More Asterix comics

I'm continuing to read them in order. So, next up is Asterix and the Golden Sickle. This one starts out with Getafix breaking his golden sickle (which he uses to collect mistletoe) right before a druid's conference. Disaster! So Asterix and Obelix travel to Lutetia (present-day Paris, according to Wikipedia) to buy another one from Obelix's cousin, Metallurgix. There's some sickle-trafficking and shady business going on, but all comes well in the end, naturally. I enjoyed this one, although I still think they improve as the series goes on.

Asterix and the Goths is the third book in the series. Getafix heads to his druid's conference, accompanied by Asterix and Obelix for protection. They don't do a very good job, as Getafix is kidnapped by Goths planning to use his magic for their own means. Asterix and Obelix infiltrating the Gothic camp is extremely funny, as is the way in which Getafix plots to get them out of there. My favourite character in this is the poor prison guard who gets more and more furious the more times Obelix breaks down the door of the prison to ask for something. I think this has been my favourite of the first three volumes.