Friday, February 15, 2008

Asterix!!!!

You remember Calvin and Hobbes? Well, that's just one of my favorite comics. This is another awesome comic. I like this one, mostly because it has absolutely hilarious characters.
First, the main character, Asterix, is a small, swift guy whose secret is that he gets his amazing strength from a magic potion that a druid makes for him every day. His best friend is Obelix.
Obelix is an obese guy with red pigtails. He always wears blue and white striped breeches. He makes and delivers menhirs, and you'll barely find him without his tiny dog who seems like a puppy, Dogmatix. Obelix is easily offended and concious about his weight. His constant strength is the result of falling in a cauldron of magic potion as a baby, which means that he can no longer have any when Asterix does. He despises this and is very jealous of Asterix. His favorite thing to do is beat up Roman soldiers who try to storm the village.
Dogmatix is a small dog who hates seeing trees cut down, is very fierce when it comes to biting, and is bad at following a scent.
Getafix is the druid who makes the magic potion. He constantly cuts his finger with a sickle that he uses to cut herbs. He was once captured by Romans, and forced to make a strength potion, which turned out to be a fast hair growth potion.
Cacofonix is a man in the village who loves to sing and play the lyre, although his singing is absolutely horribly bad. It even rains when he sings, it's so bad. At village banquets he is constantly being tied up and gagged so as to prevent him from singing.
Vitalstatistix is the village leader. He hates baths, is teased because of his big nose, and is always seen being carried on his shield whenever he's outside of his house.
Fulliautomatix is the village smith who is the main person responsible for keeping Cacofonix quiet. He gets in lots of fights with Unhygenix, the village fishmonger. The fight usually ends in a throw-the-stale-fish fight. Sometimes the rest of the village joins in.
Lastly, Unhygenix. He sells fish which Fulliautomatix claims are stale.
There are also several village wives who take a minor part in the comics. I highly suggest these for people who like historical parodies. The stories take many myths and put them into a comic. There are a lot of different ones, so you shouldn't get bored. Enjoy!

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