Asterix and the Normans

Action

Majestix, the chief of the little Gaulish village where the heroes of the Asterix stories live, receives a letter from his brother ozeanix from Lutetia (Paris). This would send his son Grautvornix to Resilience in the village. Hardly has read the message, as Grautvornix already appears in a sports car from Mediolanum ( Milan) Majestix. Even at this first appearance he gives loud-mouthed and cocky. Asterix attempts to win for the villagers it still first by honor he held him a ball which leads to it but that Grautvornix the participants an introduction to the Beat music. In turn, the bard Troubadix feels encouraged to sing, so the festival is abruptly ended.

Now a second storyline begins: Up in the north live the Normans, which is known to have no fear. With this condition, the chieftain Olaf Maulaf is unhappy because he interpreted the saying fear gives you wings meaning that frightened people can actually fly like birds. He wants This ability also for his people. So starts an expedition to Gaul to learn the meaning of fear. The ship of the Normans on the horizon, as Asterix and Obelix are straight with Grautvornix on the beach. This panics, while the villagers remain unmoved. The admission of his fear is overheard by a Norman scouts called Dompfaf, whereupon the Normans decide to use exactly this " world champion" in being afraid for their own purposes. As Grautvornix has enforced his early home at Majestix, Obelix gives him a souvenir a menhir. Prompt his car goes under this load to fracture and the Normans can capture him.

A little later, see Asterix and Obelix the abandoned cars in the forest and report their observation Majestix. This sends them to the Norman camp, where a battle ensues. Although the Normans have no magic potion, strengthen, however, with their national drink Calva and are thus quite robust. A Roman patrol that perceives the fight, at first gently pulls back to their camp. As a newcomer to the commander divulges that is being fought on the beach, this patrol sent back. The Romans are now beaten both by the Gauls as well as by the Normans, eventually Olaf Maulauf calls the plan, which consumed his boar à la crème straight in the tent. He explains Asterix and Obelix, for which purpose he has Grautvornix be kidnapped. Asterix agrees to remain as a hostage at the Normans until Obelix have brought in something that will definitely inspire the Normans fear.

Maulaf agrees and Obelix is on its way to bring Troubadix the Norman camp. But Troubadix has, encouraged by Grautvornix ' praise, made ​​their way to Lutetia to start a great career there. Obelix can easily follow his trail because his songs have caused panic and devastation everywhere. Finally, after obtaining the bards and can persuade him to return to Grautvornix ' rescue.

However, this has cost so much time that the Normans became impatient. Grautvornix is already at the edge of the cliff and gets flight instructions, as he finally understands that he needs the Normans scare just afraid to get free. But his attempts to frighten with grimaces, only trigger laughter. In the moment in which they want to push him off the cliff, Asterix is freed from his chains and attacks the Normans. At this moment also Obelix and Troubadix arrive. Grautvornix draws abruptly courage and participates in the fight - but the Normans are not even arrived to fight. You interrupt the fight to be finally instruct in the art of having anxiety. So Troubadix comes to his appearance before the Normans - namely one has persuaded him that these were arrived to hear old Gallic songs - and looking forward to his one man show. In fact, he succeeds with his song, trigger all the symptoms of fear among the Normans. In the belief that to be able to fly, they pounce, wild flapping his arms from the cliff into the sea and swimming to reach their ship. There is later to the lookout Ganzbaf enter a flight demonstration, but crashes just from the masthead to the deck. The Normans opt not to return to Gaul, to check whether they have been tricked, and are on their way home. On the way they manage the newly learned fear to tame what get to feel as first the pirates who will come on the sea in the way.

The withdrawal of the Normans and Grautvornix ' won courage are celebrated in the village with a banquet.

Comments

Rohrpostix, the postman who conveyed the messages carved in stone like a modern postman in his shoulder bag and wearing a kind of uniform post.

Grautvornix carries a kind of blue jeans and leads the villagers in the spirit of the youth of the 1960's. His sports car is an allusion to the based in Milano Italian car industry and the sometimes dubious quality of some products. The red paint is not a coincidence. Troubadix he hopes to make a career in Olympix in Lutetia, an allusion to the Olympic Hall.

In the Roman camp, a carved marble report in triplicate is created on each action, an allusion to the extensive paperwork required in many institutions.

As is known, loves Obelix ' dog Idefix trees over everything and starts to whine every time when a copy is uprooted. Obelix take on it in this volume little consideration and tears and occurs by two trees. Another appearance Idefix has in this volume, as Obelix attaches him to track down the missing Troubadix. Since he has been trained but only on standing stones, Idefix leads his master to the quarry instead of on the road to Lutetia.

An anachronism represents a road sign that points to the unevenness of the road to Lutetia.

In general, the bard Troubadix is gagged and bound to the holding of the final banquet. This time, a role reversal takes place. Troubadix may join the party and his nemesis Automatix, which tends to prevent his vocal inserts else depends tied up and Petersiliensträußchen in the ears to a tree.

Publication

This comic was first printed in books 340-361 of Pilote in 1966, appeared in book form for the first time in 1967 Dargaud and presented the ninth volume of the series dar. reprints of the original French edition published in 1999 by Hachette. The German -language edition came out in 1971 at Ehapa; Asterix was previously published by the Normans already in folders 9-16 of MV Comix in 1968. In 2002, the band received a new title screen.