Asterix and the Banquet

Asterix and the Banquet

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Le Tour de Gaule

Published by: Hachette Livre
First published by: Pilote no. 172 (07/02/1963)
First album edition: 1965

Gaul, now France, has always been famous for its food and drink – so when, for a bet with the Romans, Asterix and Obelix travel round collecting local delicacies they start on the journey home with all sorts of goodies.

 

First, however, they must outwit the thieves Villanus and Unscrupulous. And who’s that little dog who has been following them all the way?

What the druids have to say about the album

This is the album that will seal the phenomenal fate of Asterix. The comic strip is becoming a kind of sociological work by bringing together just about all that unites Franco-Gauls under the seal of humour, talent and tenderness.

 

In the original cut-out of the album written by René Goscinny, there was the following instruction: Both go into a shop with the sign: ‘pork butcher’s shop – grocery’. A little dog is at the door.

 

Strangely, the last line, which seems innocent enough, is underlined. It may be what drove Albert Uderzo to give a more important role to the little dog in his drawings. Idéfix (the dog’s French name) did not yet have a name in Asterix and the Banquet but got one a little later, after a competition in Pilote magazine.

 

Today, the little dog is called, variously and depending on the translation: Dogmatix, Idefiks, Ideefix, Kuzifix, Ideiafix, and even Snupix!

Various versions of the album

Le tour de Gaule d’Astérix

Français – Éditions Hachette

Le tour de Gaule d’Astérix

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Tour de France

Allemand – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

Tour de France

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

La vuelta a la Galia de Asterix

Espagnol – Salvat

La vuelta a la Galia de Asterix

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

La vuelta a la Galia de Asterix

Espagnol – Salvat La Gran Colección

La volta a la Gàl-lia d’Astèrix

Catalan – Salvat

A Volta à Gália de Astérix

Portugais – ASA

A Volta à Gália de Astérix

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

Asterix and the Banquet

Anglais – Orion

Asterix en de ronde van Gallia

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Asterix lyö vetoa

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e il giro di gallia

Italien – Panini Comics

Iter Gallicum

Latin – Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin

아스테릭스와 골의 12보물 – Asteriks-wa golui 12bomul

Coréen – Moonji

Gallien rundt

Danois – Egmont A/S

Gallien runt

Suédois – Egmont AB

Galya Turu

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Uma volta pela Gália com Asterix

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Tour durchs Ländli

Mundart 34 – Alemannisch I

Dour de Frångn

Mundart 54 – Meefränggisch I

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-609-3
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-608-6
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48