Asterix the Gaul adventures - Vol. 23 - Obelix and Co

The main theme of the album is greed - golden boy style - and the authors have given Obelix a villainous role to intensify the effect.

The course on political economy given by an Obelix charmed by the laws of supply and demand is a little handbook for novice market raiders. Sheer delight.

The album was also published in Occitan by the French Société Toulousaine du Livre in 1976. Today, this type of edition is rare and has become a collector's item. Here's a well-known Asterix passage, written in Occitan: Revirada de Cantalausa: Sè en 50 abans Jèsus Crist. Gàllia tota es mestrejada pels Romans... Tota? non pas, qu'un vilatge de Galleses encanissats quita pas de brandir pelhas a l'ocupaire. Tot es pas rossèl, tant se'n manca! per les garnisons de legionaris romans dins los enclastres d'Engolaventum, Copafum, Faimelum e Manjafarsum. seguirà? o seguirà pas?