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Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
Bit of a question here for the non-europeans lurking around. I was just thinking where my interest for fantasy came from and which led me to the comics I used to read as a kid. I know that I was fascinated with the roman empire back then which might have been the result of my voracious reading of the Asterix comics (had all of them). I'm wondering if these comics are popular outside of Europe as well. I've never seen these comics referenced in English discussions which makes me wonder if they managed to cross the ocean or not.
 
La Volpe

La Volpe

Mystagogue
Well, I read Asterix comics in both Afrikaans and English over here, but since you can get to Africa without crossing an ocean, it might not have crossed an ocean after all.
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
La Volpe said:
Well, I read Asterix comics in both Afrikaans and English over here, but since you can get to Africa without crossing an ocean, it might not have crossed an ocean after all.
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A pretty big sea and the length of about one and a half continents isn't too shabby either. Wouldn't have thought that south africa had Asterix as well, although it makes sense that if a good dutch translation can be made that a good afrikaanse translation can also be made.
 
La Volpe

La Volpe

Mystagogue
Did you guys have Tintin in the Netherlands? We had it in Afrikaans here, but it was called "Die Avonture van Kuifie" because of his hair, ha.
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
Yep, we call him kuifje. De avonturen van kuifje :)
Another thing I'm wondering. Is Donald Duck also ridiculously popular down in South Africa. When I was a kid almost half the kids were subscribed to the weekly Donald Duck magazine.
 
La Volpe

La Volpe

Mystagogue
Banten said:
Yep, we call him kuifje. De avonturen van kuifje :)
Another thing I'm wondering. Is Donald Duck also ridiculously popular down in South Africa. When I was a kid almost half the kids were subscribed to the weekly Donald Duck magazine.
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Not that I know of. I was pretty hooked on Darkwing Duck and Ducktales when I was a kid, though. Can't remember anything duck being popular enough to warrant a magazine though.

Michael K. Eidson said:
Asterix. Isn't that the little guy who looks like Popeye? I know I've seen the comic before, but it might have only been online.
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Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
Michael K. Eidson said:
^Yeah, does he look like Popeye to you? I think he does. A medieval Popeye.
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I think you mean that Popeye looks like Asterix :)
There's a bit of a reverse situation here when it comes to popeye. Honestly I can't tell you anything about popeye except the spinach thing. I'm not even sure if he's a comic book character or a tv-show character. The only reason I know of the guy is because of American pop-culture.
 
La Volpe

La Volpe

Mystagogue
On second look, they do seem to have a similar art style, I guess.

But Asterix (with potion) would kick Popeye's ass.
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
La Volpe said:
Not that I know of. I was pretty hooked on Darkwing Duck and Ducktales when I was a kid, though. Can't remember anything duck being popular enough to warrant a magazine though.
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Hmm I thought the love for Donald Duck might have been a language thing, but I guess not. Here in the Netherlands the character is popular enough to have weekly magazines in every grocery store, annual holiday books with puzzles and stories for both winter and summer and extra thick comics released roughly every month.

Dutch children seem to hate Mickey Mouse though. That guy gets no love.
 
Michael K. Eidson

Michael K. Eidson

Grandmaster
Banten said:
I think you mean that Popeye looks like Asterix :)
There's a bit of a reverse situation here when it comes to popeye. Honestly I can't tell you anything about popeye except the spinach thing. I'm not even sure if he's a comic book character or a tv-show character. The only reason I know of the guy is because of American pop-culture.
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Popeye has been around since at least 1929. He's had his own comic strip and tv show. Not sure about comic book, but I think that too. Asterix was created, according to Wikipedia, in 1959. So I think it fair to say that if either character looks like the other, Asterix looks like Popeye.

La Volpe said:
On second look, they do seem to have a similar art style, I guess.

But Asterix (with potion) would kick Popeye's ass.
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I guess that would depend on who wrote the mash-up. But I can't recall any time that Popeye was beaten once he'd eaten his spinach.
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
Michael K. Eidson said:
Popeye has been around since at least 1929. He's had his own comic strip and tv show. Not sure about comic book, but I think that too. Asterix was created, according to Wikipedia, in 1959. So I think it fair to say that if either character looks like the other, Asterix looks like Popeye.
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Don't apply your Popeye-supporting logic to my asterix-loving feelings. Asterix has been around since the Roman times, I know so because the comic book told me.

:cool: Checkmate
 
Banten

Banten

Shadow Lord
Michael K. Eidson said:
Sorry, you have to do better than that. Popeye was in ancient Greece for the first Olympic games in 776 BC, where he beat up Hercules.

Popeye Meets Hercules | Popeye the Sailorpedia | Fandom powered by Wikia
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Oooh, that's some very good research you did there. I suppose you got me there.

But as your signature says: "The truth doesn't matter. What people believe matters." and I believe that Asterix is an immortal being of divine Gaulishness predating anything even tangentially related to Popeye.



:rolleyes: where did I put those sunglasses again?

Nevermind, found them :cool:
 
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