“Grawlixes”: More than just a euphemistic way to $*%@&! in comics
The strange life and theory of emanata in comics art
5 min readDec 28, 2023
I distinctly remember being about eight years old and reading a set of panels in Asterix and the Goths which absolutely blew my mind.
In one panel, the druid Getafix, who has been kidnapped and bound like a package is required to be unpacked…