The setting:

Dramatis Personae:

Obelix, Asterix's inseparable friend. A menhir delivery-man by trade; addicted to wild boar. Obelix is always ready to drop everything and go off on a new adventure with Asterix - so long as there's wild boar to eat, and plenty of fighting.

Getafix (Norwegian: Miraculix, French: Panoramix), the venerable village druid. Gathers mistletoe and brews magic potions. His specialty is the potion which gives the drinker superhuman strength. But Getafix also has other recipes up his sleeve...

Finally, Vitalstitistix (Norwegian: Majestix, French: Abraracourcix), the chief of the tribe. Majestic, brave and hot-tempered, the old warrior is respected by his men and feared by his enemies. Vitalstatistix himself has only one fear; he is afraid the sky may fall on his head tomorrow. But as he always says, 'Tomorrow never comes.' 

I first met Asterix when I was about 10 years old. My father traveled a lot, and my mother bought a Asterix album each for my brother and me to read while we waited on the airport once when his plane was very late. Since then I've been hooked. Asterix is said to be the one comic a cultured person can read without being branded as a barbarian by other cultured persons. So it appeals to children as well educated adults (and the range between :-).

Asterix is remarkable for the good drawings and the steady good quality of the stories, as well as the wit, and humor in them. As you understand this is another comic you have to read.

I have here a (translated) article about Asterix from Tegn, a (very good) Norwegian magazine about comics (address on the top page).

A new Asterix album is out!

Erik Tjong has, as can be expected, a extensive Asterix Page.

Kjetil Kjernsmo has reviewed Asterix - Spεmannen (in Norwegian) for a domestic sceptic (sceptic as in sceptic to supernatural phenomena) magazine called "Skepsis". 

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