{"id":589,"date":"2016-07-01T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forummagistrorum.com\/?p=589"},"modified":"2016-07-01T18:07:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T22:07:12","slug":"asterix-comics-in-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forummagistrorum.com\/wpb\/2016\/07\/asterix-comics-in-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Asterix comics in Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the Latin translations of the Belgian-French series of Asterix comics are available through Amazon.com in the US, but they are less expensive if ordered through Amazon.de. For example, as of this writing, a typical volume costs nearly $40 in the US vs. 12 euro from Germany. Even adding shipping to my US address, ordering a volume from Germany cost only $20; if you order more than one book at once, the savings is even greater (e.g. $36 for 2 books). Of course, this is with the slowest shipping option from Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Here are links to Amazon.de for my favorites so far:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770400518\" target=\"_blank\">Asterix Gallus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770437691\" target=\"_blank\">Asterix apud Gothos<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770400542\" target=\"_blank\">Asterix Gladiator<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770434641\" target=\"_blank\">Asterix et Cleopatra<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770400631\" target=\"_blank\">Asterix Legionarius\u2028<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/dp\/3770400623\" target=\"_blank\">Filius Asterigis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are links to US Amazon (may not appear if you are using an ad blocker):<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=site08f-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0828849412&amp;asins=0828849412&amp;linkId=b8352587b187aae726871a41c60174f7&amp;show_border=false&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=site08f-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0828849439&#038;asins=0828849439&#038;linkId=c41f834f119cfd242b64a7264b2456bd&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=site08f-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=3770434641&#038;asins=3770434641&#038;linkId=e0555b15bcc680e670630d7725122a62&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=qf_sp_asin_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=site08f-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0686562038&#038;asins=0686562038&#038;linkId=68bd598e2432a8808055d1a3b4e17cd5&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of the Latin translations of the Belgian-French series of Asterix comics are available through Amazon.com in the US, but they are less expensive if ordered through Amazon.de. For example, as of this writing, a typical volume costs nearly $40 in the US vs. 12 euro from Germany. 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