What's the Best ASTERIX Adventure? (Personal Top 6 Livestream!)

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  • @jeemutbbahanroy
    @jeemutbbahanroy 3 роки тому +12

    The pirates are a parody version from another popular Franco Belgian BD called Barbe Rouge. Goscinny and Uderzo were colleagues with the creators of that series at Pilote and the parody version of Barbe Rouge in Asterix stories was something of an in house joke poking fun at their ex colleagues.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +3

      haha I love that. I discovered this only recently thanks to Earl Grey's video on Victor Hubinon ua-cam.com/video/E2Iei8fiNKQ/v-deo.html (once again showing me editions of comics not available in English!) 😁:

    • @Grim2
      @Grim2 3 роки тому +1

      @@ftloc No English translation of that one?! Well that's a shame. Considering how much people in English speaking countries love complex characterizations - it would've performed tremendously well.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +2

      @@Grim2 Yes, I've seen some Buck Danny volumes in English but no Barbe Rouge yet 😥

  • @DrumondArt
    @DrumondArt 3 роки тому +7

    One of my all-time favorite book series. I learn to read with it!
    One of my prized possessions is a big Asterix and Obelix silk screen print hand signed and numbered by Uderzo.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +3

      Wow, that sounds lovely! And for me too the contribution of Asterix (and Tintin) was significant in developing my reading!

  • @DanielPineau
    @DanielPineau 4 місяці тому

    I completely forgot how much I enjoyed "And the Roman Agent" - you're absolutely right! Glad to see Switzerland made the honorable mentions too.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  4 місяці тому

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @kouroshakef6428
    @kouroshakef6428 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you very much for this lovely and detailed analysis of great Asterix adventures. I have really learned a lot. I should say I hadn't look at these adventure from this angle. You are very knowledgeable and you have a great critical view as well as a lovely taste 😊

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  2 роки тому

      You're too kind; thank you!

  • @johnlaz7650
    @johnlaz7650 3 роки тому +4

    Very good choices.
    Most of them are also in my top6.
    Maybe I would put "Asterix in Corsica" in place of "Asterix in Britain".
    Try to read Lucky Luke. It's my favourite comic series.
    I don't know what's happening around the world, but here in my country (Greece) is very popular.
    Almost as popular as Asterix. And it's written by the same author, the great Rene Goscinny.
    At least the old albums.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks! And yes, Corsica was close...especially thanks to those 'To see you fills my heart with joy' deadpan exchanges! I've read about 20 Lucky Luke adventures and am always on the lookout to get more. However, because I only started reading them as an adult and not over and over again as a child, I don't have them half-memorized the way I do Tintin and Asterix! 😁

    • @johnlaz7650
      @johnlaz7650 3 роки тому +2

      @@ftloc I've seen in another of your videos that you have some Lucky Luke albums, but not the good ones.
      The "golden era" of the series was when Goscinny was writing the scripts.
      Read the good stories (such as "Billy the Kid", "Calamity Jane", "Ma Dalton", "The Rivals of Painful Gulch", "The Tenderfoot" etc.) and you'll see that they have very good quality.

  • @MazeCuber
    @MazeCuber 3 роки тому +2

    I love Asterix. i grew up with the movies and I knew that comics exitsted but never really gave it a thought. But around a month ago, i got intrest in wacthing the movies again and because of youtube i came across you video about the comics. And now i'm collecting all the Asterix Omnibus Albums.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +2

      What great fun! How are you liking the comics so far?

    • @MazeCuber
      @MazeCuber 3 роки тому +2

      @@ftloc I really like them but because of nostalgia my heart will always love the movies more but it’s nice to read the source material for what would become the movies like The mansion of the god and Asterix in Britain and Asterix and the normans

  • @athenassigil5820
    @athenassigil5820 3 роки тому +1

    I started reading these way back in the 70s! It got me interested in my ancestors the Celtic people of ancient Gaul and Briton. As I got older I managed to find a few of the older copies in the 80s and 90s, I also have a hard cover that collects 6 of the books in one, from the same era. In the early 90s I managed to purchase 2 plastic figures of Asterix and Obelix and I've seen a few of the cartoon films and the live action ones. These books are amongst my favorites of all time. As for when people get mad, pay no heed.....it's our North American culture of rude know it all's who get easily offended...no matter their political beliefs....and you're awesome! I love your more introspective points and I've learned so much more from your takes on this amazing medium we call comic book, comics, talking illustrations or Funnies/ Funny Papers....Cheers!

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +2

      Thank you so very much, as always, for your kind words. I agree, thee's nothing quite like Asterix and I feel I will treasure the original series at least as long as I live! 😁

  • @thomaskummer9968
    @thomaskummer9968 Місяць тому

    I recommand the new adventures, they are not as bad as some say. There are some really good ones!
    I hope you gave them a chance!

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Місяць тому

      I did not care for the first couple after Uderzo - which one would you recommend I start with?

    • @thomaskummer9968
      @thomaskummer9968 Місяць тому

      ​​@@ftloc
      I liked ,Asterix and the messing scroll' from 2015 well and I also had fun with the latest one so far ,The white Iris'
      Of course the original albums from Goscinny and Uderzo are better, but it is worth checking them out 👍
      Greatings from Nürnberg 🙋

  • @trockijakovetic36
    @trockijakovetic36 3 роки тому +1

    Asterix and son, Shootsayer, Roman agent, Cesars gift, Olimpic games, Corsica. My top 6 Asterix.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      A very interesting list! Both _Caesar's Gift_ and _Corsica_ were in the running for my list as well, but unfortunately I did not enjoy _Asterix and Son_ as much. But there's no denying the genius of the _Roman Agent_ ! 😁

    • @trockijakovetic36
      @trockijakovetic36 3 роки тому +1

      @@ftloc For me you can not go wrong with any of first 27 albums to put in top 6 places. Unfortunately with Asterix and the Magic Carpet an unstoppable decline begins, so often as a huge Asterix fan I wonder if it would be better for Asterix to end edition. After every new album it feels like cash grab. Uderzo was hart and Goscinny was soul of Asterix, after Goscinny death Uderzo managed to keep a few albums at the level but even he couldn’t do without Goscinny and today’s screenwriters just don’t have that something special.

  • @gravitydragon1904
    @gravitydragon1904 3 роки тому +2

    My favorites gotta be Asterix in Britain. Epic through and through.
    My least favorite is probably Asterix in Belgium since it didn't really have a story

    • @gravitydragon1904
      @gravitydragon1904 3 роки тому +1

      But I recently bought the box set so will be rereading them soon

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      _Britain_ is so very good! _Belgium_ doesn't have much of a story, it's true, but the food...
      I'd be interested to know if you have any new opinions upon your re-read! Enjoy!

    • @gravitydragon1904
      @gravitydragon1904 3 роки тому +1

      @@ftloc I enjoyed all the Asterix except for 3. My top 3 are Britain, Obelix & Co. and Cleopatra

  • @danimohan2856
    @danimohan2856 3 роки тому +1

    My favorite is Asterix and the Banquet. BTW, bought my first Usagi yojimbo comic (Limited edition vol 5). Hopefully, I'm gonna enjoy it. :D

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Good choice, on both the _Banquet_ and Usagi! I am pretty sure you will enjoy it but let me know what you thought of the volume once you're done!

  • @virus2003
    @virus2003 3 роки тому +2

    I'm an "uncultured American", and I don't think I would have even recognized Asterix as a character before your last video. But I enjoyed every second of this and will rent some Asterix from my library to see if it clicks with this adult with a healthy inner child.
    (Side bar: do you two think the Sharing the Sandman series will pick up again? Comically, I *still* haven't caught up with you, but I was looking forward to finally reading through it with the added incentive of joining you on your journey.)

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +3

      Ah a public library stocked with comics, is there a better thing? I hope you find plenty to enjoy in this series. See if you can find the older translations/ editions over the new Papercutz editions, just to align with the particular translations I am talking about here.
      As for Sharing the Sandman, of course it's going to continue, we're just waiting for you to catch up so you watch the next video as soon as we upload it! 😁

    • @virus2003
      @virus2003 3 роки тому +3

      @@ftloc Not to make you jealous... but my library has 66 Asterix books! I'm overwhelmed. I picked a few with 2001-2004 publish dates, and a few with 2020-2021 dates.
      And thank you for your courteous patience re: Sandman. ;)

    • @virus2003
      @virus2003 3 роки тому +1

      @Anna Johansson Wow! That's almost double Tintin's sales! (200 million) I'm really blown away. And I can't wait to give it a try. It's a rare experience to find something so beloved that you have no experience with. Like finding the Beatles as an adult, or something.

  • @drugartwall
    @drugartwall 3 роки тому +2

    If you love Franco Belgian comics like Asterix and Tintin i suggest you also Gil Jourdan i think you love it... :)

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +2

      Oh yes! If you look over my left shoulder in the Mister Miracle/Plastic Man video, you will see a copy of _Ten Thousand Years in Hell_ 😁
      On the lookout for more!

  • @nallenthepuh
    @nallenthepuh 2 роки тому +1

    SPOILER:
    Im suprised to not see Obelix and CO on the list. But a great list!

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  2 роки тому +1

      I should revisit Obelix and Co! I really enjoyed it, but i felt its place here was taken by books like Roman Agent and Mansions of the Gods, due to that 'corrupting factor' theme. But if I add it , which book here would i replace? 😁

    • @nallenthepuh
      @nallenthepuh Рік тому

      @@ftloc @For the Love of Comics Oh thats an insanly hard one... had to think about it for a long time but proobly The Roman Agent... but its also veery good. They tacle corruption in very diffrent ways. But everything about NFTs and crypto... it hitted hard.

  • @pratyayghosh1717
    @pratyayghosh1717 3 роки тому +1

    Gutted I missed the livestream but another great one. 2021 is the year of Asterix so far on FTLOC 😂
    My personal favourite is Asterix and the Golden Sickle, probably because of nostalgia haha.
    As for the PapercutZ editions, saw a preview but didn't like what I saw. They're Americanizing some of the translations which could take away from the charm.
    EDIT: I was exactly the same as you with the comics making me hungry. Waited to try roast pork and yeah, it was worth the wait. Roast pork is great 😂

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Hey we missed you on the stream - and it was Asterix! Ah well, next time for sure.
      I could not agree with you more on roast pork.
      Re: the PapercutzI I'm worriedly looking forward to the new Asterix edition I have ordered. Their Smurfs editions are pretty decent, but I don't have anything to compare them to, unlike Asterix. But Bookswagon so, you know, 18-20 days and all that.

    • @pratyayghosh1717
      @pratyayghosh1717 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc it was on at the same time as I was tearing my hair out watching Manchester United draw😂

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      @@pratyayghosh1717 What I don't know about football is only exceeded by what I don't know about cricket.

    • @pratyayghosh1717
      @pratyayghosh1717 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc 😂😂😂😂

  • @arkasrkfan007
    @arkasrkfan007 3 роки тому

    Hello, there! It's amazing to see that you have liked Mansions Of The Gods the most among so many great Asterix albums. Care to talk about more in detail? I would be more than happy to throw in some of my observations regarding that story. Also, though Obelix and Co. is my most favourite of the Asterix adventures, here are my five honorable mentions:
    1) Mansions Of The Gods
    2) Asterix and The Roman Agent
    3) Asterix and The Soothsayer
    4) Asterix in Switzerland
    5) Asterix and The Goths ( This one I had to include for some childhood nostalgia as this was my first encounter with Asterix).

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      A very solid list - you have some great taste 😝
      With both Asterix and Tintin, it is so interesting to see how most people will feature their first encounter in their all-time Top 5. Nostalgia, especially for gateways into a whole new world, is a powerful thing indeed.
      I ramble in this episode on all the things I feel make Asterix great, and the Mansions of the Gods, to me, is a perfect representation of almost all of them. They don't leave the village/ Gaul but we get a comedy that is both sophisticated and slapstick in equal measure, some great commentary about civilization and gentrification, economics and aspirations, there's the environmental message which also has a bittersweet feeling to it given our current world. There are just so many reasons that the Mansions of the Gods comes across, to me at least, as the most polished, ambitious and perfectly put together story of this world! 😁

    • @arkasrkfan007
      @arkasrkfan007 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc Another curious thing I noticed on the fifth or seventh page of the album where the Belgian slaves are found singing Belgians shall never be slaves. Which is a lampoon of the British Royal Navy anthem Britannia Rule the Waves. And even more amusing, the Belgian slaves are let off for the night.😂😂😂

  • @fabianaaronjararivas951
    @fabianaaronjararivas951 3 роки тому

    Thank for this video :) . Have you seen any work by Osamu Tezuka ?

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      Thank you - so glad you liked the video. As for Tezuka, I've read a few scattered volumes but not as much as I would have liked to. His books (other than Buddha) seem very hard to get one's hands on for some reason, especially Phoenix, which I hear great things about but have never been able to find in affordable formats. What would you recommend I try and find?

  • @nallenthepuh
    @nallenthepuh Рік тому +1

    You should do a follow up with the worst Asterix ;)

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Рік тому

      Haha not really my thing, criticizing things is too easy 😁

    • @nallenthepuh
      @nallenthepuh Рік тому

      @@ftloc Doing it in a good way is hard.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Рік тому

      @@nallenthepuh you're right! Don't know if I'm good enough to do it then? Any recommendations of folks i can read/watch who do it well in your opinion?

    • @nallenthepuh
      @nallenthepuh Рік тому

      @@ftloc Theres this really great youtube channel For The Love Of Comics that makes great reviews you should watch ;)
      And yes i do beleive you can do it in a way thats not swearing and being negative for the sake of it. You got the passion for it.
      Linkara would be an obvious answear when it comes to comics but he does mostly american stuff and in a very comedic way.

  • @kennyparker5847
    @kennyparker5847 3 роки тому +3

    R u ever planning to write a comic your self? I would be interested to read it🙂

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +3

      Haha that's very flattering, thank you! Perhaps one day, with the right inspiration, dedication and - most importantly - the right collaborators! 😁

    • @davidmacpherson770
      @davidmacpherson770 3 роки тому +5

      @@ftloc actually, I would love to read a book you from about comics. Just saying. I love reading about comics almost as much as I love reading the comics themselves.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +4

      That's probably more likely, but in many ways, I think about this whole channel as my book on comics! 😁 It's not a scholarly book - maybe a journal?

    • @virus2003
      @virus2003 3 роки тому +2

      @@ftloc Maybe you can pioneer a "stick figure" art revolution in the comics medium.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      @@virus2003 great call. I'll name it the Order of the Stick...oh, wait...

  • @gameblor
    @gameblor 3 роки тому +3

    The Mansions of the Gods is also my favourite. Always was; this guy knows his Asterix adventures.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      😁 Cheers!

  • @Grim2
    @Grim2 3 роки тому

    If you do check out Asterix animated movies - be sure you watch UK dub of "The Big Fight" (starring Brian Blessed) and not the HORRID US dub.

    • @Grim2
      @Grim2 3 роки тому

      Oh, and avoid Asterix conquers America. It's a very loose adaptation of the Great Crossing and worst of all... the movie was handled by GERMANS of all people. It's so bad that it ended the animated franchise for yeeeeeeaaaaars to come.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the tip - I'll see if I can find that UK dub you speak of.

  • @eduardocarvalho861
    @eduardocarvalho861 3 роки тому

    I know I'm already late for this conversation, but I will leave my faves:
    - Asterix and the Normans
    - Asterix and the Roman Agent
    - The Mansions of the Gods
    - Obelix and Co.
    - Asterix in Belgium
    And one honourable mention:
    - Asterix and the Great Divide.
    Asterix and Tintin, are the 1st comic albuns that I've read, and until the late 80's, Asterix adventures were on my radar. Unfortunately, the quality of later scripts, albeit Uderzo drawings, left much to be desired. At least, I'll will cherish my youthful years and multiple readings.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Solid list! And yes, no matter what comes later, what is excellent before that remains excellent! _Obelix and Co._ is a book I really enjoyed as well and I had to do several mental gymnastics to not include it in my list...

    • @eduardocarvalho861
      @eduardocarvalho861 3 роки тому

      ​@@ftloc For sure there is so much we could say about the bulk of Asterix aventures, and for the most part, they are great. Your list is also pretty good!!! The Mansions of the Gods has another special significance for me - it's the only adventure were my forefathers are represented - the lusitanians. By the way, I wonder why they called the album Asterix in Spain and not Hispania?

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      @@eduardocarvalho861 Mansions of the Gods is the first time I ever encountered 'Lusitania' 😁! And yes, it's weird that some some of these titles (at least in English) are anachronistic and others are not. As another viewer pointed out in the chat Switzerland should have been Helvetia, just as it is in the book.

    • @needfoolthings
      @needfoolthings 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc Anachronism simply sells better. And I think ALL the titles were anachronistic when it comes to peoples and regions because the adventures can be seen as chronicles, titled by the author/observer/omniscient narrator.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      @@needfoolthings That's an excellent interpretation of them being chronicles being titled later, even though what's inside may be seen as 'of the time' (but also riddled with wonderful anachronisms). I'm going to borrow and use this 'contemporary chronicle titler' whenever this topic comes up again ! 😁

  • @archivesofarda986
    @archivesofarda986 3 роки тому +1

    Asterix in Switzerland
    Asterix and the Normans
    Asterix in Corsica
    Asterix in Spain
    Asterix and the Cauldron
    Asterix in Britain

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      Solid list! I think Corsica is really underrated, in particular. It's very polished and very funny. And Boneywasawarriorwayix is my favourite name! 😁

    • @archivesofarda986
      @archivesofarda986 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc Ha thank you :) Corsica is super funny. The folding knives and the stares that can give you an actual headache lol
      I think Switzerland is very underrated. "First we melt the cheese. Then we sing. Then we pick flowers!" I will say the German translation is a little funnier.
      In Tintin its usually other way around. The Cauldron probably doesnt deserve to be on that list but it was my first, I would swap it for In Belgium cause we get a Thompson's cameo and lots of food

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Almost everyone I know puts Switzerland in their Top 5! It's excellent!

  • @thomaskummer9968
    @thomaskummer9968 Місяць тому

    I know that Uderzo was colorblind and his wife coloriued his drawings 🙂
    Tour de France is the best 👍

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Місяць тому

      Wow, I did not know he was colour-blind! Thank you for that!

  • @mehernoshtarapore8902
    @mehernoshtarapore8902 3 роки тому

    Asterix and the laurel wreath is the best for me

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      Interesting choice! What's your favourite bit of that?

  • @Socrates...
    @Socrates... 2 роки тому

    Asterix and the soothsayer; Asterix and the Roman agent

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  2 роки тому +1

      I see, like me, you like the 'strangers come to the village' stories!

  • @amrit9037
    @amrit9037 3 роки тому

    thanks for another awesome stream! have you read recent Hindi translations?

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!
      And no, I have not! Are they good? My Hindi reading is slow but I'd love to try some out if they're decently done!

    • @pareekatti
      @pareekatti 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc Same, i literally need to read letter by letter

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      Maybe reading Asterix in Hindi is the way to speed that up! 😁

  • @avaranabraham8507
    @avaranabraham8507 3 роки тому

    I loved the asterix animated movies

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      I've never seen a single one Which is the best, in your opinion?

    • @avaranabraham8507
      @avaranabraham8507 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc twelve tasks of asterix asterix and cleopatra and the latest one Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion

    • @avaranabraham8507
      @avaranabraham8507 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/asBo3JUWwDU/v-deo.html

  • @dr.gamonomics2393
    @dr.gamonomics2393 Рік тому

    For me obelix and co is the most unique asterix story

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Рік тому +2

      Solid picks! I need to revisit that, but I love those 'folks coming from outside and disbalancing the village equilibrium' which I think Caesars Gift, Mansions, the Soothsayer, and a couple more do so well.

    • @dr.gamonomics2393
      @dr.gamonomics2393 Рік тому

      @@ftloc yes.. I love those too.. Thanks to you I have a full collection of asterix books at a cheaper price.. I bought those omnibuses of asterix you reviewed

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  Рік тому +1

      @@dr.gamonomics2393 yay! So glad to hear that!

  • @jeemutbbahanroy
    @jeemutbbahanroy 3 роки тому +2

    You might need to increase the volume during your LIVE sessions.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +3

      Actually, I need better microphone technique. Proximity without plosives is the new goal!
      If I used a condenser mic, ilke I do in my regular videos, I wouldn't have this issue. But I shoot those late at night when there's no noise around me.
      During the live videos I use a dynamic mic to reject environmental noise, but I need to learn how to speak into it and position it better.

  • @jeemutbbahanroy
    @jeemutbbahanroy 3 роки тому

    Roman debauchery and orgies and politics? Read the Murena series.

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому +1

      But does it have cheese fondue?

  • @akramobada
    @akramobada 3 роки тому +2

    can I talk to u , I need ur help please , sent u a message on Instagram

    • @ftloc
      @ftloc  3 роки тому

      Sure, email me at ftlocomics@gmail.com!

    • @akramobada
      @akramobada 3 роки тому

      @@ftloc i do sent