Week Two

What does Khordoc think the Asterix series does better than Hergé’s Tintin? 

Khordoc believes that the Asterix series has better sound effects in the stories. Catherine Khordoc mentions that the pictures are a huge part of any comic book, however in the Tintin series the text and speech takes up half of the panel, so therefore “the series is nonetheless quite reliant on the text” (Catherine Khordoc,2001). 

Catherine states that the Asterix series have better ‘onomatopoeia’ and therefore has a superior list of noises and sounds that the characters make or hear, that add more calibre and realism to the stories then Herge’s Tintin does.

 In relation to Asterix doing sound effects better then Tintin, Catherine Khordoc goes on to say: “In the case of Asterix,the story, despite certain variations, is fairly similar in most of the episodes. The representation of sound is therefore one of the numerous strategies in this comic which contributes to creating humour, which is the series’ main purpose.”(Catherine Khordoc, 2001).

Khordoc, Catherine. 2001. The Comics Book’s Soundtrack:Visual Sound-effects in Asterix. Critical Reader 2. Pg 31-32.