Asterix and the Big Fight - René Goscinny

Cursus Honorum (1200 words)
by Jake Speed - written on 17/12/11, updated on 17/12/11 (Very useful, 68 readings)
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thinks he s Napoleon although they of course have no idea who Napoleon is yet. I think this entry captures the real essence of Asterix. Very straight ahead Comic Book fun (with a surfeit of comic book violence for children) but a lot going on under the surface. This is a very droll and amusing entry in the series with far more references and jokes than I could probably ever get. What is most interesting is that this is the first Asterix book that places the village under threat and throws a dark cloud over this idyllic if nutty place. A village where a fish in the face is more than likely and regular free for all brawls occur! You d still want to live there though by ...

The Tenderfoot - Rene Goscinny

poor lonesome cowboy (284 words)
by brownp1 - written on 03/05/01, updated on 03/05/01 (Very useful, 28 readings)
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All Lucky Luke books are an entertaining read and as I've said previously I fail to understand why they are not more widely available in the UK, and the only answer I can come up with is the fact that LL always has a cigarette hanging out the corner of his mouth and our country's gone PC crazy unlike the continent where these books are readily available. The basis of this book is the treatment of newcomers, the tenderfoot of the title, when they arrived in the west where they are given a hard time either resulting in them merging with the crowd, leaving on the 1st train or more drastically taking a final visit to boot hill. The plot : An English gentleman , ...