tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456818260601216123.post6625015526633337959..comments2013-11-17T17:17:39.923+00:00Comments on Pointless Philosophical Asides: Fungus the BogeymanPatrick Hudsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483247439912550014noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456818260601216123.post-36348710204325233562010-04-27T12:52:24.158+01:002010-04-27T12:52:24.158+01:00It is absolutely thick with visual and linguistic ...It is absolutely thick with visual and linguistic puns. Kids really love that kind of fiddly detail, like the Where's Wally books. I remember when I was a kid, one of my favourite bits in Asterix books was the feast at end and spotting what all the characters were up to.<br /><br />Plus, of course, Asterix combined witty scripts (or translations thereof) with great illustration. It's rare to find this characteristic ion one creator.Patrick Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483247439912550014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7456818260601216123.post-83707063045358870842010-04-27T11:00:34.787+01:002010-04-27T11:00:34.787+01:00Fungus has some good Latin jokes in it.
There'...Fungus has some good Latin jokes in it. <br />There's some business about thrushes (the genus Turdus, y'see) that I forget, but the main one I do remember was the soft drink Cloaca-Cola.TMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380944119153438285noreply@blogger.com