Obelix and Co

Obelix and Co

Presentation

Written by: Goscinny

Drawings by: Uderzo
Original title: Obélix et Compagnie

Published by: Hachette Livre
First album edition: 1976

Julius Caesar sends Caius Preposterus, a bright young graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corrupt the indomitable Gauls by introducing them to big business.

 

Obelix’s menhir trade is soon thriving, backed by a heavy advertising campaign – but does wealth bring happiness? And what will happen when the bottom falls out of the menhir market?

What the druids have to say about the album

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?

Various versions of the album

Obélix et compagnie

Français – Éditions Hachette

Obélix et compagnie

Français – Éditions Hachette – La Grande Collection

Obelix GmbH & Co KG

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection

Obelix GmbH & Co. KG

Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Édition

Obelix y compañia

Espagnol – Salvat

Obelix y compañia

Espagnol – Salvat La colección

Obèlix i companya

Catalan – Salvat

Obélix e Companhia

Portugais – ASA

Obelix & co

Néerlandais – Éditions Hachette

Obelix and co.

Anglais – Orion

Obelix ja Kumpp.

Finnois – Egmont Kustannus OY AB

Asterix e la Obelix SpA

Italien – Panini Comics

Obelix & Co. ApS

Danois – Egmont A/S

Oburiks ve Sirketi

Turc – Remzi Kitabevi

Obelix & Companhia

Brésilien (Portugais) – Record

Obeliks i spólka

Polonais – Egmont Sp

Obelix und’s groasse Gschäft

Mundart 30 – Tirolisch I

Mir strunze net – mir habbe!

Mundart 66 – Hessisch IX

Obelix & Co

Suédois – Egmont AB

The bookseller’s corner

Classic paperback collection

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-652-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48

Hardback edition

N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-651-2
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48