Asterix in Belgium

Asterix in Belgium

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Astérix chez les Belges

Published by: Hachette Livre
First album edition: 1979

Who are bravest, the Belgian tribes or the Gauls? And who can destroy more fortified Roman camps?

 

When the content ends in a draw, and Julius Caesar is asked to adjudicate, he goes into action against both the Gauls and Belgians. They unite against him, inventing fish and chips along the way. But will Caesar meet his Waterloo?

What the druids have to say about the album

This is the last adventure written by René Goscinny. It was serialised in Le Monde newspaper, as was Asterix and Caesar’s Gift in the summer of 1974. Almost three years after Obelix and Co came out, this album had a print run of 1,500,000 – its popularity showing that readers had not forgotten Asterix. Rather, they wanted more, as the huge successes of following albums have shown.

 

This was the album chosen by Albert Uderzo in November 2002 to pay tribute to his friend who had died 25 years earlier, before the book’s first publication.

Various versions of the album

Astérix chez les Belges

Français – Éditions Hachette

Astérix chez les Belges

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Asterix bei den Belgiern

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Asterix bei den Belgiern

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

Asterix en Belgica

Espagnol – Salvat

Asterix en Belgica

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

Astérix entre os Belgas

Portugais – ASA

Astérix entre os Belgas

Portugais – A colecção – Salvat

Astèrix a Bèlgica

Catalan – Salvat

Asterix in Belgium

Anglais – Orion

Asterix en de Belgen

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Asterix Belgiassa

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix el belgi

Italien – Panini Comics

Styrkeprøven

Danois – Egmont A/S

Asterix i Belgien

Suédois – Egmont AB

Asteriks Belçika’da

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Asterix entre os Belgas

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Asteriks u Belgów

Polonais – Egmont Sp

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-650-5
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-649-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48