Fantastix
Mom and Dad are with us and yes, that means we got a lot of goodies.
Axe's Asterix post brought back those memories : I would be reading these comics in a corner, laughing to myself and people around me would be unable to understand what those books could possibly have to trigger these reactions. The last time I read a bunch of Asterix was when I was at Dixie's place. So I asked Dad to get me some Asterix.
With the three books that he brought, I have started to collect them once again. BTW, the shop where he got it from had to dig deep to find them as they are not in demand nowadays (thanks to ZEE/Sony/Playstations I guess). That shop had only 3 of them and since my dad knows the owner, he got a discount. How much you ask.. well he paid INR225 for 3 of them.. that is right!! 3 Asterix for $5. WHEEEEE!!
My nephew (7 year old) wanted Tintin DVDs and I got copies for myself too. About Tintin books, I have all of those 3 in 1 sets of Tintin + lake of sharks and I am pretty content with my Tintin collection. The whole collection is still safe in India though, I don't even trust myself with it. Someday I will try for the ones that were never published in English and transfer or duplicate all the English books here too.
When I get home, I will upload the pictures of Asterix cover pages.
Axe's Asterix post brought back those memories : I would be reading these comics in a corner, laughing to myself and people around me would be unable to understand what those books could possibly have to trigger these reactions. The last time I read a bunch of Asterix was when I was at Dixie's place. So I asked Dad to get me some Asterix.
With the three books that he brought, I have started to collect them once again. BTW, the shop where he got it from had to dig deep to find them as they are not in demand nowadays (thanks to ZEE/Sony/Playstations I guess). That shop had only 3 of them and since my dad knows the owner, he got a discount. How much you ask.. well he paid INR225 for 3 of them.. that is right!! 3 Asterix for $5. WHEEEEE!!
My nephew (7 year old) wanted Tintin DVDs and I got copies for myself too. About Tintin books, I have all of those 3 in 1 sets of Tintin + lake of sharks and I am pretty content with my Tintin collection. The whole collection is still safe in India though, I don't even trust myself with it. Someday I will try for the ones that were never published in English and transfer or duplicate all the English books here too.
When I get home, I will upload the pictures of Asterix cover pages.
posted by Nikhil at 9:55 AM
2 Comments:
Ah! Good to know you are starting your collection again. BTW, do you have "Tintin in Congo" and "Tintin in Russia" ?
For the second one, do you mean "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets"?
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