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A review by hypops
Asterix Omnibus #1: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and the Golden Sickle, and Asterix and the Goths by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
4.0
[Comics Canon Review]
The Asterix books are slapstick humor for ancient history buffs. Just as Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp was a trickster through whom the working classes might imagine what it feels like for the little guy to stick it to the fat cats, Asterix similarly provides—in its stories about a small village of clever, strong, and resilient French Gauls who are the last holdouts against Roman occupation—a fantasy of French independence and fortitude after having been occupied by the Germans during the war.
The Asterix books are slapstick humor for ancient history buffs. Just as Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp was a trickster through whom the working classes might imagine what it feels like for the little guy to stick it to the fat cats, Asterix similarly provides—in its stories about a small village of clever, strong, and resilient French Gauls who are the last holdouts against Roman occupation—a fantasy of French independence and fortitude after having been occupied by the Germans during the war.