Asterix and the Big Fight

I still laugh after all these years reading this comic. It is filled with several humorous takes on life and double entendre.

"Asterix and the Big Fight" is the seventh Asterix comic in the series, by Rene Goscinny and Albert Udzero, first published in 1966 in French. It's a pretty good one, with lots of gags and setups along the way. There's an old Gaulish tradition where if one chief challenges another chief to a fight and wins, the winning chief gets the losers village. The Romans hear about this and get a big Gallo-Roman loving chief called Cassius Ceramix to fight against the chief of Asterix's village, Vitalstatistix. There shouldn't be any threat, but Obelix hit their druid Getafix over the head with a Menhir stone and made amnesia. Getafix can't make magic potion for Vitalstatistix's strength, because he can't remember anything. Chaos and panic follows. Will the Gallo-Romans win? I like all the colours in this one. Worth a read.

The Romans are upto no good, this time seeking the help of a rival (but loyal to the romans) Gaulish chief to challenge our indominatble chief Vitalstatistix to a fight. The winner becomes chief of both the tribes. The romans take it upon themselves to take the druid Getafix out of commission. they succeed, to some degree. And herein lies the story. One of the all-time favs with Asterix readers, the dialog is funny, the drawings funnier - a must have, must read, must buy... Pity these comics are not very popular in the USofA. In India it is possible to find Asterix comics in almost every decent bookstore :)

I have read asterix for around ten years and this is my second favorite. Obelix mistakenly hits getafix and which makes getafix lose his memory of who he is or how to make the magic potion. When this happens the romans make a plan to concure the village. Will getafix regain his memory in time to save the village from becoming sitting ducks? It is full of all the puns and jokes you expect with a asterix book.

This Asterix comic kicks! The characters' names are a litte wierd, but it's funny!Two Romans, in attempt to take over the Gauls, challenge Cheif Vitalstatisix to a fight in which the winner took over the losers village. The Gaul's druid, Getafix, loses his memory so the Gauls don't have any of the magic potion that he brews which gives the Gauls superhuman strength. It's up to Asterix and Obelix to restore the druid's memory so they can have some magic potion for the fight!