Written by: Goscinny Drawings by: Uderzo |
First published by: Pilote no. 652 (04/05/1972) |
This album together with Asterix and the Cauldron inspired the first live-action Asterix film: Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar. |
One dark and stormy night, a sinister figure arrives in the little Gaulish villafe. Prolix, who claims to be a soothsayer, prophesies that when the storm is over the weather will improve. And it does!
Now the credulous villagers believe every word he says, but Asterix has his suspicions of the smooth-talking Prolix. Who is really right about the soothsayer?
Sales in France for this album are always slightly lower than for the others. The only plausible explanation is that the disturbing cover may put people off. And yet it’s a sheer delight to laugh about the gullibility of our dear Gauls. Any resemblance…
While the talents of Prolix the soothsayer have yet to be proved, predictions about the future (more or less intentional) abound. For instance, in the last panel on page 10 we can see our Gauls arranged in the same way as in a Rembrandt painting that would not come into being until much later. Further on, on page 37, the whole village poses, well before the camera was ever invented. And we also come across Albert Uderzo’s country house, which didn’t exist at the time, even if the menhirs offered by admirers ever since might have led one to believe so.
Français – Éditions Hachette
Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection
Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection
Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition
Espagnol – Salvat
Espagnol – Salvat La colección
Catalan – Salvat
Portugais – ASA
Portugais – A colecção – Salvat
Anglais – Orion
Gallois – Dalen
Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette
Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB
Italien – Panini Comics
Danois – Egmont A/S
Suédois – Egmont AB
Turc – Remzi Kitabevi
Brésilien (Portugais) – Record
Polonais – Egmont Sp
Créole réunionnais – Caraïbéditions
Mundart 17 – Wieneriesch II
Mundart 50 – Hessisch V
Mundart 59 – Hunsrigger Platt II
Classic paperback collection
N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-642-0 |
Hardback edition
N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-641-3 |