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Asterix and the Cauldron (Asterix (Orion Hardcover))

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If you love reading about Asterix and Obelix, then you'll really want to own this one! In it, the two intrepid Gauls need to raise a cauldron full of money after a theft threatens the honor of their village. It's clear that these two lack any kind of business sense, and the druid's magic potion can only do so much in the area of fund-raising! This is a great addition to your Asterix collection!

Goscinny and Uderzo outdo themselves in this book, confidently weaving roman history and their story together to form an unbelievably funny parody of ancient Rome. This story sends Asterix and Obelix on a quest to fill their cauldron with sesterii (roman money)...and it's long before the duo realize that earning cash isn't as easy as bashing Romans. One read certainly is not enough for this book; as always with Asterix comics, many of the funniest historical gags are in the sidelines and the little details of each frame. The authors' shameless, tongue-in-cheek humor is priceless...

The whole series is wonderful. I have read them for 30+ years and have even cought my 18 month old starting to read them.

One of the most charming Asterix books, first published in French as Astérix et le chaudron in 1969, it was first published in English in 1976.
The rather sinister Whosemoralsarelastix asks the Gauls of the little village we know so well to guard a cauldron filled with sestertii, which he wants to hide from the Roman tax collector, and Chief Vitalstatistix asks his most trustworthy warrior Asterix to look after it.
Unfortunately the cauldron disappears from under Asterix's nose, the very night he is guarding it.
As Asterix has failed in his task of guarding the cauldron, he is banished from the village until he can repay the debt. He is joined by Obelix, in a quest to fill the cauldron. All sorts of ingenious ways to fill the cauldron end in failure until an entirely unexpected event takes place...
In the process Asterix and Obelix discover that they are not cut out to be businessmen, that people often do not make good on their promises and get to explore chariot racing and the new Avante Guard theatre under the directorship of Laurensolivius (remember this was written in 1969).

Rene Goscinny, Asterix and the Cauldron (Dargaud, 1969)

Our favorite Gaulish village has a visitor at the opening of Asterix and the Cauldron, who's carrying a cauldronfull of sestertii he wants our heroes to hide for him in order to avoid the Roman tax collector. Next morning, the money's gone, and Asterix and Obelix spend the bulk of the tale finding amusing ways to try and repay it. While the Asterix books have always been funny in a sort of slight-chuckling way, this is the first one that's actually caused me to laugh aloud while reading it. Probably my favorite of the early Asterix tales. *** ½