Those who know me will be surprised to find Tintin in joint position at number two instead of in the hotspot at number one. I’m a HUGE fan of Tintin and I’ve got the tattoos to prove it. But number two it is, and as with Asterix, I’ve chosen one book to represent the entire…
Tag: Asterix
My Top Five Favourite Comic Books: #2 (joint position) The Asterix Books by Goscinny and Uderzo
I started reading Asterix during my middle school years, and I well remember the scuffling and elbowing which regularly took place in the school library as everyone fought to grab at the titles on the Asterix shelf. My Aunty Clo and Uncle Jim bought me Asterix the Gaul, my first Asterix book, for Christmas in…
Asterix in translation: the genius of Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge
As promised in a previous blog entry, what follows is a discussion of the translation of some of my favourite Asterix gags. The translators’ modus operandi was to include as many jokes in the English translation as existed in the original French text, and on occasions, this task required a great deal of ingenuity on…
Norwich ahoy! or What I Did On My Holidays
Back now from a lovely three-day break in Norwich, where it was raining. I know it’s raining everywhere in the UK at the moment, but really, every time I go to Norwich it’s raining. Just saying. The reason behind the Norwich trip was a progress review meeting at UEA, and I was really chuffed to…
