Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix et Cléopâtre
Published by: Hachette Livre

First published by: Pilote no. 215 (05/12/1963)

First album edition: 1965
Cartoon film adaptationAsterix and Cleopatra in 1968
Live-action film adaptation: Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra in 2002

How can lovely Queen Cleopatra show Julius Caesar that ancient Egypt is still a great nation? Her architect Edifis recruits his Gaulish friends to help him build a magnificent palace within three months.

 

There are villainous saboteurs to be outwitted, but Asterix, Obelix and Getafix still find time to go sight-seeing – and leave their mark on the Pyramids and the Sphinx’s nose.

What the druids have to say about the album

The cover is the one that contains the most written information in the collection and sums up the Pilote spirit in the sixties. It is wild, the invented yet natural complicity between the authors and their readers makes the front page of what is here a splendid album.

Cleopatra’s nose has become famous thanks to Getafix … and at last we have an explanation as to the absence of one on the Sphinx.

 

The French dice game ‘421’ has been wonderfully rendered in the English translation by the ‘magical’ combination 6,6,6. Similarly, Artifis reads the Daily Nile with comic strips called «Ptarzan» and «Pnuts»!

Various versions of the album

Astérix et Cléopâtre
Astérix et Cléopâtre

Français – Éditions Hachette

Astérix et Cléopâtre
Astérix et Cléopâtre

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Asterix und Kleopatra
Asterix und Kleopatra

Allemand – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

Asterix und Kleopatra
Asterix und Kleopatra

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

Asterix y Cleopatra
Asterix y Cleopatra

Espagnol – Salvat

Espagnol – Salvat La colección
Asterix y Cleopatra

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

Asterix y Cleopatra
Asterix y Cleopatra

Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección

Astèrix i Cleopatra

Catalan – Salvat

Astérix e Cleópatra

Portugais – ASA

Astérix e Cleópatra

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

Asterix and Cleopatra

Anglais – Orion

Asterix en Cleopatra

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Asterix ja Kleopatra

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e Cleopatra

Italien – Panini Comics

아스테릭스, 클레오파트라를먼나다 – Asteriks Kûlleopatûra-rûl mannada

Coréen – Moonji

Asterix og Kleopatra

Danois – Egmont A/S

Asterix och Kleopatra

Suédois – Egmont AB

Asteriks ve Kleopatra

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Asterix e Cleópatra

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Asteriks i Kleopatra

Polonais – Egmont Sp

Asterix un es zuckerschnecksche

Mundart 45 – Hessisch IV

Asterix un det Pyramidenluda

Mundart 49 – Berlinerisch II

Asterix un dat Kleo

Mundart 55 – Kölsch III

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-607-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-606-2
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48