The Gauls are here! Asterix invades America in honor of his 60th
anniversary!
One of the world’s greatest comics characters, the
ever-fearless Asterix, continues to battle supposedly unbeatable odds to protect
his tiny village from the Roman Empire. Fortunately, all of the villagers have
super-strength thanks to a secret potion. In “Asterix and the Big
Fight,” one of the three classic Asterix graphic novels collected here,
the Romans are beginning to wise up. Instead of trying to conquer
Asterix’s village, the Roman’s challenge Vitalstatistx, chief of
Asterix’s tribe, to a one on one battle with the Gallo-Roman Chief,
Cassius Ceramix of Linoleum. As per Ancient Gaulish customs, the loser would
forfeit his entire tribe to the winner. “Asterix in Britain,” the
Romans have conquered all of Britain except for a single village in Kent. Sound
familiar? Anticlimax, a member of that British village, travels to Gaul to seek
help from his first cousin once removed, Asterix. Together, with Obelix, they
decide to bring back a barrel full of the secret potion that imbues any...
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Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina,before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on p
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