Iznogoud is the evil Grand Vizier of Baghdad under the reign of the much-loved Caliph, Haroun al Plassid and he has one aim in life - " to become Caliph instead of the Caliph".
The Iznogoud books all have a high fun factor and many of them make me laugh out loud due to their clever parodies and farcical events that frequently snowball out of control. Some of the jokes in these stories stuck in my head for over twenty years and I was extremely pleased to be able to rediscover the stories due to their republication.
The combination of imaginative stories, high-quality drawings and funny events means that I highly recommend Iznogoud books to those who like this type of book. If you like Asterix, you will also like Iznogoud.
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Iznogoud is in my opinion even better character than any from Asterix series, what includes Asterix. He is witty and evil and he is one of biggest and most funny losers in world literature. Goscinny did a great job when he created him, but I think he didn't succeeded as much he deserved.
Maybe Iznogoud is too similar to average reader?
Or he just wasn't in the right time in the right place?
I noticed there is a movie and a series about 'Le Petit Nicolas' (my favorite Goscinny's series) made and some injustice to the author, known mainly by Asterix (what about hilarious Umpah Pah?) is finally corrected.
I bet there will come time for Iznogoud to shine in his full potential!
Thanks for heads up:)
I'm a huge fan of the Asterix series. This is the first time I hear about Iznogoud - sounds hilarious! :)