SOMEW/HERE IN GALL; PEACE WOULD BE A) REIGNING INA LITTLE V1 iz Gike THE VILLAGE WHERE ASTERIX =<. BUT FOR VARIOUS. PéCULIAR INCI A DENTS. BIG DITCH HAS BEEN DUG THROUGH THe (MIDDLE OF THE VILLAGE, $0 THAT No ONE CAN GET FROM THE RIGHT SIDE TO THE EFT SIDE. CLEVERDIX BAS BEEN. ELECTED CHIEF BY THE LEFT THE VILLAGE.VARIOUS ATTEMPTS HAVE 7 BEEN MADE TO DEAL WITH yA THE SITUATION... < AND ONLY THE CHILDREN ARE ANY BETTER OFF FOR THE RIET- RIGHT c\ THAT'S MY TREE!!!LOOK HERE, FATHER THIS CANTO HE AND HIS WELL, AT THIS RATE ON THAT DITCH DIVIDING US ISA HENCHMAN |THE FUTURE GENERATIONS) DISGRACE TO THE VILLAGE ! f= UNSPEAKABLE Coprix,| | OF GAULS AREN'T HAD THE NERVE TO | | GOING To THINK GET VoTes FROM ‘MUCH OF THEIR ANCESTORS’ es soy [ap name —] OH, PER, po vou eyes. por TRE Pegueveey iF [MENS aU tens aeanea ieee GROEN hans HOT eines tine OPPOSITE . THAT'LL BRIDGE [eel eae na cee Bee erage THIS IS ALL THAT FOOL, HE EVEN PROMISED TO CLEVERDIX'S FAULT! HE. BRING DOWN INFLATION, AND STOLE VOTES WHICH Were] | THOSE IDIOTS FELL FOR IT! MINE BY RIGHT:OTHERS WE ARE HOVERING oN THe BRINK OF VILLAGE R! BUT THE PARTY OF TE IU. EMPLOY SHIELD EARERS INCLUDED, STEN TO. ‘YOUR \ETS : WORKERS OF BY ALL MEANS, AND WE'LL SEE YoU OOA RIGHT ABOUT TURN!\E ON MEN 7 FeRWwaros..| » WELL PONE, LADS! WELL DONE: MEN! ae We Set THEM RIGHT LEFT THEM STANDING IGHT LETS CO fos wa ON THE LEFT: LET!S 60 Home NOW:8 "ELSEWHERE, PEACE [3 REIGNING : r OK, IF PEACE 1S REIGNING IN OUR IN ANOTHER LITTLE VILLAGE, } 2 VILLAE THE VILLAGE THEY ALL, s : WELL THAT a IEEAGE We ALL KNOW ‘ARE SULKING,ASTERIK: ER... WELL. GOING OUT stioPPING \ IMPEDIMENTA. a THE CARTOTWATS ANEW ‘OF MN, Tr Me LMS) me ‘DOWNGAST AGAIN PIaSYWIG6Y? THINKING YOURSELF S0 CLEVER...BY BELENOS,50 YOU'RE STILL THE FALL GUY, CHIEF ViTALerarisrixe ¢ NOW :LADDIE, THE THING 19 TO"AND MEANWHILE; WOULD YOU MIND HELP DowN?my, Dy WIFE'S WAITING!"AND JUST WHAT GOOD DID“ YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND” CTHAT. PUNCH=UP 0 You? \IE FIRST THING ABOUT (ZZWIDENED THE RIFT BETWEEN, THE PEOPLE OF OUR HEAR THAT? “ALL THE SAME, You Rica, Ace ence RENEE ERNE A or SPEAKING TO. GET US ANYWHERE. Pease seg /S 'kNow. NP weir .o cuter SIVE ME MELO OH YES? Lgusticanr \ madegrixtocike | |PRAMASHANDINY ACD Wins oe WH “mmc you aN | |MARRASEANDIWLL) ANE AT ania AL MA STL Not CRAVE NOFEART | /RRATITSRDE — ree Sontrius CAS SGon ae. | Coben ur Ase w\/“GaNsines We YOURSELE FOREIGNERS MNIxeo THE TROUBLE's | YOUR HANDS BUT ourre | (OER UPINQUR AFFAIRS. ) CLEARED UP, 4 ATIC THEONLY CHIEF JAND CONSIDER, eS, (GRIER [ME MR RigET?/ te we A YOU'RE GOING BIT \ 70 BEAR ON THE FAR CODFIK? ROMANS ! | GARRISON OF THE FORA START: WHY | NEAREST FORTIFIED WOULD THey' come /CAMP. LEAVE FALL TOMY AlD OvEROUR /-TD ME!SOON YOU'LL ‘SPOT OF TROUBLE” BE CHIEF OF THE DON'T YOU THINK ‘Ee BRING INFLUENCE] "ANGELICA, MY DEAR OLD NURSE, T WANT YOU To 60 AND See HISTRIONIX AND TELL HIM. THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUS AFOOT. ASK HIM TD MEET ME AND HURRY !NIGHT HAS FALLEN AND ALL IS CALM AGAIN IN THE VILLAGE. TIME FOR. BED. SCHIZO- PHRENIX®"AND MV OWN FATHER MY OWN DAUGHTER a Ba erie ISN'T ASHAMED TO ASK THE ROMANS FOR HELP IN ENEMY TREACHERY UNDER \ “FisTING OUR OWN FRIENDS i atinadoy noes) Ra ee SHUT UP, You UNGRATEFUL CHILO! IM GOING TO Lock You IN'YouR. ROOM, AND. ‘You DON'T COME OUT UNTIL THE Day You. | NEVER WiLL! lip RATHER BE A, VIRGIN SERVING VESTA ‘ALL MY LIFE! **GIRCS CURRIED Favoue Wire Furs 6o0068s DON'T teT'sRusH | | somerimes (0 LOVELY, Mis masestix' TIME | |! WONDER How ‘MELODRAMA, PLEASE AND PATIENCE WILL | | THINK THESE ACCEPT THIS, AcHIeve MORE THAW | | THINGS UP. PRETTY BUNCH, RABE AND VIOLENCE | Pp (OF FLOWERS! ‘EVER COULD: = MEER Wachee.) (ETRE) a well Sou tinier | [vizase a cew avs aoURNeEY ae aps YOU TO GO IN SEARCHOF| | AWAY. THANKS TO THE DRUID | Mroto Soineaoe iNo"| |GMimes Mate POnON, He nas Ker tie wove iMigtie OF caczn’s Cesions| IIE BAY EXPLAIN FALE FD RIM AND TELL HINA TNRes Mis HEU!AND THAT, 0 CHIEF 5. SPER BUT SINCE THE ROMANS ViTALSTATIONK. Is THE oem fev ex LOOK LIKE GETTING MIKED UP IN Y OF OUR VILLAGE. YOUR AFFAIRS 11 DON'T SEE WHY, How ree , U SHOULDNT LEND MY OLD e-IN-ARMS CLEVERDIX A HAND! _ [eur THis story's onty JUST BEGINNING | AND IF [CHIEF VITALSTATISTIX WILL US WE'RE GOING TOOUD ON AMomenT CENTURION! You HeLeMy CHIEF, CLEVERDIX AND His 'AND WHAT ABOUT CAESAR'S TTS ALLA OAD OF | NeRbeRs eR eacle? OKA % Tustrmine wate ne no WOU CAN MAKE : PRET) victor richerine ronvou, | | | PUT VOUON Famicues ‘ig SOUR BEAES Your \ “THe es HALS SERVING nse TeSlONAMIED Ane VER PSE As SuNVES: enon AINE ry SLAVES: al UNDER PRESSURE FROM EVERVONE ALL RIGHT, GO AFTER THE GALIL AND TELL HIM | AGREE! “GO AND TELL YOUR CHIEF THAT WELLGIVE HIM THE HELP He WANTS. SUST LET US HAVE TIME TO. EXPLAIN ITALL TO OUR Dpaissonnnes rm a HOT RAY VILTAINNY KNOWS NO IBoUNIDS ! AND IA Nor THROUGH YET) BECAUSE WHEN I'VE MARRIED THE [BEAUTIFUL MELODRAMA TT WILUBE, EASY ENOUGH FoR ME TO DEPOSE “THAT FOOL MANES AND, BECOME CHIEF OF THE VILAGEDON'T vou BELIEVE TT FY NOUR, Ze | DONT WANT TO CRY ~ KING FISH, BUT TH ¥ MORE ne PEACE. TeRrANUy seems REL Pech a = ae ate a one Yo SEL R Ra Nid Hoe }“THE ROMANS ARE ADVANCING ‘TOWARDS THE VILLAGE! YOU ‘GET MELODRAMA'S READY, MAJESTIX! HURRAH! OFF To. “THE SLAVE MARKET: NTICIPATION | BACK THOSE THREE ENTRY S o>} f Set LEGER WHERE ARE THE ‘SLAVES? GAULS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER WILL BE OUT THE ROMAN SLAVES! SHALL BE \ woTHING! MEN, GRAB HOLD CHIEF OF EVERYONE | \ OF THIS LOT! THEY CAN BEoy MELOPEAIN | EMY EATER WILL AGRES: 'A.CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE FELLOW VILLAGERS! We must CERTAINLY AGREE: MAlesTIX | 0 SOMETHING, HISTRIONIX' 'AN EXCELLENT, IDEA, ASTERIX ![coe RANGE NOS S155 ANG ni Ea eiercantegss ANO WHILE THEY'RE THINKING, CHAIN THEM ALL UP WECL!!! DONT. WORRY: MELODRAMA THANKS TO GETAFIX'S KNOW-HOW, OBELIX'S STRENGTH DOGMATIX'S NOSE AND MY CUNNING, WE'LL Papp SOON HAVE YOUR FATHER Hor CAN | HAVE. PRICES. THOSE THREE HAVE RISEN IseNTRY DUTIES TUL Be, KPTHeONes | FOUR SENTRY Dunes YOU SWAPPED FOR My, oxtouse A "NOW! BSUS NOWNO ITS JUST A RED HERRING,GAULISH ‘SLAVES, AND WE WANT. TO SeRve THE ROMAN ARMY! SRS SRN, aka SS 7 . \ TaALWAYS THE SAME. OUD STORY! THE RANK AND FILE DON'T HAVE ANY RIGHT TO. O ROWAN, LAND AV FRIENDS HAVE COME TO OFFER ‘OUR CULINARY SKILLS ‘NAME } = "YOUR DISH AND | CAN COOK TT "TO PERFECTION .JU:THATULDO FING! Ger oN Wrre Ir 00K HERE, GeTAFIX, WHY DON'T WE ADD A FEW NICE ROAST BOARS? 88? er WHY Nor Go AND or KINDLING FOR FIRE: (6% (FaaRGS MBSE Se conclusive ease GSS SESS Os af ; MORE SOUS WEILL GIVE SOME TO "THE PRISONE ¢“7 Noopenix Not You"! AND HE HAS TO STAY ON A STRICT DIET FOR THE GOOD a Patrik porplor ail s BECAUSE He FELL INTO. “THE CAULDRON WHEN He. ABH AN | 1eT COURSE | ee c, aouan, “iNT AN sour LEFT, \) (aPreawaaos...ie Renato \ Leva, ae 10 one!Geen Youn INS Wind \SeoniD ron THAT | | AND. RS, | 10) ING TO. ROGUE CLEVER | DIK AFTER.WELL YOU'RE CERTAINLY VERY, ayy THIN-SKINNED: BY "COME ON OBELIK! ail Pr Aconine MY DEAR CHILD!WATT LOOKING PRETTY aneenl ‘AROUND THe Gits WHEN | FIND UDA? ‘OUR OWN GUARREL TT CERTAINLY ISNT! AND IM GOING TO BREW ISN'T SETTLED Ver, \AND THISTIME ITLL REANWHINE YoU LP SOME MAGIC POTION.. ONLY YOU KNOW, YOU! ) 85 A FAIR EIaHT, }ETTER BARRICADE’ ‘TO BE TAKEN IF THE ROMANS D0 ROTTEN oUt Zi Lt ROTTEN OLD (Bevesnaie tevin," ‘COME BACK | OF COURSE: FRAUD! OPPORTUNIST IN CASE THE ROMANS” Va. 5 ‘ence ENC PRORS THe 4ppg0 Te Tis WINE WILL "THe CENTURION] Canes TOsAnSEY HISa CLEAR YANT LanING IKEA _CENA CANIS"? OISMISS! 2:7 WHO ARE You, GauL, “ST AND WHo LET You INTO a THIS CANN? ~ =e WORK ‘9 CUMULONIMBUS] THE MEN DON'T WANT TOCLEARUP THEeae eats Wilke in a EXTRA Y THIS ISA RUM DO... WHO ior MlggtT YOUi TEA WHS OUAREEAU 7 FONE VIN she DNORATEFOL FoR SERMICeES AORN WITH RENDERED! = AD He HASA WE CAN TRLR ABOUT THAT LATER Waick ‘YOU'VE DONE FOR THE VILLAGE HO DRINKS IBALL IT INHABITANTS. VINIOLE! YOUVE GOT A | MEANWHILE IN THE Poin; INeecnus | | GAUCISH VILLAGE. | VIRUS: We Mus }. Be CARE teFUL! ce ; Wopars ha nae BST pana RATER TU Ring cor a ee? ERT Wh TER Seer Ve bd ' cpa ts Bate A Bie oT ONT TRUST THAT DRUID AND HIS SECRET WEAPONS! | THINKC ['D BETTER 60 SCOUTING ‘AHEAD BEFORE WE P-AND WuaTeveR. INDERWORLD Iie on cay Stee i's THAT FOOL CONGENITAL IDIOTIX ON SENTRY. UTY, tL S20N DEAL rm i TalgeT RAS BEL ET | [WREAPRIE RE HAVE RNOWN LWeRE NOU RO ERE OMY MAY GONE BACK. BLIT LUCKILY FRomme sie: SS] (BENPR Tue pap HAS MALE WANT 5000 TX!((| |G Sine Oe mis Mase ron TRS SAPEIN SCHIZO- PHRENIK'S HUT! } | WANT? efIM SOME OF ina [USED ON THE ROMANS! ar = ee Dy, oe EMCEE We eae ee ) HUH? MAGIC POTION ‘OR No MAGIC POTION, WE CAN DEAL WITH THE ROMANS!THE SUN'S COMING Ol "77, eRe: THe MAGIC POTION $. INVINCIBLE! NEVER MIND. © CURTAIN CALLS! ITCL BE CURTAINS FOR US IF We DON'T. ‘GET ON WITH. DRINKING IT‘ON, MEN! FOR IE AND BEAUTY! 1 seem BESWELLING ) WITH PRIDE...NO) WE AREN'T! VOU'RE THe ONES WHOVE SHRUNI? IN FUTURE YOUILL KN BETTER ow. “THAN TO TAKE MAGIC POTION ‘WITHOUT & DRLID'S PRESCRIPTION! | SWEAR? MAY | FADE AAY IFT BREAK MY OATH![WECC) My DEAR oBeux, (ou ER... MAJESTIX, NOW WE'VE DEALT ‘STARTED GUITE A TRAIN NI = WITH THE: IS, 1, THERE JOF EVENTS WITH THAT PUNCH SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU. YOUGAVE THE SENTRY OUT- ae |SIDETHE ROMAN cAMP. VESTIX: MAVESTIX! =. is AFTER &% HIs- IC ie CHIEF Cuter ! eee OH, FOR GOODNESS Saxe, WEVE bee FOR Te KEEP BETWEEN THe TW OF You!!! ce teoa imeYOU'LL NEED, Ne ui I VOLUNTEER TO REFEREE YOUR SINGLE ‘COMBAT! AS EVENING COMES ON.MAN, TRING OF THESHOW COVE ERIN.OF Tile LEFT, ONLY 4 fies ase funding een THE CHILDREN CAN STILL GATHER THE FaUrTs OF Dmiek PeOeLe%S CABoURS Witte IMPUNITY. RN AP, THINK ALL Do I8 cer ‘gneseey YOU SAID VTjeAT- Face!EST BBE | — i cod eda TRE SNe BRIE NOH Oo EE VEOEEASes THE WEDDING OF Mi USTRIONR BJOICINGS. Some By fitLOVE sToRIEs WITH HAPPY ENDINGS Too! TOOK HERE OBELK, IT'S | 7 5 HooHOO! mentite Koaso"| WF goONOONOO 2) <<; Se iced Tea te ee THAT UT TH REAL ABOUT THe GREAT. DIVIDE REALLY DOES ‘SOUND MosT IMPROBABLE!