Asterix

Jaime Jean M Free

Comics fan located south of the Rio Grande. Astérix, Spirou et Fantasio & Tintin are my favourite French-language strips, but I can't imagine a life without Calvin & Hobbes.

Recent Comments

  1. 2 days ago on Big Nate

    Kids are supposed to pick up languages quickly – but Artur’s English just keeps getting worse!

  2. 2 days ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    Today it’s 127 years since Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was first published.

  3. 14 days ago on Lio

    It doesn’t look like a Moebius strip to me. A Moebius strip is a one-sided, infinite loop. This is anything but. Also an infinite symbol is two-dimensional, while a Moebius strip is three-dimensional.

  4. 30 days ago on Peanuts

    Ironic. In a previous or later strip, Lucy throws the piano to the infamous kite-eating tree – and sure enough, the tree gobbles it up in no time.

  5. about 1 month ago on FoxTrot Classics

    Wall-E was still a few years away.

  6. about 1 month ago on Pickles

    One sign of graceful aging is going out in your pajamas or robe and not caring about what the neighbours or passers-by think. And you’d be surprised how little most people care about it. I’m talking from experience.

  7. about 1 month ago on Pearls Before Swine

    Haha! I was expecting a pun but never saw that one coming.

  8. about 1 month ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    That’s the idiocy of memorabilia. The fact that it was used by a long-dead celebrity multiplies its value manyfold. I struggle to find the logic in it.

  9. about 1 month ago on Strange Brew

    What’s your take on this, over 7 years on? Just curious.

  10. about 2 months ago on Lola

    There should be a law banning butt cleavage. Especially for senior citizens of either sex.