The Adventures of Asterix Comic Ebook Collection

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I began collecting The Adventures of Asterix when I was in high school. I love the comic because they're offering a fresh environment and more brutal- sadistic-but-funny sitcom than the other comic in my collection. My first Asterix collection was the Asterix and Caesar's Gift. It was so funny how they make jokes of the famous Julius Caesar of the Roman Empire. Now I have all the Comic Ebook (PDF) of the comic.




00- Introduction and Character Information
00- The Complete Guide To Asterix

01- Asterix the Gaul
02- Asterix and the Golden Sickle
03- Asterix and the Goths
04- Asterix The Gladiator
05- Asterix and the Banquet
06- Asterix and Cleopatra
07- Asterix and The Big Fight
08- Asterix in Britain
09- Asterix and the Normans
10- Asterix The Legionary
11- Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
12- Asterix at the Olympic Games
13- Asterix and the Cauldron
14- Asterix in Spain
15- Asterix and the Roman Agent
16- Asterix in Switzerland
17- The Mansions of the Gods
18- Asterix and the Laurel Wreath
19- Asterix and the Soothsayer
20- Asterix in Corsica
21- Asterix and Caesar's Gift
22- Asterix and the Great Crossing
23- Obelix and Co
24- Asterix in Belgium
25- Asterix and the Great Divide
26- Asterix and the Black Gold
27- Asterix and Son
28- Asterix and the Magic Carpet
29- Asterix and the Secret Weapon
30- Asterix and Obelix all at Sea
31- Asterix and the Actress
32- Asterix and the Class Act
33- Asterix and the Falling Sky


About The Comic

The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic strips written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo (Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977). The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959. As of 2008, 33 comic books in the series have been released.

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. The protagonist, the titular character, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix have various adventures. In many cases, this leads them to travel to various countries around the world, though other books are set in and around their village.

The Asterix series is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages, and it is popular in most European countries. Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan.

The success of the series has led to the adaptation of several books into films; eight animated, and three with live actors. There have also been a number of games based on the characters, and a French theme park, Parc Asterix, is themed around the series.



Synopsis and Characters

The main setting for the series is an unnamed coastal village in Armorica, a province of Gaul (modern France), in the year 50 BC. Julius Caesar has conquered nearly all of Gaul for the Roman Empire, however the little Armorican village has held out because the villagers can gain temporary superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion brewed by the local village druid, Getafix.

The main protagonist, and hero of the village, is Asterix, who is usually entrusted with the most important affairs of the village, because of his cunning. He is aided in his adventures by his rather unintelligent friend Obelix, who has permanent superhuman strength, as he fell into the cauldron of the potion as a baby. Obelix is often accompanied by Dogmatix, his little dog.

Asterix and Obelix (and sometimes other members of the village), go on various adventures both within the village, and in far away lands. Places visited in the series include parts of Gaul (Lutetia, Corsica etc), neighbouring nations (Belgium, Spain, Britain, Germany etc), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, India etc).

The series employs science-fiction and fantasy elements in the more recent books, for instance the use of extraterrestrials in Asterix and the Falling Sky and the city of Atlantis in Asterix and Obelix All at Sea.

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