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Asterix in Belgium (Asterix) | 
 enlarge | Author: Rene Goscinny
Creator: Albert Uderzo
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 234032
Media: Paperback
Edition: Export Ed
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 48
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.2
ISBN: 0752866508
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5944
EAN: 9780752866505
ASIN: 0752866508
Publication Date: April 28, 2005
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What a horror! Chief Vitalstatistix has learned that Caesar has called the Belgian tribes, and not the Gauls, the bravest he knows. Along with Asterix and Obelix, the chief goes to confront the Belgians--who, to his surprise, turn out to be very like the people in his own hometown.
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 FABULOUS !!! A must read, a must have !!! August 29, 2005
Marc Ebtinger
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Very high quality edition, that such a nice piece of litterature deserves. Delightfull, amazing, funny, lovely. We need more of this kind of humor !
Belgian Battles February 7, 2007
General Breadbasket (Melbourne, Australia)
Asterix #24 is "Asterix in Belgium". Rene Goscinny, who wrote the series up until this point, died while doing it. Albert Uderzo, Asterix's illustrator, wrote the storylines after this one.
Julius Caesar wants to continue expanding his empire, and is now trying Belgium. It's a tough fight, so tough that Caesar has said the Belgians are the bravest type of Gauls at all. Vitalstatistix, Asterix's chief, hears this back in Armorican Gaul, and tramps off to Belgium to challenge the Belgians. It had always been that Vitalstatistix's Gauls were the strongest! Getafix sends Asterix and Obelix to back him up, and in Belgium the two tribes battle the Romans, to see how many they can beat up. Rattled by Belgium's battles, Julius Caesar comes after the Gauls...
There's a lot of references to Belgian things, and though I got a couple (like Tintin's Thompson twins as Belgian villagers), many went over my head. Probably better if you know a bit about Belgium. Worth a look.
 Of course there's a cameo! April 13, 2007
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
Rene Gosciny, Asterix in Belgium (Dargaud, 1980)
Belgians? Tough? So said Caesar. ("Of all the Gauls, the Belgae are the bravest" can be found in De Bello Gallico.) Vitalstatistix finds out that Romans are actually relived to be being posted to the Roman camp of Aquarium, because the village of indomitable Gauls is nothing compared to the Belgian campaign. Needless to say, Vitalstatistix, along with Asterix and Obelix, has to go to Belgium and challenge the Belgian cheiftain to a Roman-bashing contest...
The most notable thing about Asterix in Belgium is that this is the last of the Asterix books upon which Goscinny worked (he suffered a fatal heart attack whilst working on the text for the book; Uderzo had already completed the drawings, leading to legal action from Dargaud to force Uderzo to complete the text). Uderzo takes over with somewhat surprising competence; readers shouldn't notice the transition. ***
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