What's amazing is how fully formed everything is right from the first book. From my goodreads review: The first Asterix book is really quite remarkable, it de

What's amazing is how fully formed everything is right from the first book. From my goodreads review: The first Asterix book is really quite remarkable, it deserves 5 stars. So much of what I associate with Asterix is already fully formed and developed straight out of the gate including the humour, style, characters, situations and some of the funniest bits out of all the Asterix books. Memorable stuff like the strawberries and the hair-growing potion. Also be sure to check out the annotations: http://asterix.openscroll.org/books/asterix_the_gaul.html http://asterix.openscroll.org/books/asterix_the_gaul.html