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This article is about the comic book series. For the character, see Asterix (character). Asterix ( Astérix) is a Fictional character, created in 1959 as the titular Hero of a series of French Comic books
For other uses, see Asterix (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the Asterisk (typographical mark). An asterisk ( *) (Latin asteriscum "little star" from Greek ἀστερίσκος) is a Typographical symbol or Glyph
Asterix

Some characters of Asterix
Publication information
Publisher Dargaud (France)
First appearance Pilote #1 (October 29, 1959)
Created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
In story information
Alter ego Astérix (French)
Team affiliations The small Gaulish village. Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter.
Abilities Superhuman strength after drinking magic potion made by the druid Getafix. A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celtic societies This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en

The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic books by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people This is a list of all Asterix volumes including the 33 official albums and various tie-ins This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. Uderzo has continued the series since the death of Goscinny in 1977. The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celtic societies This is often used for comic effect, as in a recurring sequence where the villagers sally forth from their village to rout the attacking Romans so easily as to consider it great sport. In many cases, this resistance leads the main characters to travel to various European countries (but also Egypt, America, India and other non-European locations) in every other book, while the remaining are set in and around their village. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

The 33 main books or albums (one of which is a compendium of short stories) have been translated into more than 100 languages and dialects. Besides the original French, most albums are available in English, Dutch, German, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese (and Brazilian Portuguese), Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, modern Greek, Turkish, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Serbian. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Icelandic ( is a North Germanic language, the language of Iceland. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Croatian language ( hrvatski jezik) is a South Slavic language which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina in neighbouring Serbian (sr-Cyrl српски језик sr-Latn ''srpski jezik'' is a South Slavic language, Beyond modern Europe, some albums have also been translated into languages as diverse as Esperanto, Indonesian, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Bengali, Afrikaans, Arabic, Hindi, Hebrew, Frisian, Latin and Ancient Greek. is by far the most widely spoken constructed International auxiliary language in the world Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Afrikaans is an Indo-European language, derived from 17th century Dutch and classified as Low Franconian Germanic, mainly spoken in Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is West Frisian ( Frysk) is a Language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland ( Fryslân) in the north of the Netherlands. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Attic Greek is the Prestige dialect of Ancient Greece that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens.

In France, in Finland, Poland and especially in Germany, several volumes were translated into a variety of regional dialects, such as Alsatian in France, Swabian and Low German in Germany, Kashubian and Silesian in Poland and Savo, Karelia, Rauma and Helsinki slang dialects in Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of Alsatian ( Elsässerditsch; Alsacien Elsässisch or Elsässerdeutsch) is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region Swabian ( Schwäbisch) is one of the Alemannic dialects of High German, spoken in the region of Swabia. Low German or Low Saxon (in Germany: Plattdüütsch or Nedderdüütsch; in Netherlands: Nedersaksisch or Nederduuts Kashubian or Cassubian (Kashubian kaszëbsczi jãzëk, pòmòrsczi jãzëk, kaszëbskò-słowińskô mòwa; język kaszubski is one of Silesian or Upper Silesian (Silesian Ślůnsko godka, Slezsky jazyk Język śląski is a Slavic language or dialect spoken in the region of Karelia ( Karelian and Finnish Karjala, Карелия ( Kareliya) Karelen the land of the Karelian peoples, is an area in Rauma ('rɑumɑ or Raumo in Swedish) is a town of ca 36500 inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, 92 kilometres north of Turku, and 50 Helsinki slang or slangi is a local variation of the Finnish language mainly used in the capital Helsinki. Also, in Portugal, a special edition of the first volume, Asterix the Gaul, was translated into local language Mirandese. Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix comic strip series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations The Mirandese language (autonym mirandés or lhéngua mirandesa; Portuguese: mirandês or língua mirandesa) is a Romance language Hungarian-language books have been issued in Yugoslavia for the Hungarian minority living in Serbia. Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country Although not a fully autonomic dialect, it slightly differs from the language of the books issued in Hungary. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic In Greece, a number of volumes have appeared in the Cretan Greek and Pontic Greek dialects and in Ancient Greek. Cretan Greek ( Cretan dialect &mdash in Greek, Kritikí diálektos &ndash Κρητική διάλεκτος or Kritiká Κρητικά Pontic Greek is a form of the Greek language originally spoken in the Pontus area on the southern shores of the Black Sea, and today mainly in Greece Attic Greek is the Prestige dialect of Ancient Greece that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens.

The Asterix series is one of the most popular French comics in the world, and familiar to people of all ages in most European countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and parts of South America, Africa and Asia particularly, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, South Africa, Kenya, Philippines, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Malaysia. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP Singapore India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. In its early years the Disney Channel aired the British-produced English translations of the Asterix films; it received modest success in establishing a foothold with American audiences. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world.

The names of the characters contain puns, and vary with translation into other languages. This article uses the names from the English-language translations by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge. Anthea Bell (born 1936 is a British translator who has translated numerous literary works especially children's literature from French, German Derek Hockridge was born in 1934 in Wales and brought up in Birmingham. For the French names see a separate section. All Asterix stories by Goscinny and Uderzo which have been officially translated into British English were translated by Anthea Bell and

Apart from the 33 main comics, other Asterix books and film books have been made. See List of Asterix volumes. This is a list of all Asterix volumes including the 33 official albums and various tie-ins

Several books have been made into films, eight animated, and three with live actors. This is a list of Asterix Films. Films Live action 1999 &ndash Asterix and There have also been a number of games. This is a list of Asterix games of all varieties (book board and video

Contents

History of the series

Goscinny and Uderzo previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine. Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge ( Oumpah-pah the Redskin) is the name of a Comics series created by Comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine Astérix was originally serialised in the magazine Pilote, in the very first issue published on October 29, 1959. Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] In 1961 the first book was put together entitled Asterix the Gaul. Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix comic strip series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations From then on, books were released generally on a yearly basis. When Goscinny died, Uderzo continued the series alone, though on a less frequent basis. Uderzo's stories have not been as critically well received as the ones co-authored with Goscinny.

Characters

Main article: Characters in Asterix

Humour

Asterix figure in Parc Astérix in France
Asterix figure in Parc Astérix in France

The humour encountered in the Asterix comics is typically French, often centering on puns, caricatures, and tongue-in-cheek stereotypes of contemporary European nations and French regions. This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en Parc Astérix is a theme Amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix (by Albert Uderzo and Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humor in which a statement or an entire fictional work is not meant to be taken seriously but its lack of seriousness is subtle A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Much of the humour in the initial Asterix books was French-specific, which delayed the translation of the books into other languages for fear of losing the jokes and the spirit of the story. Some translations have actually added local humour: in the Italian translation, the Roman legionnaires are made to speak in 20th century Roman dialect. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The newer albums share a more universal humour, both written and visual.

In spite of (or perhaps because of) this stereotyping and notwithstanding some alleged streaks of French chauvinism, it has been very well received by European and Francophone cultures around the world. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group Chauvinism (ˈʃoʊvɨnɪzəm is extreme and unreasoning Partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred

Stereotypes and allusions

Wherever they visit, Asterix and his friend Obelix encounter people and things borrowed and caricatured from 20th century real life. Obelix (Fr Obélix) is a Sidekick with superhuman strength in the Asterix Comic books He is Asterix ' closest friend (they even have In the early album Asterix and the Goths for instance, the Goths (early Germans) are represented as militaristic and regimented, reminiscent of the German empire. Asterix and the Goths is the third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification The helmets worn by these Goths even resemble the German Pickelhaube helmets worn up to World War I and one of their leaders bears an uncanny resemblance to Otto von Bismarck. The Pickelhaube (plural Pickelhauben; from the German Pickel = "point" or "pickaxe" (modern German "pimple" World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) The British are shown as polite and phlegmatic, drinking warm beer or hot water with a drop of milk (before the first tea was brought by Asterix to what would later become England); they boil all their food and serve it with mint sauce, and they drive their chariots on the left side of the road. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Erich Adickes, Eduard Spränger, Ernst Kretschmer, and Erich Fromm all theorized on the four temperaments (with different names and greatly Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Spain is the cheap country down south where people from the North go on vacation and the locals are proud and hot-blooded. The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe, and includes modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra Northern Europe is a term for the northern part of Europe. The United Nations defines Northern Europe as (Finland Portuguese people are always depicted as short and plump - Uderzo once said that every Portuguese immigrant he knew was like that. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. All the tribes represented are treated humorously as prototypes for their modern counterparts, and many aspects of them are satirized. However, the French are not exempt from satire, and almost all of the peoples Asterix meets are portrayed positively, even the Romans. The only tribe depicted completely unflatteringly is the Goths, possibly a result of the Second World War. In later books, such as Asterix the Legionary and Asterix and Obelix All at Sea, the Goths were depicted much more sympathetically; possibly because the Asterix series became very popular in Germany.

Some caricatures of the traits of certain French regions are also used: people from Normandy smother their food in cream and cannot give a straight answer; people from Marseille play boules and exaggerate matters, and Corsicans don't like to do any work, are easily angered and have generations-long-standing vendettas that they settle violently, and make cheese that smells so bad that it actually turns explosive. Normandy (Normandie Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ Boules (French bul is a collective name for games played with metal balls Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily A feud (ˈfjuːd (referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud or vendetta) is a long-running argument or fight between parties&mdashoften through Guilt

Minor characters often resemble famous people or fictional characters, usually caricatures of existing French people of the same era, particularly from television and the spectacles. In Obelix and Co., for example, the young Roman bureaucrat is a caricature of a young Jacques Chirac, and it includes two Roman legionaries drawn to the likeness of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Obelix and Co is the twenty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890 &ndash February 23, 1965) was an English comic actor writer Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor In Asterix and the Falling Sky, the super-clones are a caricature of both Superman and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and their leader, Toon, resembles Mickey Mouse. Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by Albert Uderzo (story and illustrations Superman is a fictional Comic book Superhero widely considered to be one of the most recognized of such characters and an American Cultural icon Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Toon in Anglo-Saxon or Old English is the original English word for Town Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Likewise the planet which Toon hails from, Tadilsweny, is an anagram of Walt Disney, in homage to the late cartoonist. At the back of the issue Uderzo also writes a short testimony to Walt Disney and gives away the anagram by mentioning ". . . Tadsil. . . , I mean, Walt Disney. . . ". Such characters usually stand out visually, by not having the bulbous noses otherwise typical of Uderzo's style.

Other side characters allude to people related to the place Asterix is visiting. Notable examples include a very Elizabeth Taylor-like Cleopatra in Asterix and Cleopatra; Britain's most famous bards in the story Asterix in Britain, who are four in number and look remarkably like the Beatles; a pair of Belgian warriors in Asterix in Belgium who resemble and also speak like Dupond and Dupont (Thomson and Thompson) of Tintin-fame (the two characters are drawn in Hergé's typical ligne claire style, which is atypical for Uderzo), also in this album Eddy Merckx, the cyclist, as a messenger; and both Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are depicted in Asterix in Spain. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix comic book series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Asterix in Britain ( Astérix chez les Bretons) is the eighth in the Asterix comic book series. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Thomson and Thompson ( Dupond et Dupont) are a pair of detectives in Hergé 's classic European comic strip The Adventures The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi Ligne claire ( French for "clear line" is a style of Drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures Edouard Louis Joseph Baron Merckx ('merks (born 17 June 1945 in Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) known as Eddy Merckx, is a former es '''''Don Quixote''''' (, see spelling and pronunciation below fully titled es '''''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha''''' ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Sancho Panza is a Fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in Asterix in Spain is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations More recently, this spoofing has occasionally extended to major characters as well: in Asterix and the Black Gold, a Roman spy is a young Sean Connery named Dubbelosix drawn in James Bond style, and in Asterix and Obelix All at Sea, the leader of the escaped slaves (named Spartakis, being Greek) is based on Kirk Douglas's portrayal of the title character of Spartacus. Asterix and the Black Gold (original name L'Odyssée d'Astérix) is the twenty-sixth volume of Asterix comic book series, originally published Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born August 25 1930) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and BAFTA Award -winning Scottish James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Asterix and Obelix All at Sea is the thirtieth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by Albert Uderzo. Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, In Asterix and the Cauldron, the head of the theatre is Laurensolivius, based on the actor Laurence Olivier. Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron In the same book, there is another theatre actor of the name Alecguinius, based on the actor Alec Guinness. Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 &ndash 5 August 2000 was an English Actor.

The stories also feature allusions to major artistic works (such as Pieter Bruegel's Peasant Wedding and Victor Hugo's story of the Battle of Waterloo from Les Châtiments, in Asterix in Belgium; and Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa), as well as historical personalities (Napoleon, Louis XIV of France), and famous places (the Moulin Rouge, Bethlehem) and the Statue of Liberty (played by Asterix). Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c 1525 &ndash September 9, 1569) was a Netherlandish Renaissance Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo Belgium Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Théodore Géricault ( September 26, 1791 &ndash January 26, 1824) was an important French painter and lithographer known for The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse is a work by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent Can-can at the Moulin Rouge The main feature of an evening at the Moulin Rouge is the performance Bethlehem ( بيت لحم,, lit "House of Meat" Βηθλεέμ Bethleém בית לחם Beit Lehem, lit "House of Bread" is a Liberty Enlightening the World (La liberté éclairant le monde commonly known as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté was presented

However, in many other respects the series reflects life in 1st century BC fairly accurately for the medium. For example, the multi-storied apartments in Rome — the insulae — which have Obelix remarking that one man's roof is another man's floor, and consequently, "These Romans are crazy": his favourite line. In Roman architecture, insulae (singular Insula) were large Apartment buildings where the lower and middle classes of Romans (the Plebs This line itself is also an intrinsic joke on Rome and the Romans, as its Italian equivalent is "Sono pazzi questi romani", which, like the banner of the Roman Empire ("Senatus Populusque Romanus"), abbreviates as "SPQR". Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. SPQR is an initialism from a Latin phrase Senātus Populusque Rōmānus ("The Senate and the People of Rome" or "The On the other hand, the presence of chimneys in the Gaulish huts is not accurate, as they used gabled openings in the roof to let smoke escape. A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof Also, it is now believed menhirs were erected long before the Gauls. A menhir is a large upright Standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as Monoliths or as part of a group of similar stones

It was reported in September 2007 that an archaeological dig in Corent near Lyon, France revealed the society of the Gauls to be, in reality, more advanced than the Asterix series of books had suggested. Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Corent is a Village and commune in the Puy-de-Dôme département of central France. ||-||} Lyon, also known as Lyons in English is a city in east-central France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western [2]

The text also makes relatively regular use of original Latin phrases, and allusions to Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico, a book about the conquest of Gaul, often used as an introductory text to Latin. This page lists direct English Translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and Et cetera. Commentarii de Bello Gallico is Julius Caesar 's third-person account of his nine years of war in Gaul. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Some jokes are made about Caesar's use of the third person to write about himself. The third-person narrative is a Narrative mode applying the third person. Other Latin phrases used by the legionaries are quotations from the Vulgate which have passed into proverbs. The Vulgate is an early Fifth Century version of the Bible in Latin, and largely the result of the labours of Jerome, who was commissioned by Such allusions were likely to be well-received by the better-educated sections of the French and Belgian public in the 1960s, when the teaching of Latin was still widespread in high schools.

Puns in names

This section deals with puns in the English translations, which are usually different from their French counterparts. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people
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A key feature of the Asterix books in all translations are the constant puns used as names: the names of the two protagonists come from asterisk and obelisk, Asterix being the star of the books (Latin aster — derived from the Greek word αστήρ (aster) [star] and Celtic rix [king, cognate to Latin rex, Sanskrit rājā and related to German Reich and English reign]), and Obelix being a menhir delivery-man. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical An asterisk ( *) (Latin asteriscum "little star" from Greek ἀστερίσκος) is a Typographical symbol or Glyph An obelisk (from Greek ὀβελίσκος - obeliskos, diminutive of ὀβελός - obelos, "spit nail pointed pillar" Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A menhir is a large upright Standing stone. Menhirs may be found singly as Monoliths or as part of a group of similar stones This is a double pun, since as well as meaning a stone monolith, the word obelisk can also refer to the typographical dagger (†) that is often used to denote the second footnote on a page after an asterisk (*) has been used to reference the first. A dagger ( †, &dagger U+ 2020 is a typographical symbol or Glyph. (Although Uderzo has said that "Goscinny just wanted to make sure that our work would appear first in an encyclopaedia of comics. "[3]) Some people make the mistake of saying "asterix" instead of the English "asterisk" or French "asterisque". [4]

Each cultural group in Asterix has a characteristic ending for names (though there are occasionally notable exceptions). Nearly all the male Gaulish characters' names end in -ix (probably a reference to real-life Gaulish chieftains such as Vercingetorix although only the names of Gaulish kings — and not even all of them — ended in -ix, and when they did, it was always -rix). Vercingetorix (werkiŋˈɡetoriks in Latin) born around 82 BC died 46 BC was chieftain of the Arverni, originating from the Arvernian city of Other English language examples include the chief (Vitalstatistix), the druid (Getafix), and an old man (Geriatrix) with a young wife, who is never named. This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en [5] Most Gaulish women's names end in "a', such as Bacteria, Impedimenta, and Influenza. Roman characters' names end with -us as in Noxious Vapus, Crismus Bonus, Sendervictorius and Appianglorius. Normans use -af (Bathyscaf, Toocleverbyhaf, Timandahaf), Vikings use "-ssen" (Herendthelessen, Haroldwilssen), Egyptians use -is (Edifis, Artifis), Greeks use -es or -os (Diabetes, Thermos), Britons use -ax (Hiphiphurrax, Dipsomaniax, Valueaddedtax, Selectivemploymenttax) and occasionally -os (Cassivelaunos, Mykingdomforanos), Goths use -ic (Rhetoric, Choleric, Electric, Metric) and Spaniards use Spanish-sounding names such as Huevos Y Bacon ("Eggs and Bacon"). Cassivellaunus was a historical British chieftain who led the defence against Julius Caesar 's second expedition to Britain in 54 BC. Female names also have consistent endings, but these are different from male names and generally end in -a: for instance the wife of the Roman Osseus Humerus is Fibula, the wife of village fishmonger Unhygenix is Bacteria, and the wife of Chief Vitalstatistix is Impedimenta. This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en

Many names stand as solitary puns on their characters, like Getafix (who provides medicine and potions for the village) or Geriatrix — particularly with recurring characters, while others are simply absurdist such as "Spurius Brontosaurus", and some in groups play on each other, as in the example of a Roman guard talking through a closed door to another guard: "Open up, Sendervictorius! It's me, Appianglorius!" This is a pun on lines from the UK's national anthem God Save the Queen: "Send her victorious, happy and glorious. Surreal humour is a form of humour, laughingly in a style related to the artistic ambitions of the surrealists, based on bizarre Juxtapositions absurd situations "God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms It is the National . . ".

Other names are puns derived from historical or literary quotations. An example is the British chief Mykingdomforanos whose name is a reference to the line "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" from Shakespeare's play Richard III. William Shakespeare ( baptised Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591

Representing languages

The speech of characters is written using lettering according to the language spoken (although no difference appears between the language of the Romans and the Gauls themselves, unlike in the Italian translation, where the Romans are given 20th century Roman accents). Calligraphy (from Greek kallos "beauty" + graphẽ "writing" is the art of writing (Mediavilla 1996 17 Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western The Gauls cannot automatically understand certain languages even though the reader will understand.

The names of characters in Asterix, aside from being puns, usually have suffixes representing their nationalities. A pun (or paronomasia) is a Phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar-sounding Words for humorous or Rhetorical

In the original it is more consistent (-is)
In Roman times Gaul, while centred on modern France (which includes Corsica), also included modern Switzerland, most of Belgium, and parts of western Germany and northern Italy — a fact the authors acknowledge by using the same suffix for the Belgians, Swiss and Corsicans. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group Gaul (Gallia was the Roman name for the region of Western Europe comprising present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Belgium has a population of about 10666866 citizens as of January 2008 Corsica (Corse Corsican and Italian: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily
In the original (and most translations) -ine is most often used for female names
Cultural references indicate these (in Asterix and the Great Crossing) are Danes rather than the Norsemen of Asterix and the Normans

Running gags

A number of running gags recur in various albums. The Goths ( Gothic: Gothic usvg|14px|u]]Gothic asvg|14px|a]]Gothic s The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions The Iberians were a set of peoples that Greek and Roman sources (among others Hecataeus of Miletus, Avienus, Herodot and Strabo India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. layout and formatting it should ensure no clashes with the top of the infobox Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants Norsemen is used to refer to the group of people as a whole who speak one of the North Germanic languages as their native language Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix comic book series, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. One of these is that the bard Cacofonix is inspired to sing whenever Asterix and Obelix leave or come back from a grand journey, but is usually prevented from performing by Fulliautomatix (the blacksmith). When an adventure concludes, the village holds a banquet, but the bard is nearly always seen tied up and gagged so as not to disrupt the festivities (most notable exceptions in Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield, where it is Chief Vitalstatistix who is missing from the banquet, Asterix and the Normans, where his help proved vital in stopping the Normans, Asterix at the Olympic Games, where he is merely held at bay by Fulliautomatix's hammer, Asterix and Caesar's Gift, where he is given the unique opportunity to court a pretty girl, Asterix and the Magic Carpet, where he, Asterix and Obelix were in another country at the time, and Asterix and the Falling Sky, where his hut had been destroyed and Unhygienix and Fulliautomatix were tied up instead as 'punishment'). Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield (original title Le bouclier arverne) is the eleventh volume in the Asterix comic book series, written Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix comic book series, written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. Asterix at the Olympic Games is the 12th Comic book album in the Asterix series. Asterix and Caesar's Gift is the twenty-first volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by Albert Uderzo (story and illustrations

There is also Obelix tapping his forehead and muttering "These [people] are crazy" every time he learns something new about the land he is visiting and their people. His most common targets are the Romans, which is ironic because they consider the Gauls as being the crazy ones.

Another running gag among legionaries is to express their discontent with a military life far less interesting than what was promised with (in French) “Engagez-vous, rengagez-vous, qu'ils disaient!” (tentative translation: "enlist, re-enlist, they told us!"). In the official English translation, this is stated as "Join up, they said! It's a man's life, they said!".

It was revealed in the first volume, Asterix the Gaul, that Obelix fell into a cauldron of magic potion as an infant, giving him super-human strength for life. Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix comic strip series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo (illustrations Yet no matter how often Getafix explains that due to this exceptional circumstance, he cannot have any more potion, Obelix is jealous of Asterix and the other villagers and always tries to sneak some anyway. His various schemes to trick Getafix into letting him have a dose of potion are an ongoing joke in the series. Despite feeble attempts at disguising himself or simply begging, Obelix is always stopped by Getafix before he can drink any (the disastrous effects of Obelix ingesting any potion are seen in Asterix and Obelix All at Sea). Asterix and Obelix All at Sea is the thirtieth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by Albert Uderzo. In Asterix and Cleopatra, Getafix gives him some, but only a few drops, in order to escape from the inside of a pyramid. Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix comic book series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Obelix claims to not feel very different afterwards.

Another running gag is a group of pirates that tend to get caught in the middle of conflict and have their ship sunk. This is a list of recurring characters in the Asterix comics Main characters Asterix Obelix and Dogmatix (en Despite their best attempts to steer clear of "any Gaulish vessels," the hapless pirates inevitably encounter a ship with Asterix and Obelix in it and wind up getting sunk. Sometimes the pirates lose their ship without Asterix or Obelix, however. In Asterix and the Roman Agent, they attack a ship carrying a Roman agent, who points at a random crew member and states he gave him a bagful of gold if he would not attack the agent. Asterix and the Roman Agent is the fifteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo In the ensuing battle over the nonexistent bag of gold, the pirates sink their own ship. In Asterix and the Cauldron, tired of being sunk, they give up pirating completely and open a ship-themed restaurant. Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo Asterix and Obelix arrive in search of something and despite their initial attempts at being good hosts, they are soon persuaded to return to the oceans. As their ship slips inevitably beneath the waves after an encounter with the Gauls and they cling to floating debris, the elderly mate always makes an observation in Latin, usually a well-known aphorism or verse lifted from a famous author like Horace or Virgil. The pirates were originally conceived as a one-shot parody of the comic-book Barbe-Rouge but proved so popular that they were fully integrated into the Asterix series. Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer

In Asterix the Legionary, after their ship was sunk, the pirates were left in a raft resembling the painting The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault. Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the Asterix comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The Raft of the Medusa (Le Radeau de la Méduse is a work by the French painter Théodore Géricault, and one of the icons of French Romanticism. Théodore Géricault ( September 26, 1791 &ndash January 26, 1824) was an important French painter and lithographer known for In this particular image the captain even makes the pun: "We've been framed, by Jericho!". In Asterix and Cleopatra the pirates scuttle the ship themselves rather than be attacked by the Gauls again, the captain reasoning once that it "Saves us a few knocks, and comes to the same thing in the end". Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix comic book series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

These pirates — most notably the red-bearded captain, the constantly Latin-quoting peg-legged second-in-command, and the African lookout — are caricatures of the characters of "Barbe Rouge, Le Démon des Caraïbes", a pirate series that was published at the same time in Pilote, the weekly comics magazine in which Asterix appeared, and which Goscinny also edited. Redbeard ( French: Barbe-Rouge) is a series of Belgian Comic books, originally published in French, created by writer Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989

Revisionist explanations

In the albums, some historical facts are retold, and attributed to Asterix and Obelix.

Asterix ham and cheese-flavored potato chips
Asterix ham and cheese-flavored potato chips

Influence

See also

Sources

Footnotes
  1. ^ BDoubliées. Pilote année 1959 (French).
  2. ^ Stares, Justin (September 2, 2007), “Revealedix: the Gaul of Asterix was no joke”, Daily Telegraph, <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/02/wgaul102.xml> 
  3. ^ BBC News: The vital statistics of Asterix
  4. ^ http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ast%C3%A9risque#_ref-0
  5. ^ A common misunderstanding is that she is named Myopia, because of a panel in Asterix and the Soothsayer where Impedimenta said to her: "Oh, Myopia!". For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories and Albert Uderzo However, as explained in the album itself, Impedimenta was invoking the name of a Gaulish goddess, "acknowledging shortsightedness. Myopia (from Greek: μυωπία myopia "near-sightedness" also called near- or short-sightedness, is a refractive defect "
  6. ^ OpenBSD 4.0 homepage

External links

Dictionary

asterix

-noun

  1. Common misspelling of asterisk.

Asterix

-proper noun

  1. A fictional character from French comic books.
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