Asterix Omnibus, vol. 5

Astérix #13-15

by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo (Illustrator)

Fans of Asterix, rejoice: here are three fabulous Asterix stories in one book!

In Asterix and the Cauldron, Asterix and Obelix will try anything - even robbery - to replace some mysteriously missing money. Asterix in Spain features the daring rescue of Chief Huevos y Bacon's son - but returning him to Spain is more than the Gauls have bargained for! And in Asterix and the Roman Agent, a sneaky spy named Tortuous Convolvulus tries to turn our heroes against each other!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Childrens, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, Collections

152 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

René Goscinny (1926 - 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Asterix , which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the comic series Lucky Luke with Morris (considered the series' golden age).

Reviews

[Mark Isaak · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first two stories (Asterix and the Cauldron, Asterix in Spain) are run-of-the-mill for the series, but the third (Asterix and the Roman Agent) shows a little more social depth along with the puns, outlandish situations, and running gags.

[Ilia Markov · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is amazing how these are just as much fun at 36 as at 6.

[Riddhish Bhalodia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

Funny and exciting as usual, not the biggest fan of the asterix in spain

[Anwesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

a glorious part of my childhood. such intelligent, funny, creative writing and illustrations. there can be no greater graphic novel than the Asterix series

[Tara Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn't my favourite Asterix volume, but it was still obviously very amusing and clever.

My favourite was Asterix and the Cauldron.

[Ilias · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly, funny and creative. Enjoyable.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Asterix, the characters and stories are hilarious and unfailingly clever, and these ones are some of my favs.

[Michael Emond · Rating 4 out of 5]

One thing that struck me reading this set of Asterix stories is how much Uderzo improved in his art over the years. The details of Mansion of the Gods especially were amazing. He keeps improving with ever volume.

One thing to always get out of the way with my reviews of this series is that the translator for Papercutz sucks. Their translated jokes fall flat and their pun names are weak and poorly thought out. I read the 70's translated series and it was much better. But thankfully the art, the stories and a lot of the humour still shine through despite the bad translations.

So what do we have? We have the Cauldron...it is basically a short story drawn out too long with Asterix losing a cauldron of money he was supposed to guard and spending all of the story trying and failing to make money to fill it back up until...the deception the reader knew from page one is realized by Asterix (who is stupider than usual throughout the story - being conned out of his money time and time again). Not a great story but still fun.

Asterix in Spain is a little more forced than that - the main gag is this little boy must be returned to his father - a great leader - in Spain. the boy is a pain but Dogmatix loves him. One of the weaker Asterix stories IMO.

Then we get my favourite Asterix story which saves this collection - The Roman Agent. This one works so well because they play around with story striucture so it isn't just asterix and Obelix going on a quest or journey. We get to se the whole village. And I do like it when the Druid gets involved in the story.

So two weaker stories and then my fav. all in all even the weaker ones are great fun. Highly recommended as one of the best comic series ever written/drawn.

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 4 out of 5]

Den femte inbundna volymen av tretton som för första gången ger ut allt Asterix-material (eller åtminstone det mesta) på svenska i kronologisk ordning, där den tidigare utgivningen av albumen gjort att den skickliga uppbyggnaden av Asterix-universumet med alla dess bifigurer minst sagt gått förlorad.

Denna femte volym samlar albumen Asterix och skatten, där Asterix blir förvisad ifrån byn för att ha blivit av med en gryta med sestertier som hövdingen för en annan by anförtrott våra galler för att slippa betala dem i skatt till romarna, Asterix i Spanien, där Asterix och Obelix får göra en resa till Hispania för att föra tillbaka den lille kidnappade gisslan Pepe (son till hövdingen Alonzo Enfanto de la Patria), och Asterix och tvedräkten, där romaren Semper Batallius sår tvedräkt mellan gallerna i vår lilla by. Dessutom innehåller volymen, förutom de förord som i dessa samlingsvolymer på ett ypperligt sätt kontextualiserar seriens utveckling och historia, den charmiga korthistorien "Maskoten" och det korta experimentet "En som vill er väl", där Goscinny och Uderzo humoristiskt svarar på läsarkommentarer genom att visa potentiella tolkningar av Asterix genom andra serieskapare och konstnärers "filter".

Jag är givetvis den förste att erkänna att jag varit ett fan av serien sedan barndomen, men vill poängtera att jag aldrig trott att jag missat så mycket som läsningen i kronologisk ordning tillför. Den här inbundna samlingsserien är ett MÅSTE för alla Asterix-fans. Och om du inte redan är ett... bli det!

[Jamie Jonas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm re-reading this one again almost by accident--I wasn't aware that it had remained on my 'currently reading' list. And I'm glad for the double-back: This is new confirmation of the brilliance of these two creative Frenchmen, especially of Albert Uderzo's marvelous cornucopic background detail. As the inevitable wild action of an Asterix/Obelix adventure unfolds, the perceptive reader will see just how much attention Uderzo lavished on the fixtures and landscapes behind them.

Magnifique!!!

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[Eva · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5
Oh, Asterix in Spain has always been my favorite!

Note: I'm not sure when I finished this, but I realized I forgot to add it to my books! Which isn't fair to the other volumes...all so funny to read.

[Nakul Shenoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic Asterix & Obelix. What more need be said?

[James Miller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love all of Asterix and this one was a good'un. Asterix and the Cauldron stood out.