Asterix and Donald Duck

[mindstalk]

Hub Comics in Union Square is like a Lost World of comics. Old EC comics collections, non-standard manga I've never heard of (largely Osamu Tezuka titles), Donald Duck collections, giant art books... it's also where I bought Aya, though I didn't see those this time around. What I did buy was the second Asterix collection (3 books for the price of

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[harimad]

I think the Asterix translations are practically brilliant. They translators chose to translate directly when possible, and when that's not possible, use highly appropriate cultural equivalents. Asterix's name is a pun and a direct translation, Getafix's name is a pun that is not a direct translation but is the English-language equivalent of the French name.

Do you or have you read Asterix and Cleopatra? It's the best of the series. If you're "meh" about that one, then Asterix definitely isn't for you.

[mindstalk]

I think I did years and years ago, no real memory. I'll look around or check the library.

[mindstalk]

That'd be cool, thanks! Uh, guess I'll PM an email and phone.