[BambieReader]

also wild, are you captain James Hook?

[ElleKing]

Are you from a graphic novel or comic book?

Q&A

[Mudler]

Another guess.. Are you Merlin?

[Mickey101]

Is the author of the books still alive?

[hiemdal]

was the book first published before 1950?

[yousofine]

Are the books under Marvel/DC?

Q&A

Are you from the Avengers?

[ElleKing]

Are you Panoramix?

Q&A

[EmpressReece]

Are you Obelix?

Are you Professor Espérandieu?

I have been found! Updating in a bit (apologies but I was at work and I just returned home!)

Getafix (AKA Panoramix; AKA Miraculix)



Getafix is the village druid. In appearance, he is tall with a white beard, white robe, red cloak. He is usually seen in possession of a small golden sickle. While his age is never stated, in the story of Asterix' birth (in which all but the oldest villagers are seen as small children) he appears unchanged.

Although known for his strength-enhancing magic potion, he has many other magical and medicinal potions at his disposal, and acts as the village doctor and occasionally teacher. Asterix (and most other villagers) will consult him whenever anything strange occurs. As the only individual able to produce the "magic potion" upon which the villagers rely for their strength, he is the focus of many stories, and the conscience of the village. On a few occasions, he has refused to make the potion when the villagers become too selfish. He has also occasionally been taken prisoner by hostile forces to get access to the potion – only to be freed again thanks to Asterix and Obelix.

In English, his name is a pun on "getting a fix" which means obtaining a dose of a recreational drug, and a reference to the magic potion he produces! In the short-lived American version of the series, he was called Magigimmix ("magic gimmicks"). He was called Readymix (the name of a British cement firm) in newspaper comics during the 1970s, as Getafix was considered inappropriate for children. In the English version of the Asterix the Gaul film, he is referred to by his original French name of Panoramix.

Getafix bears some similarity to many wise old men in legend, literature and film who act as mentors and father-figures to the heroes, including Merlin, Gandalf, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Albus Dumbledore. (is it any wonder why he has always been one of my favourites?!)

Congratulations ElleKing!!!

and Thank you everyone for playing!

[yousofine]

Congrats Elle!

Good choice, maverone!
These wise old men with super long white beards

[avoran]

Congrats Elle!

interesting choice maverone

Thanks! I've always loved Asterix. It's one series that you can absolutely read as a kid, and re-read as an adult, and both experiences would be fantastic and drastically different at the same time.

And the puns! SO.MANY.PUNS! I love 'em

Whoever said

"the pun is the lowest type of wit"

knew nothing, much like Jon Snow!