[Ads-l] Famous Quotations from Comic Strips

[Margaret Winters]

An Asterix quote I use all the time and, more to the point, shows up in a lot of the volumes is: "ils sont fous ces Romains!" 'Those Romans are nuts!'

Margaret 

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> On Mar 24, 2017, at 8:46 AM, Robin Hamilton <robin.hamilton3 at VIRGINMEDIA.COM> wrote:
> 
> I can't think of any examples offhand, but two places worth considering might be
> English translations (or even the original French) of Tintin and Asterix.
> 
> The Book(s) of Frank, by Jim Woodbridge are, in contrast, wordless (unless you
> count Smash! Bang! Kerpow! as words).
> 
> The _Codex Seraphinianus_ by Luigi Serafini, admittedly a book rather than a
> comic, is chock-full of words, all of which are utterly incomprehensible.
> 
> R.
> 
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>>    On 24 March 2017 at 07:36 Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>    Prince Valiant: the Singing Sword, "Flamberge," sister of Excalibur.
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>>    Doonesbury: Walden Puddle
>> 
>>    Li’l Abner: the whammy
>> 
>>    Hopalong Cassidy: "Scratch gravel, Topper!"
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>>    On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
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