Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul ( original French title: Astérix le Gaulois ) is the first comic in the Asterix series, which was written in 1959 by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. The first publication was in the magazine Pilote. In 1967 the comic book of the same name as a cartoon.
Action
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The action takes place in the year 50 BC, after the Romans conquered Gaul have completely except for a small village. Only this village whose inhabitants possess powerful forces, makes the Romans resistance. Since the Romans want to know the secret of supernatural forces, they send a disguised as a Gaul Legionnaire, Caligula Minus, a spy in the Gallic village. The spy pretends to want to return to his family, and persuaded Asterix and the druid Getafix to reveal the secret: a magic potion brewed by the druid, which gives supernatural powers. After the spy was allowed to drink a serving of magic potion, he is unmasked, but can escape thanks to his super powers to return to the Roman camp and tell the Romans of the mystery.
As Getafix walks into the woods a short time later, he stumbles into a set of the Romans event is captured and transported to the camp Compendium. There he is tortured by tickling the sole of the foot with a feather, because he will not reveal the recipe for the magic potion.
Meanwhile, wait Asterix and Obelix in vain for the return of the Druids. Finally, Asterix goes on a search and soon finds out that the druid was kidnapped in the Roman camp. He sneaks into the camp and tried to free Getafix. He will be caught by the Romans and also captured. As he is to be tortured, Getafix is a sham the "secret" award. Rather than brew the strengthening potion, but he concocts a potion that makes hair grow longer. After all the Romans have tasted it, breaks because of the ever proliferating hair out of chaos, outwitted Centurion is correspondingly angry. After some time the Romans bring the Druids to brew a potion counter while secretly Asterix brews the real magic potion under the guidance of Getafix. In their escape from the Roman camp, they meet Julius Caesar, who anrückt with an army. But Caesar they can pull, because they prevented the centurion because overthrow with the help of magic potion Caesar, and they can return to their village, where they are already eagerly anticipating.
Comments
In this Asterix comic there are some features that no longer appear in the following parts of the comic book series. So Miraculix living in a cave in the forest. In addition, he uses a walking stick. Obelix initially transmits an ax that is never seen in the following comics, also differ among others his beard ( the ends are curved downward ) and the braids of later accounts. He also eats along with Asterix "only" a single wild boar. Furthermore awaken Asterix and other villagers seem that the potion works constantly, but they need to drink on certain occasions nevertheless it. Automatix is seen in the processing of metal with his bare hands. He has no resemblance to his later appearance. Julius Caesar also looks very different than in the rest of the series: He has shorter hair is smaller, a little wider and his laurel wreath is smaller and slightly brownish; on page 1, he also has a different nose. The Bard Troubadix sitting at the feast at the end of the table. In later comics he is usually tied to a tree, so that he does not sing.
In Germany Asterix and Cleopatra is the successor band, in the original French it is La Serpe d'or ( German: the Golden Sickle )
Since the site was lost after the 31 first printing, the page is redrawn. However, they did not come from Albert Uderzo, but by his brother Marcel Uderzo.
Publication
The story was first published in 1959 serialized in Pilote, with one founded by Goscinny French comics magazine. She appeared from 1 June 1959 in the # 0 of the magazine. In 1961 the history of the publishing house Dargaud as so-called Pilote collection with a circulation of 6000. During the same year, she also appeared in German. The English translation was published in 1969 publishing the first time in Brockhampton Press.
1967, the comic was made into a film entitled Asterix the Gaul, in the Federal Republic of Germany the film was first published in 1971.
In 1988 in Germany on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Ehapa issue a commemorative edition with 8 extra pages, in which the German translation was adapted to the original and some details (images, color, text ) have been changed.
Asterix the Gaul is also part of Volume 1 of 2005 published in the world book publishing twelve-part comic IMAGE library. The colors in this band partially differ significantly from the band appeared in 1988. In addition, this volume contains the Great Divide Asterix and out of school.
The band appeared among others in English, Spanish and Turkish. In addition, the comic appeared on Saxon under the title Asterix dr Gallchor in Egmont Ehapa.