Sunday, June 22, 2008
I have finally completed my collection of Asterix & Obelix. And this is a cause for celebration... (for me at least ).
For the uninitiated, The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. This is often used for comic effect, as in a recurring sequence where the villagers sally forth from their village to rout the attacking Romans so easily as to consider it great sport. In many cases, this resistance leads the main characters to travel to various European countries (but also Egypt, America, India and other non-European locations) in every other book, while the remaining are set in and around their village. The entire series is laced with humour and caricature, and in my opinion is one of the best comics to have emerged from Europe in the 1950's. If any of you are intrested in checking the comics out, I'm more then willing to borrow them out! Sharing is caring after all *cough* or so they say....Now,
I best get back to reading them up. Absolutely love them....
Adobe Photoshop Elements for supernatural abilities
