Ever seen the little warrior with golden whiskers and winged helmet, always with a menhir-delivery man with a large tummy and red whiskers at his side? I think you have. 
But if u haven’t then you are missing two of the most famous and lovable comic book character duos by the name of Asterix and Obelisk. These were created by Goscinny and Uderzo who wrote the text and made the drawings respectively. The originals were in French and I don’t think I’ll ever manage to read them but the English translations were sufficient to make me a fan of these mighty but simple Gauls powered by the magic potion prepared by their druid Getafix. Surrounded by the Romans on all sides but the coast, these indomitable Gauls led by their chief Vitalstatistix won’t succumb to the Roman legionaries and is a constant headache to their all-in-all emperor Caesar.
In this 1st adventure of Asterix and his friends we are introduced to the inhabitants of this village and how the cunning of Asterix and a little help from Providence saves the Gaulish community evade the Roman espionage bent on getting the secret of the magic potion. At one point of time Getafix is captured by the Romans stationed at Compendium and Asterix, without the help of the potion, braves the enemy and rescues the druid. The hilarious dialogues and brilliant depictions have made these comic books a classic of all times for both the young and old and comedy lovers won’t find many books matching the witty texts. Finally the readers will not fail to notice the puns in the names of each character that succinctly describes the person and the beauty is that these have been suitably metamorphosed to fit the nationality of the characters.
But if u haven’t then you are missing two of the most famous and lovable comic book character duos by the name of Asterix and Obelisk. These were created by Goscinny and Uderzo who wrote the text and made the drawings respectively. The originals were in French and I don’t think I’ll ever manage to read them but the English translations were sufficient to make me a fan of these mighty but simple Gauls powered by the magic potion prepared by their druid Getafix. Surrounded by the Romans on all sides but the coast, these indomitable Gauls led by their chief Vitalstatistix won’t succumb to the Roman legionaries and is a constant headache to their all-in-all emperor Caesar.
In this 1st adventure of Asterix and his friends we are introduced to the inhabitants of this village and how the cunning of Asterix and a little help from Providence saves the Gaulish community evade the Roman espionage bent on getting the secret of the magic potion. At one point of time Getafix is captured by the Romans stationed at Compendium and Asterix, without the help of the potion, braves the enemy and rescues the druid. The hilarious dialogues and brilliant depictions have made these comic books a classic of all times for both the young and old and comedy lovers won’t find many books matching the witty texts. Finally the readers will not fail to notice the puns in the names of each character that succinctly describes the person and the beauty is that these have been suitably metamorphosed to fit the nationality of the characters.
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