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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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Asterix
I have no idea if anyone has mentioned Asterix yet, and I can't be bothered to search through the QOTW. Asterix definitely belongs here, for several reasons. Brilliant, painstaking graphic detail and imagination. Most of all, the sheer humour. So many jokes that a child won't get; I think every time I've read one of the books I've found something funny I missed earlier. Love all the classical allusions. I couldn't conceive of having children without giving them Asterix to read.
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anvil, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:38,
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It's shit in English though.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:46,
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Disagree.
Asterix is probably the only thing I've ever read where the jokes work better in translation than in the original. Yes, I do get the jokes in the original; they're just not as funny.
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.Yeti., Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:48,
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Balls.
The only joke that's better in English is Idéfix → Dogmatix. The rest of the humour in the English versions is like a 1980s sitcom.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:58,
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I read an interview with Goscinny and Uderzo where they said Asterix worked better in English
It being the language of puns. Just ask James Joyce.
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McChinaman banned, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 23:42,
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No, you didn't.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:25,
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Nope. Try again.
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anvil, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:52,
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It's shit in English though.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:59,
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Again! Again!
*claps like an excited seal*
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 19:15,
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C'est d'la merde en Anglais pourtant.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 22:11,
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Nope.
The magic's gone, now.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:04,
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[offline distraught face]
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:41,
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Yeah, especially the visual humour,
;)
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Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:45,
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Those stripey pants are definitely funniest in the Serbo-croat version.
I have no idea if there's a serbo-croat version
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 16:26,
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if you can't conceive
there's no need to worry about children
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:54,
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Hehehe, didn't see that one at all!
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anvil, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:58,
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:D
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 14:11,
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Yep
Brilliant books, I read these endlessly when I was a nipper. Asterix in Britain is a comedy classic.
(Dunno about the newer ones though)
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Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:04,
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Hit and miss.
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Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:45,
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Asterix and the Falling Sky was utterly godawful.
Goscinny had long since snuffed it by this point and Uderzo somehow thought it would be a good idea to combine Asterix and space aliens. Space aliens. A less appropriate plot device for the Asterix comics I cannot imagine.
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.Yeti., Tue 10 Jan 2012, 16:34,
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An Asterix/Wolverine cross over.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 16:57,
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*
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TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 15:57,
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I see what you did there.
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anvil, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 17:01,
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I'm glad someone did
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TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 9:10,
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†
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 17:29,
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Wasted on this lot.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 22:07,
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are you saying you're cross?
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TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 9:10,
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It's what Obelisk was named after.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:25,
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ooooooooooooh
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TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:32,
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I'm such a fucking smart arse.
No wonder everybody thinks I'm a cunt.
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Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:40,
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Much to like
Pisses Tintin on which seems to get far too much credit
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unclestinky, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 17:28,
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I found an Asterix book in Amsterdam when I was 18
The Dutch always have to go too far don't they?
I remember a close up of Getafix in a 69 with Geriatrix's wife and Obelix's dripping dick hanging down to the floor over the top of his mammoth trousers.
I just wish I could read Dutch, as I'm sure I was missing all the subtle word play...
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Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 16:10,
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I never read Tintin as a kid, but Asterix remains one of my favourites. 'ave a click
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Avnas dosh!, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 5:40,
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