Asterix #1

This title page — rather than a traditional cover — presents the winged-helmeted Asterix mid-laugh and mid-gesture, rendered in Uderzo's warm, expressive linework, immediately signaling the good-humored spirit of the whole enterprise. Written by Goscinny, drawn and inked by Uderzo, and translated into English by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge for Brockhampton Press, this 1969 edition brings the irrepressible little Gaul to English-language readers with all the charm of the original intact. A delightful artifact of when the series first found its British audience, it remains a genuinely fun read.