"by a sore liver, a consequence of overeating and drinking at his last banquet. Having demonstrated this, and temporarily eased the chief's pain, the druid Getafix sends Vitalstatistix to a hydrotherapeutic center in Arverne to be cured, with Asterix and Obelix (and Dogmatix) as his escort. On the way, they stop at various inns, where the heavy food revives the chief's sickness. At Arverne, the Gauls initially remain together; but because Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix are in no need of special diets, they feast on wild boar and beer while everyone else eats ""boiled vegetables"". When other patients complain, Vitalstatistix"
"usually accompanied by Dogmatix, his little dog. (Except for Asterix and Obelix, the names of the characters change with the language. For example, Obelix's dog's name is ""Dogmatix"" in English, but ""Idéfix"" in the original French edition.) Asterix and Obelix (and sometimes other members of the village) go on various adventures both within the village and in far away lands. Places visited in the series include parts of Gaul (Lutetia, Corsica etc.), neighbouring nations (Belgium, Spain, Britain, Germany etc.), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, India etc.). The series employs science-fiction and fantasy elements in the more recent"
"and Obelix make their way to the Normandy region, where a Roman patrol recognizes them. They flee and escape via a wealthy Roman couple's yacht down the Seine, while the patrol is stymied by the unhelpfully vague responses of local residents. Lutetia (Paris): Upon arrival, Asterix and Obelix negotiate the traffic jams and buy a ham from a pork butcher shop, where from this point on, Dogmatix (unnamed until the next adventure) follows the duo through Gaul. Fearing detection by a Roman patrol, they purchase a gleaming used chariot and handsome horse from a dishonest salesman to make their escape."
"start of the school year, but Obelix is put in class too when he shows ignorance of current affairs. Story of the village on the day of Asterix's and Obelix's birth, which interrupts a quarrel among their friends' fathers. Introduction to the stories (done for the American market): gives a synopsis of the themes and principal characters. Dogmatix helps the village rooster (national bird of France) defeat an eagle (symbol of Rome) terrorizing the local animals, by stealing Asterix's gourd of potion to provide the rooster with the necessary advantage. Obelix tries to use Gaulish customs to get a kiss"
"the druid Getafix is ""Panoramix"" in the original French and ""Miraculix"" in German. Even so, occasionally the wordplay has been preserved: Obelix's dog, known in the original French as ""Idéfix"" (from ""idée fixe"", a ""fixed idea"" or obsession), is called ""Dogmatix"" in English, which not only renders the original meaning strikingly closely (""dogmatic"") but in fact adds another layer of wordplay with the syllable ""Dog-"" at the beginning of the name. The name ""Asterix"", French ""Astérix"", comes from ', meaning ""asterisk"", which is the typographical symbol *""' indicating a footnote, from the Greek word αστήρ (""aster""), meaning a ""star"". His"
"Cacofonix's music and singing) frustrates the Gauls, Asterix and Obelix are assigned to take him home. Accordingly, Asterix, Obelix, Pepe and Dogmatix travel to Iberia, where Spurius Brontosaurus (the leader of Pepe's Roman escort), having seen them surreptitiously, accompanies them in disguise. When Brontosaurus sees Asterix and Obelix overcome some bandits, he plans to steal the magic potion that increases Asterix's strength; but is caught red-handed by Asterix and in the subsequent chase both are arrested by Roman legionaries. In the circus of Hispalis, they enact the story's 'myth' of bullfighting, wherein Asterix, having seized a red cloak belonging to"
"the Legionary"" and is hostile and growls when his master asks her to look after him while he is away. However, Panacea kisses him straightaway, putting him into a lovestruck daze. In ""Asterix and the Actress"", he finds a mate and returns with a litter of puppies. Dogmatix's great popularity gave rise to a line of children's books in 1973 featuring his ""adventures"". These were in the form of text with illustrations and were not consistent with the ""Asterix"" stories. Although they carry the Goscinny/Uderzo byline, these are licensed works aimed at the children's market. They lack the style and"
"audiobook of ""Asterix and Cleopatra"" adapted by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge and narrated by Willie Rushton was released on Hodder and Stoughton's ""Hodder Children's Audio"". In most ""Asterix"" books, Obelix is not permitted to drink the Magic Potion, but Getafix makes an exception due to an extraordinary requirement (the need to force open a solid stone door inside a pyramid which apparently, even Obelix's regular level strength is incapable of doing). Obelix notices no difference, but keeps asking for more potion in subsequent volumes. Obelix's dog, Dogmatix, is named for the first time in this story. It is also"
"Dogmatix accompanying him. Taking advantage of this, Lucullus pretends to be a druid in order to entrap him, whereupon he brings both him and Dogmatix aboard a Roman galley. Asterix and Obelix, helping to get him fish for the potion, spot him being taken away, and proceed to pursue after him over the Atlantic Ocean. Despite losing the galley in a storm, a dolphin helps them to track it down, after reuniting them with Dogmatix. Upon arriving at the eastern coastline of North America, which they mistake as the world's edge, the Romans catapult Getafix ashore and watch as Asterix,"
"can beat up the better and nobody should deny him this, not even the ""selfish"" Roman victims themselves: Gérard Depardieu portrays Obelix in all four live-action French films based on various comics. The late Jacques Morel and Jacques Frantz voiced him in 1967-1976 and 2006 cartoons, respectively. Pierre Tornade voiced him in most French versions of cartoons, with Guillaume Briat taking over for Mansions of the Gods in 2014. Hal Brav, Michael Kilgarriff, Bill Kearns, Bernard Bresslaw, Rosey Grier, Howard Lew Lewis, Brad Garrett, C. Ernst Harth, and, most recently, Nick Frost voiced him in the English dubs of cartoons."
"Lambik Lambik is a Flemish comic book character from the Belgian comic strip series ""Spike and Suzy"" by Willy Vandersteen. In the English translations he is known as ""Orville"" or ""Ambrose"". Lambik is the breakout character of the franchise and one of the most popular and recognizable comic book characters in Belgium and the Netherlands. Lambik is a middle-aged, fairly fat man who is bald, except for three small hairs behind each of his ears. He often wears a white shirt, a black bow tie and black pants. He is an anti hero. He is a dumb, clumsy, vain, arrogant,"
"Steeland wrote a lyrical epic about Ambiorix and on September 5, 1866 a statue of Ambiorix was erected on the main market square in Tongeren, Belgium, referred to by Caesar as Atuatuca, i.e. Atuatuca Tungrorum. Today, Ambiorix is one of the most famous characters in Belgian history. Many companies, bars and friteries have named themselves after him, and in many Belgian comics such as Suske en Wiske and Jommeke he plays a guest role. There was also a short-lived comic called ""Ambionix"", which featured a scientist teleporting a Belgic chief, loosely based on Ambiorix, to modern-day Belgium. In the French"
"It was revealed on June 15, 1995. Lambik Lambik is a Flemish comic book character from the Belgian comic strip series ""Spike and Suzy"" by Willy Vandersteen. In the English translations he is known as ""Orville"" or ""Ambrose"". Lambik is the breakout character of the franchise and one of the most popular and recognizable comic book characters in Belgium and the Netherlands. Lambik is a middle-aged, fairly fat man who is bald, except for three small hairs behind each of his ears. He often wears a white shirt, a black bow tie and black pants. He is an anti hero."
"strong traditional Gaulish warrior. But Goscinny had a different picture in his mind. He visualized Asterix as a shrewd small sized warrior who would prefer intelligence over strength. However, Uderzo felt that the small sized hero needed a strong but dim companion to which Goscinny agreed. Hence, Obelix was born. Despite the growing popularity of ""Asterix"" with the readers, the financial backing for ""Pilote"" ceased. ""Pilote"" was taken over by Georges Dargaud. When Goscinny died in 1977, Uderzo continued the series alone on the demand of the readers who implored him to continue. He continued the series but on a"
"many Belgian comics characters to jokingly have a Brussels street named after them. Since 2006 the Boulevard Anspach/Anspach Boulevard has a commemorative plaque with the name ""Rue Alix/ Alex straat"" placed under the actual street sign. The Adventures of Alix Alix, or The Adventures of Alix, is a Franco-Belgian comics series drawn in the ligne claire style by Jacques Martin. The stories revolve around a young Gallo-Roman man named Alix in the late Roman Republic. Although the series is renowned for its historical accuracy and stunning set detail, the hero has been known to wander into anachronistic situations up to"
"of Gauls as they resist Roman occupation in 50 BC. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid Panoramix (named Getafix in the English translations), which temporarily gives the recipient superhuman strength. The protagonists, the title character Asterix and his friend Obelix, have various adventures. The ""ix"" ending of both names (as well as all the other pseudo-Gaulish ""ix"" names in the series) alludes to the ""rix"" suffix (meaning ""king"") present in the names of many real Gaulish chieftains such as Vercingetorix, Orgetorix and Dumnorix. In many of the stories, they travel to foreign countries,"
"Asterix films (live action) Asterix and Obelix is a French live-action film franchise, based on the comic book series of the same name by French comic book artists Albert Uderzo and Rene Goscinny. The series includes four theatrically released films. Just like the comic books, the films focus on the adventures of Asterix and Obelix, two Gauls in Roman-occupied Europe. With the help of a magic potion which causes superhuman strength, the Gaul's tiny village manages to resist Rome. In the first two installments in the franchise, protagonists Asterix and Obelix are played by actors Christian Clavier and Gérard Depardieu."
"the first story in which Dogmatix takes a significant role (rescuing the heroes from a maze inside a Pyramid). The recurring pirate characters appear in this book, though on this occasion they sink their own ship rather than endure a fight with the Gauls. The captain's son Erix (seen in the previous book ""Asterix and the Banquet"") is mentioned as having been left as a deposit to pay for the short-lived ship. After he and his crew have been forced to take jobs as galley slaves on Cleopatra's barge, the captain expresses the unusual determination to wreak revenge on the"
"is Elatha and his mother is usually given as Ethliu, sometimes as Étaín. His sons include Delbaeth and Tuireann. He is said to have invented the Ogham alphabet, which is named after him. Scholars of Celtic mythology have proposed that Ogma represents the vestiges of an ancient Celtic god. By virtue of his battle prowess and invention of Ogham, he is compared with Ogmios, a Gaulish deity associated with eloquence and equated with Herakles. J. A. MacCulloch compares Ogma's epithet ""grianainech"" (sun-face) with Lucian's description of the ""smiling face"" of Ogmios, and suggests Ogma's position as champion of the Tuatha"
"and translations: Elegast Elegast (""elf spirit"") is the hero and noble robber in the poem ""Karel ende Elegast"", an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as ""Charlemagne and Elbegast"". In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name ""Elbegast"" in German and English, or ""Alegast"" in the Scandinavian ballad. ""Karel ende Elegast"" was an original poem in"
"and Obelix steal all the barrels labelled with Dipsomaniax's name, but Obelix is himself drunk and starts a fight with some passing Roman soldiers. During the commotion a thief steals the cart with the barrels. Anticlimax and Asterix leave Obelix at Dipsomaniax's pub to sleep off his hangover; but while Anticlimax and Asterix go in search of the thief, the Romans capture the sleeping Obelix and Dipsomaniax, and raze the pub. In the Tower of Londinium, Obelix wakes up and frees himself and Dipsomaniax out of the jail, and the three heroes, after a search, find the potion in use"
"Oggy and the Cockroaches Oggy and the Cockroaches (known as in French, often referred to as simply ""Oggy"") is a French animated comedy series produced by Xilam and Gaumont Film Company. This cartoon has no dialogue. Oggy, an anthropomorphic cat, would prefer to spend his days watching television and eating, but is continuously pestered by three roaches, Joey, Dee Dee and Marky (all named after members of the punk rock band Ramones). The Cockroaches' slapstick mischief ranges from plundering Oggy's refrigerator to hijacking the train he just boarded. There are two additional main characters: Oggy's brother Jack, who is more"
"statuary, from the time of the Roman conquest of the Gauls. French specialists give two different explications of the Gaulish name: Philippe Jouët proposed to connect ""Ogme"" to the Indo-European root word *""Hek-"" ‘sharp’, ‘stone’, ‘vault’, and to the Greek ""akmon"" (meteorite). According to Xavier Delamarre, the root word would be ‘path’, ‘guide’, confirming in this his role as a psychopomp. Ogmios was recorded by Lucian, a satirical writer in 2nd-century Samosata in his ""Prolalia-Heraklès"". He is described as resembling an older, more tanned version of Heracles, the Greek hero of strength. Ogmios and Heracles both wear lion skins and"
"Asterix and the Laurel Wreath Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (, ""Caesar's Laurels"") is the eighteenth volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). It was originally serialized in the magazine"" Pilote"", issues 621-642, in 1971 and translated into English in 1974. The story begins in Rome where Asterix and Obelix are talking; but flashes back to Lutetia where Asterix, Obelix, Chief Vitalstatistix, and the chief's wife Impedimenta visit Impedimenta's brother Homeopathix: a rich businessman who immediately shows off his wealth. At dinner, Vitalstatistix quickly becomes drunk and boasts that as a Chief"
"Blake and Mortimer Blake and Mortimer is a Belgian comics series created by the Belgian writer and comics artist Edgar P. Jacobs. It was one of the first series to appear in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ""Tintin"" in 1946, and was subsequently published in book form by Les Editions du Lombard. The main protagonists of the adventures are Philip Mortimer, a leading British scientist, and his friend Captain Francis Blake of MI5. The main antagonist is their sworn enemy, Colonel Olrik, who has appeared in almost every book. Their confrontations take them into the realms of detective investigation and science-fiction,"
"Asterix (character) Asterix (; ) is a fictional character and the titular hero of the French comic book series ""Asterix"". The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars. Asterix was created in 1959 by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. Since then, thirty-five books in the series have been released, with Uderzo taking over writing duties after the death of Goscinny in 1977. Asterix has also appeared in several animated and live-action film adaptations of the series, and serves as the mascot of the amusement park Parc"
"Elegast Elegast (""elf spirit"") is the hero and noble robber in the poem ""Karel ende Elegast"", an early Middle Dutch epic poem that has been translated into English as ""Charlemagne and Elbegast"". In the poem, he possibly represents the King of the Elves. He appears as a knight on a black horse, an outcast vassal of Charlemagne living in the forest. The original Dutch poem uses the name Elegast, while translated versions of the poem commonly use the name ""Elbegast"" in German and English, or ""Alegast"" in the Scandinavian ballad. ""Karel ende Elegast"" was an original poem in Middle Dutch"
"Asterix the Legionary Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the Asterix comic book series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in ""Pilote"" magazine, issues 368-389, in 1966. Asterix and Obelix are setting off for a wild boar hunt when they encounter Panacea, a former childhood resident of the village who has since moved to Condatum, and Obelix immediately falls in love with her. Some hours later, Panacea receives word that her fiancé Tragicomix has been conscripted into the Roman army and shipped to North Africa; and Obelix, although heartbroken, promises"
"a while, which served as his 'birthplace' and changed the meaning of ""Rode"" completely, as Johan turned out to be a member of the family of the Lords of Rode, which gave his name a dual meaning, the Red Knight and the Rode Knight, as in the Knight from Rode. One recurring character is Bahaal, the Prince of Darkness. An evil creature, initially mortal and slain by King Arthur, he returned as a demonic nemesis. Often, Johan's magic-using antagonists are revealed to be working for him. Galaxa, the Faerie of Light is a benevolent creature first seen in ""De toverspiegel""."
"its own right. The plaster statue was replaced by a concrete copy in 1985. Ogier the Dane Ogier the Dane (; ) is a legendary knight of Charlemagne who appears in many Old French ""chansons de geste"". In particular, he features as the protagonist in ""La chevalerie Ogier"" (ca. 1220), which belongs to the ""Geste de Doon de Mayence"" (""cycle of the rebellious vassals""). The first part of this epic, the ""enfance""[""s""] (childhood exploits) of Ogier, is marked by his duel against a Saracen from whom he obtains the sword Corte, followed by victory over another Saracen opponent from whom"
"combination of elephant milk, dung and hair. Accordingly, the Gauls and Watziznehm take Cacofonix to elephant-trainer Howdoo and set up the bath; but Hoodunnit sends his henchmen to kidnap the bard and take him to an elephants' graveyard to be trampled by the wild elephant herd. Watziznehm, Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue the bard, but they are stopped by Owzat, Hoodunnit's fakir sidekick. While Watziznehm and Owzat curse each other, Asterix and Obelix escape to Howdoo, with whom they embark to the elephants' graveyard. After delays by tigers, monkeys, a rhinoceros and Hoodunnit's henchmen, they find Cacofonix alive"
"apparently is very good at), and occasionally drinking goat's milk to excess (as he rarely imbibes in alcohol). Like Asterix, Obelix is a bachelor, but he is easily smitten by a pretty face. He harbours a hopeless crush on Panacea, the daughter of Soporifix (one of the other villagers), and occasionally other young women, most notably Mrs. Geriatrix (which enrages her husband). However, one may think that he will eventually find a mate and have children since in ""Asterix and the Class Act"", he is shown to be the founder of a long dynasty of French warriors that lasted well"
"(4 books), Vietnamese (1 book) and Chinese (non official version - 2 books). ""Le fils de Spartacus"" has been published in Latin as ""Spartaci Filius"". The name of Alix in Dutch language is ""Alex"". (source) This series depicts the culture and geography of antiquity with illustrations inspired by the adventures of Alix. Printed in full colour on higher quality stock than the comics series, these books aim to educate in a style identical to Jacques Martin's. Alix and Enak can frequently be seen in various settings. At least some of these books have been available in English, for example ""Egypt"