Asterix and the Magic Carpet

There is nothing like some pure escapism and Asterix always delivers. Perhaps not the strongest book in the series but still it's good to go back to a familiar landscape.

Art is great as usual but story seems rather rushed, not like in case of other tales. I would give it 3.5 stars.
Nevertheless for a fan of Asterix it was a great treat indeed.

The boy's on a graphic novel kick again. This was on the shelves at the library yesterday so we picked it up . . . great wordplay but hard to get around the dated and decidedly xenophobic depictions of other cultures.

Asterix and the Magic Carpet, by Goscinny and Uderzo

[skipping preliminaries as most people know the characters]
In this adventure, the great Fakir Watziznehm has come to Gaul seeking Cacofonix. India is in a serious drought. Hoodunnit wants control of the kingdom, and has arranged for Orinjade to be executed if it doesn't rain within 1001 hours. So Asterix and Obelix escort Cacofonix to India...

Five out of ten. CBR format. Cacofonix is a terrible bard but he does seem to influence the weather. Rain is needed in a far Eastern Kingdom, can Cacofonix help?

ASTERIX ET OBELIX

Con Goscinny murió también Astérix. Sin sus guiones, la calidad ha bajado muchísimo. Uderzo es un gran dibujante, sin duda, pero no un buen guionista. Lo que demuestra esta situación es la interdependencia de texto e imagen en un cómic: si uno de los dos falla, la obra en conjunto pierde calidad. Si Astérix hubiera sido desde el principio como es hoy en día, sin duda no tendría el prestigio ni la fama que todavía tiene.