R. GOSCINNY A. UDERZO 1 |AALE A CENTURG! THAT MiSHT SEEM 4 LONG TUNE TO ORDINARY PEOPLE. ONL? THE HEROES OF STORIES IN THE CINEMA, THE THEATRE, LITERATURE = O8 EVEN IN STRIP CARTOONS, OUR SUBIECT HERE ~ ARB LUCKY BNOZEH 7D SURVIVE THE PASSING OF TIME WITHOET A WRINKLE, AND CHEERFALLY CONSIDER This PHENOMENON PERPECTiF NORMAL. IVS OBVIOUS, OF COURSE, THAT THEY OWE THEIR LONG LIVES TO THE PUBLIC. ONLY THE PUBLIC DECIDES WHETHER HEROES LIVE OR DIE, AND IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE OU, 90ND BETTER WATCH OUT LET'S SUPPOSE, DUST ROR A CHANGE, THAT ASTERIX AND Wis FRIENDS FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE YEARS LIKE BVERVONE BL58. LET'S) UMASINE THAT LIKE THE AUTHOR OF THESE LINES THEY ARE NOW FIFTY PEARS OLDER. WE COULD FIND CUT WHAT KIND OF SUAPE THEDRE IN, PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY 50 OFF WE GO TO THE VLLASE WHERE, WE ASSUME, THE WADOMITABLE SAS ARE STILL HOLDING OUT AGAINST THE ROMAN INVADERS. oN (aa aM FoR op enoces thee Sou wiove LOST THaIR OWN! TAK YOUR DAD FOR AUTTLE WALK, SOR WL De is 6007WHO SAiD YOU COULD Go OUT BEFORE FiNiSHING THE "WASHING UP?It mage see LE PEEEEER.. AND pays OCB ARD. AND THAT WATH A ROCKED AND ROLLED- OVER BARD!‘OU, RIGHT. | WAS FORGETTING! AND HOW'S BUSINESS DOING THESE DAYS? HOW ABOUT ASTERIX? ANY NEWS OF HiM? FAMILY IN ‘COUNTRY aT! NiCE FRESH FiSH Tear BOY OF NINE WON'T ST HIS isu BRoaeiT From NASSILIA BE OX CART, UE WAS TO GO FISHING 1 DOWT WAVE THE HEART WHATEVER 1s THE MATTER, ‘OBBLINE T Don't Brasov 2 Fis ROMANS WANE EPRODTED Aun THB PORBETS AND | DON'T KAVE THE STRENGTH TO “EaRRY f! THAT'S ALL OVER! Vm SORRY TO SEE You iFIRST TO AGREE with yo waar gov BE Lice tiery yEARS OW Fitcus 16 4 eRear Day, 82.NO FOOLING: AROUND, #0 TWO! HANDS TOGETHER FOR ASTERiX AND OBELIX! THAT'S iT. RESIGN!OBELIK'S WARDROBE DOESN'T ALWAYS DO sustice 70 Kis TRIE NATURAL ELEGANCE! 80M CREATING A cOLLEcTION To make OBELIK A LEADER OF LUTETIAN FASHION. FAGHON AND 4 OOD INCL UP ARE NOT ACONPATBLE! SPORT: NG WRGTBANDS, A WALRCe MOLSTIGHe AND A PONETAL W SS K iN DEIN aay Male BEEN BORY TD WEAR. Aeioak, DRAPED OVER WE you 4ave To ‘DRESS WELL WHEN vou oBT To BE BIS MAN WN NENMRS. TRS OEE Te OBEN! THis PLUMED Far WAT, TRIMMED WDA PHEAGINT PEATIER, SUES nil ORGAT PRESENCE, AS He MARES Hs BOW! ey, WELD SILEEN AC SEO URE EE The DIePeRENCE AN PATRAGWIDE RUPE FRAMES A SEAMING tops RICE Wad TH wanoesRouee = GRACE WAVED, Wid ROUDERED WATE Wis ON AS REID ASHI WORN WETTLE ROLLS OVER Hes EARS AND TED AT THE BACK, OBELX RENENTS TRIDITNGL ILLISA PATE!FRDCe Cou HLL OPERA WaT A cane] [FEATHER SlDIES NOAA FOR BRINE itd wv ORNATE KNOB —aNTICLNaX | |CWIRIOT BLEGHNTIC, A ROCKET HouReLASS: ‘ Wifi BOB AND OBEL EXCHANGES =) SOME VERY lisse SUECKED BREECHES! iE ‘ONCE MORE TD hie BREAcuBS SNOT MDSSBLE TAT NS UNDERSTATED YET ELECANT Sui Garin WARTS Te MoDeL A BASED, SAGER TO PROTECT tis GLOTHES FROM PANT SO THAT HE CaN TD EXPRESS osZLE PREELS TS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE THE af &e q AND cage. ASTERIK WOULD Un 7D Change fis SPOTS, VR PANNING AN EXOTE (QUT EIT FOR Him IT REMADE MB OF SSONETHNG, A TRBUTE TO ANDRE PRK12 Moca Pashions WAT AgeT AessAgES POR OUR ou BET | DELIVERED [MY GODSIN PANACEAI! PANACEAY J) HAS CARVED ME 4 LETTER! SO LONG, ee br ASTBRIX, | THINK ULL HAVE RLTTLE LieADON BETAEIAI | WANT Vou 7 DO ME A GREAT FAVOUR! A canes \ (Seber Ls KS ! ay KDou COULD WAVE LEARNT TO i's ALL Because OF BONS READ Lone Ago WETEAD Like vou TwaT maTuRE HUNTING WILD BOAR FiGLE SeneRATiONS WiLL sae i THE GAGLS COULDNT READ ‘OR WRITE! TeRes WN OL 5 how To Let's START hoaANOTHER LETTER, THiS, TIME PROM ALEXANDRIA! eD\rla 6 THINKING OF is FRIENDS! re talends ds come trae, AND THs 16 ODD! RTE Fe 7 |” ASTERIX AND OBELIX, ANCIENT WORLD! BOTTLE Post!SS ‘SMALL AND WEEDY. (uc Taut tou someriNne, DUR WARRIORS waee ‘OBELIN IG A BAT, iB UN NTELLEGTIAO TO. HE ASKED GMISELR EO Mae Quasrone aa Mech His nore, BELEVE TOU AE. der oyun SeTedce WHEN | Look Aut sees vat wromennee (Rene ee eee aoa hg Feb causieD 20 15 WET TAB aBeiRAORSU TNE NEAL) Gr RESON eer Bie. i a 2ST Tne BREATH OF WD. | ie aieescclp aT weer LE te WHAT AML WITHOOT TUE MABIC POTIONS THIS MATURE 1S REALLY AMAZING, MASTER]TIEN A PRESSE MOR OLEoEAL THEN STRENGOUS PuESTCAL EXERCISE: WALENS, RENNIN ArTER wiicn, or Course, We KAD WARRIORS WIT PERFECT PROPORTIONS. ‘After Leonardo da VinciKEEP TRAVELLING, AND exact! YEAR L BC EDITION THE CIRCUMBENDIBUS TRAVEL GUIDE Gauls, do you like to travel? If so our guide, written by an . Armorican adventurer, is just the book for you! ) . . We PLEASURES {J feourse the Gauls like to travel, by Toutatis! Here in the village, gf THe 4€aHDE of course, we don’t haye far to go. The beach is very close, and there's the forest just inland. All the pleasures of a good holiday can be found here: the seaside with its pirates, mushroom-picking, boar-hunting, and a good laugh with Roman patrols. Not to mention that here in Armorica we have a very invigorating climate. In short, it’s rather like being on holiday all the year round for the Romans and us. Leisure ACTIVITIES ON HOLIDAY A RELAXING MOMENT ON AN ARMORICAN BEeacH Avan hell estes. tanipguor on he wc) FUN AND GAMES WITH FRIENDS. To avoid inconvenience, : oll the advice nthe on eave those on love Te advantage of x grep pave ats Cicumbendibus Guie when booking your hata. 1 —Lacius Citcumbendns,a big wheel in-wheel manufacturing (ce Auer and the Chisftain's Shel), published this famous gue tothe best Gals innsThese of our countrymen who aren’t so lucky, meaning everyone else, start thinking about their holidays in the month of Januarius' onwards. If you want to go away in Quintilis? or Sextilis* you have to plan in advance. After the month of Aprilis there are no seaside villas left to be booked along the coast, and the only subject of conversation is what the weather will be like in summer, (“Mind you, there's a lot of climate change these days. All those Roman war machines will make the sky fall on our heads one of these days!”) Sone people disapprove of this attitude. “What's Gaul coming to?” they ask. “In the good old days people thought of work and nothing but work!” But even these sensible souls are not the last to set out for the southern provinces. It’s the beaches of the Middle Sea that attract most tourists: Nicae, Antipolis, Forum Julii, Citharista, Olbia, Heraclea Caceabaria, Carsicis? and Athenopolis® are full of teeming crowds looking for pleasure all summer. (Particularly Athenopolis, frequented by people from the ancient world, the high society of Lutetia, and the beatnix, those strange barbarians who don’t plait or wash their Jong hair. Some say they're like that after getting nicely stoned at Nicae.) 1 Sarwary 2 Soon ta be called Julius in honour of Caer, and later July 23~To be renamed Augustus and then August Apt 5 Respectively: Nice, Antibes, Fj, La Cott, Hyeres, Cavaliv, Cassis 66 Sinall Massa place moar present-day Saint-Topea ze ecalrsiae sk vetoed ares ‘oawcid ending wpina | sha soe of tan seveO, course, the [) trouble is that, with B everyone leaving at the same time and going the same way, the < roads are crowded and, i e ao ee SO 7 accidents, Some of those are due to careless drivers hell-bent on high speed, never mit life and limb, You hear idiots saying: “Yes, old boy, Lutetia to Nicae in only three weeks non-stop!” As if two weeks more or less meant anything in a man’s life! Rone patrols do their best to enforce the Pax Romana on the roads. The laws are being tightened up, and there’s talk of throwing those careless drivers who are the worst offenders to the lions, but so far that has come to nothing, and the RPOF (Roman Policing Operations Forum) is trying to impose some semblance of discipline as best it can. HOW TO AVOID CROWDED ROADS ITs NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID CROWDED ROADS FULL OF HOLIDAY TRAFFIC AND TAILBACKS. HERES OUR ADVICE FOR TRAVELLING MORE €AsiLY. Travel with Obl fo avoid amphona nels! Enjoy se peace an oan ofthe ocean, Fy above heeled core yout for ever Travel by cance and mer new fends ‘ef fenting tate ks fll on your bea“thas to be said, in defence of road users, that the design of the Roman road network is ancient. The authorities built roads paved with stone slabs which are no longer up to the pressure of modern traffic. They are cluttered up by ox- drawn haulage carts, and overtaking them is always dangerous. Nor do I think that imposing a speed limit of III millia passuum an hour’ on all vehicles will solve the problem, And I doubt whether sending bad drivers to the Circus is a good idea, although the lions seem to think so. The roads must be widened and ring roads built around towns and villages. Anyone who has driven through Lugdunum will know what I mean. LV. eanwhile people go on taking risks and suffering from road rage as they hurl insults at each other. “I’m going to barbecue those oxen of yours!” “Get going, rapa-face!” “I’m not tailgating you for ever, raeda lenta’! Let me by!” “T'm working! I’m a slave, Tam! I’m not here for fun!" “You're a slave, eh? If L was your master I'd trade you in for a donkey. Donkeys work better, they're prettier and more intelligent!” “Want to know what the donkey says to you?” And soon, ROMAN ROADS GUARANTEED Cx FOR ALL MOD CONS “1's not unusual to see what ought to have been a pleasant excursion dege- nerate into a pitched battle, leading to amphora-necks and tailbacks paralysing the traffic for millia and millia passuum, ‘Withserinacs, chariot and service satis ‘made o provide or he canoe efeiaoe divers? 1 About. ph 2-Tumipcaten insted of potatnes the wy every efor hs been Latin slow coseA enemy soldier’s pilum. Remember: “One amphora, fine! ‘Two amphorae, watch out!” A A Imost everyone has his own chariot these days, but how many people are really good drivers? How many of you know, for instance, what distance you need to stop a galloping horse? XX feet! A pair of oxen going full speed ahead will need XXX feet to come to a halt! And if you are travelling by litter, it takes X feet for slaves carrying you at full tilt to pull up. I “urthermore, whether you're in a Roman chariot, an ox cart or a litter, sports-chariot driving is best left to the professional aurigae. Allow me to offer a little advice: you're not Ben Hur. Controlled skids and sharp bends taken at the gallop are not for you. You have a good chariot, you're proud of the power under its yoke, but use that power only to keep yourself out of danger. 1 Presentday Modena f Ana there’s one thing the Gauls will never understand: it’s not a good idea to eat a heavy meal at lunchtime when you still have some way to travel. But we Gauls are greedy pigs, we feed our faces with wild boar, and we can’t resist one last hornful of : Aquitanian wine to wash it down! In spite of the marble slabs up beside the toads telling us not to drink and drive,we forget that the amphora can kill as easily as an nother problem with our roads is that too few service stations are open at night. If you break down after sunset, 1 suppose you could always try looking for a veterinary surgeon, but you'll be told, “I’m here to sell hay, not doctor the draught, animals.” In addition, getting spare parts is difficult. If one of your team of oxen needs replacing, you'll be told that the spare part has (0 come from Charolais, and you may spend your whole holiday waiting for your ox to arrive, Because even when it gets into its stride an ox doesn’t move fast! Tobe sure ofa worm welcome everoshere, ‘ae your evel bad with ouThee are also the inns along your way, It’s better not to stop on the off chance, because you may have a nasty surprise when the bill arrives, and your wallet could suffer a sizeable catapult- hole. Of course, if you like fancy cooking you'll find luxury establishments rated by golden sickles in the specialist guides, places where you can eat paté of ants” thighs, stuffed nightingale tongues and candied trout-heads. But if you prefer simple fare, stop at one of the places with transport carts parked outside. You'll find a friendly atmosphere where they serve you good roast boar, chilled barley beer, and hydromel like Mater makes it. f you want a place fo stay on your way, it’s best to reserve in advance, or you may have to sleep the night in your chariot. Many like to go camping, but then you should follow the example of the Romans: never forget to dig a ditch and put up a fence around your tent, That will keep out attacking barbarians, who are sometimes a nuisance and spoil your good night's sleep. F inally, I must add that only prudent Gauls enjoy their travels, but I wish all of you happy holidays! 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Sound of se ray sy tine ts gourd Yueh Sur pou ah jon ind em ala ‘Tis go oN ustelytreved by Vine ae oe | “sierra Set 5 yeni 4 rap ete Rl otona 5 va, i Collectors: ne loans change from ev y province, 4 rata wets we he mont sous =e 1x, dale Sex rg a Los of tn seis api sarong. x. yramis peri t rye Cran Breead MINE SON. You dean of othe Fayptins make i x, I Pas traced eae of eorelaattig aroun THAT otaines rare par ofthe Pax Romane ROFOREIGN TRAVEL 1S ALL VER? WELL, BUT RATHER DULL WITHOUT Music.A GOATS MLK. @ A PRESENT FOR ASTERIX AND OBELIX? AT THEIR AGE, THEY'D bo pertsr To SET MARRIED! PEARLs OF FOR OUR HEROES, UM APRAID IT'S A pact THAT THOSE TWO WARRIORS KNOW THING ABOUT TENDER AFFECTION. L PEAR FOOR OBELK WAS Eves. ONL OR ME. OBELIX? naw! He kas EVES ONLY FOR Nis ROMANS AND Kis BOARS. AND AMOROUS PASSION KAS ‘THEM BARPLED. ‘THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH DEFEATIST TALK! THEY NEED EXCEPTIONAL WOMEN WhON THEE (GAN LOOK uP To!AND THE LOVING CARE OF A wire COULD CERTAINLY Ake A BiG DigtERENCE 5S ONE OF THEM! BUT ITE A PACT THAT, AS A NY PIE GERIATRIX HONES-BLN uene's sour urTie cl ALWAYS SAYS, 17'S RARE TO OBELK awEETIE \. = FIND A WIPE LiKE AB. MORE LITTLE. POOL BE IN PERF ASTERIK, DARLING, (1 Y cons siorrina! SONT roRset TO .50 Tie House.ThaReS OTHE Re AREAL SeKSiTiOn: ON THis SEEStW #20 AN DANCE A ACLISH FLING. Lesson I ¢ Lesson IT Lesson IV Leansave 10 \ Nor | Stopes es Bexonse ‘ConceatRaT ms 5 THE HNEESEQUAREONTUBUYPOTENUS, a Ope Tike. tau dnsoss Lose one ei 4 BuNbLe or tavons Pe Se \oeim cownpente notine Anon PAE wile BE Aace 7 Reser ou! 34 gg Nome be ean ee ‘ena ter L9G — GeLOK AT THEM Suu (C POTIONS ARE $0 OLD UAT. ASTERIK AND CHARISMA SUCH PRESENCE! LIX DESERVE BETTER. THEY'RE MADE FOR ART OF DRAMA ON STAGE /, (OR SCREEN! EVERVTING THED NEED TOBE TLE MOST PY 1G STAGE THEIR ADVENTURES AG A NAGNIFICE OF ACTION:FORA START ILL DRAW THEIR ADVENTURES. REPAL TO AVED MSTARES Wi UNFORTUNATE CONSE. IT’S ... IT’S A SHARKI? QUITIICK! DO SOMETHING!!!THE ROMAN! HE’S MAKING A BREAK FOR iT! NO, OBELIX! DON'T! 1M ABOUT so Lose mw HE’S MAKING A BREAK FOR iT! i NO, OBELIX! DON’ PERSONALLY, | SEE THE SCENE MORE LiKe TH! - ee. See a dl ATER ALL, YOU'RE FREE TO Bo AS 7OU LiKe WITH FOUR, PRESENTS, OBELIN!WE With AVOID AL FAR-FETCHED INTERPRETATIONS, oe | / | HOW ) ge Ay C0001! | | DARE Ou? a Trae Sof) I / HOW DARE You, YOU LiTTLE — MEt, MISTER AUTHOR, {Wan A STNT Mt couse on a Seed une Tisse scenes! | <= osaurar 5 pani! FIONN—— peace THAT ASTERIK guses! te craze! + THES GOSCINNYRIX UDERZORIX IN THE PART or. ASTERIX RIN THE part oF OBELIX. 4)SND THAT'S NOT ALL! Va DESIGNS (00u, eRe! Bio. NO, NO, VANILLA YOU CAN BET NO ‘BE DOING THAT THING FOR ONE WILL KIND OF our (oe) tip: i) es OS) m) 7! © -—4ACS XeNO, NO, LAURENSOLIViAs! ASTERIK AND OBELIX ARE DESTINED TO BE GREAT ee The? AREA Panos ‘ORACLES ARE CLEAR, uF ite yl WE e Lt OVER, THE WORLD! THERE WiLL 2V2N Be A STATUE (OF OBELIK AS A THINEER KNOWN ALL OVER Tue WORLD! 42 As ASTERIK ‘onatin muse [ab \Taouaur O00 Pot ; Roman ater wert / saxeiions were EMS. (rit On Tae ORSUND, Om sage tusn {THON THE GROUND, MASTER?APPARENTLY THiS ARTISTIC GENRE 1 CALLED A THO CAN. ir nasal SBE wit. Al, SO MODERN! x OF cous (SLarion PAINT THERE'S NO ACEOUNTING: POR TASTES AND eoouRs. you Diow'T eat ENOUGH DINNER.HOW DARE YOU REFUSE THE GAULS’ THAT WiLL DO I you rorcer STOP THAT! ‘THAT BUT FOR THOSE GAULS, YOUR YOu JUST DO IN CAESARION WOULD BE iN THE HANDS i (OF THE VILLAINOUS BRUTUS*! = AND PLL SEND THEM A SUITABLE BIRTHDAY PRESENT! 1pHo, HO! THIS WAG ULL KLE ‘TWO BIRDS WiTH ONE STONE! TL satisey CLEOPATRA AND BON THOSE, FOR YouR seRvices, CHOLERAMORBUS! 00 ARE TO BENG, AMBASSADORS AND TAKE THis SaaS te Sado vuLaesL SUMMON THE CENTURIONS FROM THe BACT 16 1, WELL SuST how! ANY MORE OF THAT AND i’LL HAVE YOU SERVED TO THE LiONS iNBY WAY OF THANKS TO. You, LET'S ALL TASTE 7 AND DRINK CABSAR'S KEALTH! AVE CAESAR! THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DRINK TO YOUR HEALTH YO! HORNS FOR THESE ‘SaNTLeMEN:THEY TASTED The CONTENTS OF THis GAR, WHC CONTAINS 4 STRONG LAXATIVE! RicIN OL) WAS A REAL FUSCO! THAT'S. RUNNY. THOSE ROMANS: ARE RUNNING Away EVEN BEFORE WE CAN RN AFTER THEM! RE YOU ARE T HURRY JP AND Et READY! THERE'S ‘4 Bie SURPRISE FOR vou! ABER, Fs I Ve TASTED THE WJ contenrs of 4 HE DAR! =| Tue ipioTs! Zap © CAESAR, Wien ¢60 ane Wire IME | DO Wisk YOU. ‘COULD CONTROL, OuRSE,(Cen th Mest all r friends are reunited in the lag LS sf vilage square, 7 and the Guts give the. hrthday hays a —_ SS A oraly surprise,