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Available
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Series
Collection
Publication
ASA (2015), 48 pages
Description
Asterix and the Missing Scroll is the brand new book featuring the further adventures of the ever-popular Asterix and Obelix.
User reviews
LibraryThing member jcbrunner
The new Asterix title was received well in the press. Personally, I found it very wanting. The original art is not very good and many panels are "quotes/tributes", clearly lifted from earlier titles. One of the joys of Asterix is that it was often true to historical facts about Rome. This one tries
In sum, it is not very good artistically; the plot is weak and without historical backup. Asterix and Obelix are only tangentially involved in the plot. Their part could be cut without changing the outcome at all - which is not a good sign regarding the competence of the author. Old school Asterix, this ain't! By Toutatis!
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to apply the current affair of Wikileaks into a Roman context which doesn't work as Ancient Rome did not have newspapers and whistleblowers. It did have tribunes, though. Ninety percent of the Romans could not read. Even if one accepts the story's premises, it seems to see the whistleblower/reporter's main motivation to be vanity instead of affecting and changing the political system.In sum, it is not very good artistically; the plot is weak and without historical backup. Asterix and Obelix are only tangentially involved in the plot. Their part could be cut without changing the outcome at all - which is not a good sign regarding the competence of the author. Old school Asterix, this ain't! By Toutatis!
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LibraryThing member gmicksmith
A comic which satirizes the successful Julius Caesar against Gaul.
LibraryThing member DeborahJade
I actually found this book a bit slow and tedious. It appears to be a more recent one with a copyright date of 2015. There weren't many really funny jokes in it.
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
2015
Physical description
48 p.; 8.98 inches
ISBN
9789892333298