Review: Asterix in Spain

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Asterix in Spain Asterix in Spain by René Goscinny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The campaigning Caeser has 'Veni, vidi, vici' d Spain, except for one small brave village which is resolved to stand and resist. Sounds familiar. Anyways, in order to make them compliant, he takes the Chieftain's son Pepe hostage. Then sends him off to Gaul for safekeeping. Little did he know, this would put him in path to meet with our lovable group of overpowered Gauls. Once they do, as if customary, chaos ensues.

The Spaniards are as stereotypically cliche as you would come to expect from Goscinny's writings.
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Pepe, the little chieftain boy is bratty and petulant, as brats of that age tend to be. A literal holy Terror. Also a bad influence of the not so gentle giant. I mean what sort of same person would ask an encore from the walking WMD that is Cacophanix! That guy could give Caesar a run for his money.
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Speaking of the Romans, they are in full form this chapter, showing to the world why they are the undisputed masters of warfare, and puns
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I'm not even going to touch whatever this is with a ten foot pole
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A good chapter, rating 4 out of 5, Ole!




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