ReaditDaddy's Comic / Graphic Novel of the Week - Week Ending 1st November 2019: "Asterix and the Chieftan's Daughter" by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad (Orion Children's Books)

With the most exquisite alignment of the planets, and timing that is quite breathtaking, the 38th Asterix book, "Asterix and the Chieftan's Daughter" by Jean Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad steams its way into our Comic / Graphic Novel of the Week slot with absolute buttery smoothness.

I mean, we would have probably made this a book of the week regardless. Both of us love Asterix and Obelix, I grew up with the plucky Gaul and his super-strong sidekick but with the new team of Ferri and Conrad, the new books are finding a hugely appreciative audience with C, who loves them just as much (perhaps even more) than I did.

So what's in store for our gallant Gaulish heroes with this 38th book? A subject very close to home at the moment. What happens when you're living a fairly peaceful life (aside from the odd spot of Roman bashing) in your village - but soon have that peace and quiet disrupted by a new arrival?

The daughter of the famous Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix is being hunted down by the Romans. She is Adrenalin (no really, that's her name) and like her biological namesake she's a heck of a force to be reckoned with. Having done her own bit to disrupt the mighty Roman empire, she is now on the run - and has found her way to Asterix and Obelix's home village, as her father the mighty Vercingetorex believe she'll be perfectly safe alongside a couple of potion-swilling badasses.