REVIEW: Asterix and the Picts

G’Day Crusaders,

This is Dodgy86 in the mix bringing you Asterix and the Picts by Jean-Yves Ferri with art by Didier Conrad.

Just another day in the Gaul village (modern day France), it is winter. Among the snow, our heroes Asterix and Obelix make a discovery – they find a body frozen encased in ice. Once the body was thawed out and freed from its frozen prison. They find this character a little odd, he is rugged, muscular and covered with blue tattoos. Where is he from? He’s from Caledonia (current day Scotland) and he’s a fish off the hook and needs to get home, will the Gauls help the lost Pict get home?

Juste un autre jour dans le village gaulois (jour moderne France), il est l’hiver. Parmi la neige, nos hÃ©ros AstÃ©rix et ObÃ©lix font une dÃ©couverte – ils trouvent un corps congelÃ©s enveloppÃ© dans de la glace. Une fois que le corps a Ã©tÃ© dÃ©congelÃ© et libÃ©rÃ© de sa prison glacÃ©e. Ils trouvent ce personnage un peu bizarre, il est robuste, musclÃ© et couvert de tatouages ”‹”‹bleus. D’oÃ¹ est-il? Il est de Caledonia (jour courant Ecosse) et il est un poisson dÃ©crochÃ© et doit rentrer Ã la maison, aura les Gaulois aider les perdus Pict rentrer Ã la maison?

Being a long-term Asterix fan, this is the first Asterix book without both the creators Goscinny and Udurzo. You’d question the artstyle and the storytelling without the key creators but Ferri and Conrad make you almost feel that Goscinny and Uderzo were still in their prime – I truly enjoyed Conrad’s art especially the big panels which are heavily detailed. In addition to the art, the story have some laugh out loud moments.

ÃŠtre un long terme AstÃ©rix ventilateur, ce livre est le premier AstÃ©rix sans la fois les crÃ©ateurs et Goscinny Udurzo. Vous souhaitez en doute l’ARTSTYLE et la narration sans les crÃ©ateurs clÃ©s mais Ferri et Conrad vous font sentir presque que Goscinny et Uderzo Ã©taient encore Ã leur apogÃ©e – je vraiment apprÃ©ciÃ© l’art de Conrad en particulier les grands panneaux qui sont fortement dÃ©taillÃ©. En plus de l’art, l’histoire ont une certaine des moments hilarants.

For Asterix fans like myself, do ya’self a favor and check it out!

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You can pick this book up from your local book stores, if not orionbooks.co.uk and Asterix.com.

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Shane Tydeman

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Dodgy is a senior contributor to Comic Crusaders. Co-Host of The Yeah-Nah Wepa Show! An advocate of indie comics and is creator of Indie Comics podcasts Flipside Focus, Sunderkatz and Think Indie Podcast!

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