Asterix and Obelix books

When my sister used to go to Brownies, which was held at a local library, we would hang around and peruse the stacks. This is where I was first introduced to some of the foreign graphic novels. This is where I first encountered Asterix & Obelix. They also had Tin Tin, and even Lucky Luke but you always had to be careful as some of the books were in French. 

Even back then, there were already a multitude of books in these series. The faux Roman and Gaul names really caught my fancy as did the antics of these two characters. 

 When I started working, one of the things I started buying was Asterix books. I did not get many though, due to availability and the quality of printing. The books from this era suffered from the same issue that the early Games Workshop books did – in that the glue that held the covers was noticeably lacking and would often separate. 

 Recently, while going through the books and magazine section in Walmart, I noticed three Asterix Omnibus collections. It seems Papercutz is reprinting the series in three-book collections. So I have been picking them up again. I have the first four already, and the fifth is coming out at the end of December. With volume 39 just being released in the regular series, I am about a third of the way there. 

 So far, my only complaint is that they name the Druid Panoramix as in the French versions, not Getafix as I am used to from earlier translations.