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These are kids books, and I’m pretty sure at 7-8 when I first read it, that was a complete surprise to me. A Few Translation Tactics. The vibe is comfortable elegance. The fog rolls in multiple times, usually when it’s convenient to the plot, but who cares? we, who are destined to die, salute you." It’s a good gag that should be more important, somehow, and just isn’t in the book. I’m reminded a bunch of The Goofy Gophers this week, those pair of furry Warner Bros. cartoon creatures who were always unendingly polite to each other. In which Asterix book, do the Gauls pretend that tea leaves in hot water is actually magic potion, to motivate their allies? I saw that, and I even commented on it too. They know enough to be afraid. And, because this book was created in the middle of the 1960s: The Beatles make a cameo. I might need to research some things here. It’s a tie. Get the answers you need, now! Unlike Dan I can’t quite get over the randomness of Asterix picking up the tea leaves and like Augie says the slightly hamfisted (no pun intended) underlining of the gag at the end. Ok, that’s clever and I’ll give Goscinny point for using the leaves well. A few years after Asterix, some french publishers treated me to the wonders of Lee & Kirby, Ditko, Colan, Wood, Broome & Infantino, Eisner, Gardner Fox & Gil Kane and so many others; that opened up a whole new world for me. Augie gets the best name right, but Dan gets it righter as its Mykingdomforanos by a mile, solid gold that one. Good question. Even now, there aren’t many I prefer. It works really well. sigh. Lambiek spells it out well: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uderzo_marcel.htm. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. We also enjoyed making fun of Brits with other clichés like meat-boiling, putting mint in everything and a general inadequacy for normal human interactions. That was a terrible show, so far removed from the BD. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. Someday, I’ll get that movie and review it here. Yes, you could make balloons larger, but then you’re changing the art and production gets more complicated. Asterix in Britain December 11th, 2020 by Janak The national observations I can enjoy all the more as they are closer to home. A group of neighboring tribe leaders has come together, determined to fend off the Romans in one last stand. The fight was over that quickly this week. I still reel at the thought of boiled ham as drawn here (I actually like boiled ham I just think I still associate it with this book and the green stuff it sits in!). It seemed in such sharp contrast to the nature of art and story. I always assumed he did.). That’s the same coloring as in the 2004 books I have, too. They didn’t go completely overboard, but they definitely went brighter and bolder. morituri te salutant". That doesn’t ruin the overall effect of a very funny book at all. Buy this book on Amazon and this website will get a few pennies towards its continuing operation: Also available in English in Europe. Do you ever think Jean-Yves Ferrl will ever write some Lucky Luke books at all? @Alastair – I think I read somewhere that Albert Uderzo is color-blind. It doesn’t really offer anything new. Where does the line of running gag end, and repetition begin? Answer 5: Asterix in Britain FOLLOW TELEGRAM CHANNEL (44K) The book is more a humorous look at English culture than it is of British culture; Asterix barely leaves London the whole time he's there. Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub native to Asia. There’s spy craft, chases, derring do, and jailbreaks (of course) to fill out this story. They appear on page 3 of the book. Sadly I wasn’t exposed to the golden years of 2000AD heroes until much much later because they wouldn’t have passed the barrier of french censors at the time of their original appearance. Since then, we no longer see each other, but we greet each other at family funerals. Greg was a genial storyteller and it’s overwhelming to consider his body of work as a writer on so many different series on top of this one. Why are we ending the book with two panels to clearly explain an obvious gag? The space has floor to ceiling bookshelves, wine lockers and a beautiful bar. The illegal immigrant in Astérix's boat turns out to be an Indian, who happens to have a tea plant with him. They tried but it was a massive flop. This is two pages after we see the British taking a break from their warring with the Romans in the middle of the afternoon to have drinks of hot water with optional splashes of milk. While these Romans might be mostly different from the ones in the encampments surrounding Asterix’s village, they act the same. And they also parodied Robin Hood as Dobin Wood on Walter Melon. Its good, its great in fact, its is Asterix after all, its packed with sharp humour, good characters and a great story. There’s something else in this book I noticed for the first time in the series. Mixing dough and family is a recipe for disaster. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. A few years ago, Marcel Uderzo posted on a message board, answering some questions as to what he worked on with Asterix: http://bdparadisio.com/scripts/ForItems.cfm?IdSubject=0721124134, Lots of interesting bits and pieces in that thread, if you wanted to read through it all, that I might include in later reviews. If you are a chai lover and want to try other Starbucks chai drinks at home, here are a few: Iced Chai Tea Latte : Very similar to the chai tea latte, the Starbucks iced chai latte is made with chai concentrate or spice infused tea with milk and served over ice. Goscinny already spelled it out pretty clearly in the previous pages. Step 2: Now open Amazon App & Login into your account. I always felt the film adaption handled the tea aspect better. Picture Marx Brothers or Abbott and Costello here. I have to draw 100 Roman soldiers lining up to open wine barrels already, as it is.” At least they took a panel to have Obelix say goodbye to Dogmatix before they left. One little ancient Briiths village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Julius Caesar has invaded Britain and succeeded, mainly because the British soldiers under Cassivelaunos stop fighting every day to drink hot water (with a drop of milk), and refuse to fight over the weekend. • They also drink their beer warm! Letterers will need to work whatever magic they have to get things to fit on the page. There will be times when saying the same thing in English will be much longer than in the original French. One membe… Or did something change with the word balloons or lettering in this book? I haven’t read it since I was a kid, it was always my least favourite of the Goscinny ones. All great names. Aroma is dank and hoppy with a touch of caramel malt. Eh, what! The edition I have proudly proclaims “The Greatest Asterix Adventure” on the cover – and at the time this book came out, they would have been right. Earlier in the book, Obelix is sent up to the London Tower to be jailed. One small oddity here is that they left Dogmatix at home. Completely unnecessary of course. There are just a LOT of balloons in this book that look too small. This one, like the two before it, is a laugh a minute. Each winner will be required to claim the Prize as per the requirements prescribed below in these T&Cs. The 1977 Walter Melon book Magnesia’s Treasure was translated into English by Dargaud Canada in 1981, and it’s the only time Walter Melon has been translated into English ever in the series’ history. I can only shiver at the thought of the wonderful Asterix adapters for the UK if they had to tackle other beloved series like Blake & Mortimer or Achille Talon into Shakespeare’s idiom and make it fit the page. sigh, This comment is sad: “Then, after having supported many “miseries” of my elder, I wanted to go it alone. We still have to prove it to you? This, thankfully, provides some very humorous moments. Anticlimax goes to France to get Asterix’s help with some Magic Potion to continue to defend his homeland. The thing about the tea leaves that bothers me is that Asterix just takes from Panoramix (is that something Asterix does regularly, randomly take weird crap from Panoramix’s shelves just because?) We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience of our website. It was obviously going to be a thing from page four. Some things need to be spelled out. I’m English myself and the thought of warm beer repulses me too – but then my tipples of choice are cider and red wine not beer. Did you know that Achille Talon by Michel Greg makes a cameo appearance as a beaten up Roman Soldier on 1 of the boats. And wine. hey you did something Augie, I can see my mugshot here now Cool. Am I just noticing this more for the first time with this book than in the past? We’ll get to that soon…. These gags are all inserted at perfect times. I seem to remember the fog thing originating from the Hound of the Baskerville movie (the one with Peter Cushing) as well as a few Jack the Ripper and various Hammer Horror outings of that era. I just looked that up and came across the animated series from 1999 or so that I have extremely vague memories of. There is so much money involved that there is also a feud between Uderzo and Anne Goscinny, René’s daughter that has been going on for ages. Those short snippets of dialogue sell the scene. Their repetition helps emphasize the cultural differences in such little things that the locals don’t pay any attention to it anymore. There is absolutely nothing (well very very little) wrong with this comic, its really, really good and I laughed out loud any number of times, there’s just nothing to make it stand out for me in the Asterix canon. It just clunked so hard for me, I couldn’t ignore it. Achille Talon makes a cameo appearance on the boat that Asterix, Obelix, and, Anticlimax raid before getting to Great Britain. I read this as a kid, thinking that such brilliant writing and art mastery was the norm that it totally spoiled me. Comics analyst and industry pundit since 1997. https://alastairsavage.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/asterixs-magic-potion/, https://www.lambiek.net/artists/u/uderzo_marcel.htm. I think you should do the top 10 series you think Cinebook should translate into English someday. For me the plot is closer to Banquet, than Cleopatra, the story serving to pull together a series of vignettes rather than to serve it own purposes. Head is thick, foamy, and very white. Speaking of tight lettering, I wish more comics authors would think “internationally” and thus be more generous with the size of their speech bubbles. It was the hardest laugh of the book for me. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but what you describe does sound a lot better. It works both ways. Oribital is another favourite of mine from Cinebooks and well worth checking out. Glad to see you’re showing up now. but I love these books, such a satisfying odyssesy. I love the two girls pulling at each other’s hair in the bottom left corner. The highest quality reference standards for industrial analysis and testing. After water, it is the most widely consumed drink in the world. It works. Batman Gambit: Gauls fail to deliver the barrel of magical potion to a besieged Briton village, but Asterix provides it with a brew made from herbs he obtained from Phoenician merchant (tea leaves, actually) and makes the Britons believe that it's the promised magical potion — knowing that such belief will inspire them into delivering a Curb-Stomp Battle to the Romans while … Oh its much better than Banquet, but I see the echos. Asterix, going off to England, for some random reason grabs a random bunch of leaves off Getafix’s work table to bring with him. The Goths ( Germans) are regimental, curt and militaristic ; The British are too polite, slightly pompous, boil all their meat ( with mint sauce) and drink hot water with a ‘drop’ of milk ( Asterix brings them the magic of tea leaves). 7. Comic fan since 1989. Fingers crossed. These teas are made in large farm and factories where tea leaves have been machine bruised, machine rolled, and machine fired. It’s weird. Modern technology generally serves only to increase efficiency at the expense of quality. I grew up in London from 6-18 (1978-1990), and proper fog probably happened once a year if that. The thing that grabs me about this book is how Goscinny plots out rising action in some of the biggest set pieces. As for the Asterix comic book series, it has been the sensation of the publishing world for 60 years while the character Asterix has become a mythical figure, a symbol throughout the world for all who resist the influence of Empires trying to impose their will and law on others. Plus some berries and citrus. I’m curious to see if my opinion as changed now about 35 years later. The British in this book, in particular, are a very loquacious lot. Letterhack from 1991. I seriously doubt it. I’ve only read one Cinebook translation (Leo Aldebaran: The Catastrophe) and I found the dialogue incredibly stiff. Some good ones that might have been a half page gag of their own instead get tossed off in a secondary line of dialogue in a single balloon. Of course Asterix putting the herbs in his pocket for no apparent reason in the first place is a bit weak, but I’ll let that slide. The Animated Film adaptation of Asterix in Britain came out in 1986, 20 years after the original book did. That would certainly be a daunting task. 8. LEGIONARY, SPAIN, CORSICA AND SWITZERLAND for the traveling ones + a few really good ones set in the village, before it all went downhill when Gosciny passed away. It doesn’t sound like Achille Talon to me at all, even given what very little I’ve seen of it. We’ll get to that eventually, too…, @Colin – I’ve never read Blake and Mortimer. Don’t try that at home. That explains a lot. It must be a hangover from the 1950s and the pea soupers of yore. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Okay so I say I love the series and its going to take me three goes to get the title right. It started with two pages per week in the early issues of Pilote, then quicky scaled down to one page per week as the popularity of the series exploded and the production load of both Goscinny (he was doing the Dingodossiers with Gotlib, Iznogoud with Tabary, Lucky Luke with Morris, and a few others) and Uderzo (Tanguy et Laverdure with Charlier, which is also a great series) got heavier. When I see even the limited amount of stuff from France and the rest of the continent that makes it over here from great publishers like Cinebook (mind where’s my Blueberry?!?) His brother, Marcel, did coloring on some of the volumes, but I’m not sure which ones. But, yeah, I bet you’re right. Cloudflare Ray ID: 65157bf02b1d4a80 Looks like they used him to make pop culture parodies. Asterix was one thing but it didn’t have cowsboys fighting dinosuars in it and you need that kind of balance in your life… no really you do. Obelix is big and huge and sort of ugly, as opposed to smaller and stouter and cute, like the way he is on the back cover) so I’ll look forward to Augie’s comments on that. Oh, LEGIONARY is one of the absolute best, I love it! It mixes in the history of the Roman conquest of Europe well with Asterix’s continuity, gives us a funny representation of the British, and has a strong story behind it. I’ll skip over the drunken Roman soldiers to get to the other two. (Not an affiliate.). It must be frustrating for the original colorists though (I wonder if Goscinny coloured his own art? I’m afraid to admit that Asterix is the main reason why I’m so critical about most comics today. If you accept without changing your settings, we assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the LGC website. Uderzo doesn’t show most of the action. because Goscinny possibly couldn’t think of another way for him to acquire them… also he just stuffs them in his pocket, meaning they should have been ruined when Asterix and his pals take a forced river bath after a roman attack, a detail that could have been fixed if he had carried them in a pouch or something. To be honest the Cinebook translations aren’t as sharp and flexible as Bell and Hockridge’s on Asterix but they do the job. However, The Live Action adaptation which was based on both Asterix in Britain and the next book after this book, Asterix and the Normans titled Asterix and Obelix: God save Britannia came out in 2012. It’s funny. (“read” might be too strong a word. Thanks for detailing it for me. Mind in part this is due to having Asterix and 2000ad at the same time in my life. That’s a terrible story, though: work not acknowledged and brothers torn apart! I can't believe how much Uptown Westerville is changing. I just realised, you were correcting yourself, not me. The font size on the lettering takes a hit to make sure everything can fit inside the borders. Maybe this worked better in the original serialization. Walter Melon was called Walter Melon Hero for Hire in the late 1990’s Walter Melon series. Ugh. The Asterix series was first appeared on 29th October , 1959 . 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