What are the puns in the names of characters from Asterix?

Love this series. I'll use the English translation and reference the original French liberally, and only cover the main Gaulish characters. read more

Love this series. I'll use the English translation and reference the original French liberally, and only cover the main Gaulish characters. Asterix - The main protagonist, in French, asterisque means asterisk (i.e. *) which is from the Greek aster for 'star'. The star of the series, aptly named. read more

I really like Asterix and Obelix comics. Not only are the stories funny, if you take a look at the characters and their names you can get a good laugh, whether they are in French, English or Spanish. Most of the names in the English version are puns. read more