Asterix and the Falling Sky: Album #33 (The Adventures of Asterix)

Asterix rocks! Always loved it as a kid. Despite the cover crediting Goscinny for honorary purposes, this whole book was written by Uderzo (since Goscinny died). The stories were better and definitely alot funnier when Goscinny who did the text for all the previous Asterix books was still alive, but Uderzo still didn't do too bad a job with the story in his place despite the fact that he was more the illustrative genius, rather than the writer. Which person had which talent clearly does show, so don't expect this book to be quite the same caliber as all the other ones, but it does still come close, and Uderzo's comical drawing style still makes it wonderfully enjoyable, and I still loved reading this one all the same. I'd say this is more of a 4.5 out of 5, if I had to compare it to the usual caliber of all previous Asterix books, but I'm not going to knock off a whole star for it. I'd say that it's still well worth having for any Asterix fan.

I do not understand why some people did not like this one... I found it exceedingly entertaining, funny and up to the very same standards of excellence in all way as the previous volumes.

i am an asterix fan. i collect all the books, preferably in harcover. this one is as good as the rest. i wish the series didnt end...

Spaceships, super clones, a nice tellytubby looking space alien and a bad grasshopper looking space alien, and above all a mediocre story line. What is next? Asterix and Obelix travel in time to New York, or Roman Soldiers in Space? This was not a typical Asterix. Old Asterix lovers like me and the previous reviewers will not enjoy this one. People new to Asterix and Obelix should not buy it either, since this is not what Asterix is about.On the other hand, I asked my nine year old what he thought of it. He liked the fact that Uderzo introduced some space ships and aliens into the story. He thought it was "different, and creative". He liked it as much as he liked all the other ones. He has already read it several times.Thinking about it, he actually has a point. Children see it differently, many of them like this stuff. Monsters, science fiction, fighting clones, if you were nine years old maybe you would like it too. So to give the new generation a voice I gave it three stars. In the end I don't regret buying it.

Glad you had this in stock and always a big fan of Asterix & obelix in there adventures in life. just story read and view.

I'm happy this book appeared today and loved it, thank you!

Thank you. Been a fan for a very long time.

Rene Goscinny was the storyteller for the original Asterix series, while Albert Uderzo was the illustrator. Since Goscinny's demise, Uderzo has taken on both the tasks himself. Unfortunately, Uderzo's storytelling leaves much to be desired. The result is that in the latest installments of Asterix' adventures, including "Asterix and the Falling Sky", the illustrations are as good as they used to be, but the actual story has suffered heavily. The plots are nowhere close to what Goscinny could conjure up; most missed is the subtle, sly humor that made Asterix so enjoyable to me and my friends growing up.Nevertheless, this is still Asterix, and I almost enjoyed reading the Falling Sky. It is actually better, in my opinion, than "Asterix and the Secret Weapon" - another all-Uderzo affair. Normally I would have given it 3 or 4 stars.However, I was dismayed by what I figured out to be thinly-veiled disparagement of certain ethnicities in the Falling Sky adventure. The bad alien in here has the complexion and facial features very similar to people from some Oriental ethnicities, and there is dialogue about how they are jealous of the good aliens (represented by popular Disney characters, with a name that is an anagram of "Walt Disney" .. you figure out which society is being referred to here), and how the bad aliens try to steal the ideas and technologies of the good aliens.Normally I don't read too much into such things, but taken together, this is impossible to ignore or wave off as mere coincidence (I am still hoping that I am wrong here). Racial/ethnic stereotyping is never acceptable, but when it creeps into an adventure of a much-beloved comic hero, especially when the adventure is written in the 21st century, it is simply reprehensible. I am deeply disappointed, and forced to give it a single star.

Not as great a story as the Goscinny and Uderzo ones but still good to see these adventures are being continued.

Toll

We loved it as kids and now our child loves it too... easiest way to get kids to read from a book instead of on screen.

Nice comics in every language.

Love Asterix books always have and this one is fantastic. So well put together. Asterix will go on and on.