs and slave-made Roman menhirs. Whosemoralsarelastix, chief of a nearby village, asks Vitalstatistix to hide his village's money to prevent the Romans from taking it. When the money is stolen under his watch, Asterix is banished until he can repay the money and recover his honour. The Romans conspire with a Roman-friendly Gaulish village to declare a ritual winner-takes-all fight between village chiefs. A blow from one of Obelix's menhirs causes Getafix to lose his memory, leaving the Gauls without magic potion. The fight parodies professional boxing.

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Vitalstatistix is challenged to an (anachronistic) boxing match by another chief. When Getafix is injured by a stray menhir, Asterix takes on the role of Vitalstatistix’s trainer. The Muhammad Ali references went over my head as a kid, but watching an unhinged Getafix making potions was fun. https://www.gamesradar.com/fcbd-2020-x-men-1-leads-free-comic-book-summer-week-1-titles/ Retrieved 2020- 08-29 Fabcaro replaces Jean-Yves Ferrias the writer of the series with Didier Conrad continuing to draw the comics. Comment Obelix est tombé dans la marmite du druide quand il était petit ( How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy) Julius Caesar dispatches a contentious individual named Tortuous Convolvulus to spread discord in the Gaulish village. Convolvulus is a fascinating adversary, smoothly creating enmity wherever he goes (represented by green speech bubbles). Vitalstatistix’s wife Impedimenta is great here, pointing out that if the village is chronicled, “they won’t be calling it the Adventures of Vitalstatistix the Gaul”.

Also in 1989–90 the first eight illustrated stories were reprinted in some locales as four books, each containing two of the original stories. Chariot Race is another solid Ferri and Conrad effort than recaptures the elegant simplicity of classic Asterix adventures. Naming a rival chariot driver “Coronavirus” was scarily prescient. It’s also noteworthy as the first Asterix book not translated into English by Anthea Bell. Asterix films not based closely on a single book have had film books released in a format similar to the original albums, but with scenes from the films and a written story. In which Asterix, Obelix, and Cacofonix travel to India on a magic carpet. It was fast-moving enough to entertain me as a kid, but in hindsight it marks the start of an era where Uderzo is out of new ideas for stories and relies on novelty to drive the series. One small village in Britain still holds out against the Roman invaders. But with no magic potion, they need help, so Asterix's cousin Anticlimax comes to Gaul seeking aid.

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To prove to his critics that the Gauls are mere mortals, Julius Caesar challenges the village to perform twelve tasks that only gods could perform, similar to the twelve tasks of Hercules. If they succeed, he will admit defeat and let them become the rulers of Rome, but if they fail, they will become his slaves. The challenge is accepted and Asterix and Obelix are chosen to represent the village, eventually succeeding in all tasks. (This comic book, published in 1976, is an adaptation of the animated film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. The artwork is thought to be by Uderzo's brother Marcel. It has rarely been printed and usually excluded from the canonical list of Asterix volumes.) Chief Vitalstatistix takes the spotlight in the 11th Asterix adventure. When he’s sent to Averne spas for a health cure, Asterix and Obelix are caught up in a search for the shield of Vercingetorix, a conquered Gaulish chieftain. It’s a fun mystery, and the recurring gag where the Roman soldiers search through coal cellars is especially enjoyable. Classic French Comic 'Asterix' to Get U.S. Rollout in 2020 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.Left alone in Getafix's hut, Obelix drinks a cauldron of magic potion. He first turns to stone, then into a small boy. Meanwhile, a group of men have escaped from Roman slavery on board a ship. Together, they travel to Atlantis, hoping to make Obelix a grown man again. Rich Johnston (November 7, 2019). "Asterix to be Retranslated Into American English by Papercutz for 2020". Bleeding Cool. Missing Scroll was inspired by WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. It’s amusingly meta, as Caesar tries to erase the indomitable Gaulish village from written history, only to be challenged by the Assange-like Confoundtheirpolitix. Goscinny and Uderzo’s Britain is full of warm beer and tea. The reference to French language instruction (“It is smaller than the garden of my uncle, but larger than the pen of my aunt”) is subtly hilarious, and Obelix would certainly make a great rugby prop. When an unnamed baby is left outside Asterix’s hut, rumours fly about its parentage and Asterix sets off on a quest to return it to its parents. It’s one of the most eventful books in the series – the baby drinks the magic potion! the Gaulish village burns down! – and it’s also the last worthwhile Uderzo effort.