Asterix the Gaul: Album #1

We love the Asterix & Obelix stories! On this one, the pages tend to fall out.

This is a really fun book. It is educational too. It teaches kids geography and they don't really know they are learning. It is funny with bright colorful pictures. It is a fast read however it is a MUST reread. Kids reread it again and again. The kids have not seen this book at all in the stores or at the school library. So it is fun to buy this and show them something that they can't buy just anywhere. I would buy this again and other books by this author and in this series. I would recommend this book to anyone.

While Goscinny and Uderzo were still figuring out their characters, this first in the Asterix series is a lot of fun. It's especially a treat for Asterix fans to see the slightly less-refined characterizations, and those who are new to the series should enjoy this introduction to the members of the little Gaulish village who are still holding out against the Roman invaders -- with the help of some magic potion. The Asterix stories are full of silliness, cartoon fighting, and puns, and "Asterix the Gaul" is no exception. Despite being the first, it holds up well and is the appropriate welcome to those who wish to visit with these lovable Gauls.

I first read Asterix the Gaul when I was seven or eight years old, and loved it. From then on, I raided libraries finding every Asterix book I could lay my little fingers on, and when I reached high school, the French versions of the books were given to us as a fun way to become familiar with the language. (I didn't like that much. I didn't want to struggle through trying to understand Asterix, I wanted to read through and laugh at it. But it was still a better idea than the rest of the stuff they threw at us.) This edition of the book is still excellent, and still funny. It's missing a few details compared to the original, as some other reviewers have commented, but it's not the kind of thing that new young readers will notice is missing. If you're an adult looking to pick up a copy of the book you treasured as a child, then it may strike a little sore; but for new readers, this really can't come highly recommended enough.

I was stationed at the American Embassy, Berlin, DDR, back in the early 1980s. I was able to go back and forth freely with my handy dandy Auswise ... which was a diplomatic ID, making the Berlin Wall magically invisible, or, at least, irrelevant.One would get their ass chewed if they flashed their passport to get across Checkpoint Charlie. Love cartoons, and even love drawing cartoons. While in Europe, I decided to try something with a little more local flair ... Asterix and Obelix. I liked it so much I didn't even care it was French. Rereading these now 30+ years later, still get a kick out of them.

Book was as expected. I used to read original French hardcover of "Asterix" as well as "Tintin" as a child growing up in Montreal Canada in the late 1960's. I bought this one to show my kids. Now living in the USA, I was glad to see that English versions were available. While I would not mind getting all thirty (30)+ books, not willing to pay the $300+. Although a little slow to arrive, the book was well packaged and in new condition.

What can I say? The Asterix Comic Books are my favorite since the 60s. I bought them as soon as a new one was available and translated. Actually, the Comic Books should be named "Asterix and Obelix!" Obelix is Asterix' best friend, and together they undertake many adventures. Without Obelix, Asterix would not be so famous. :) So far, one of our cats was named "Asterix," and our current new Ford Truck is named "Obelix" :) As you can see, we are big fans!

I was talking with my husband about reading the Asterix books and watching the animated films as a kid and started reminiscing about growing up in Europe, so I was thrilled to find this on Amazon to take a trip down memory lane and introduce my husband to Asterix and Obelix. Classic entertainment.

Excellent,. The translators did a great job. We intend to give it to my oncologist because he prescribed his own"potion" to help heal my throat after radiation.

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Having read every "Asterix" book then published when I was a child, I have just read this one out loud to my six-year-old son at bedtime. It is the first of the series. He wanted to clarify who the "goodies" (Gauls) and "baddies" (Romans) were several times - which I agree is a bit simplistic, especially for this story where Julius Caesar engages in a temporary truce at the end of the story - and it took him a little while to understand that this was like a television cartoon on paper, rather than a picture book or text book. Once he got that, he loved it. Having not read it out loud before, I really got hit with the characters' names, especially examples such as the Romans Chrismus Bonus and Ginandtonicus. My son was delighted with the pictographs for Gaulish/Roman swear words, and the various descriptions of "Biff! Bang! Wallop!" He was quite taken with the Roman centurion jumping up and down on the spot having a tantrum like a toddler, which is shown with lots of multiple feet and vibrating lines. And he adored the potion that causes everyone's hair and beard to grow to ridiculous lengths very quickly. He was quite interested in when the Romans formed their shields into a phalanx, so Daddy got to give him a quick introduction to Roman military history as well. There are a few jokes actually written in Latin, and I had to admit defeat with those. Education is not what it was since Asterix first appeared in the 1960s. It is now on my bucket list to learn Latin, so that I can fully comprehend these jokes if nothing else. A great hit with my son, and I will get him more from the series.