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Published: 2014-10-06 02:37:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 22708; Favourites: 1824; Downloads: 418
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Hope they'll have a showing of Le Domaine des dieux (the new Asterix film) in Quebec or something, comes out in France this Christmas. That'd be neat, love to see an animated francophone film in the cinemas for once.Related content
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Awwwww! I'm re-reading my huge set of Asterix comics, and I love this drawing!
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This comic was everything to me, including "Tim und schtrupy"!!!
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OH MY GOODNESS, this comic was my childhood! x'D
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Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Haha, what is this guy from?? I used to have a cup with him, a girl, and some other dude on it, but I had no idea where it was from. xD
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He's from a French comicbook series called "Asterix The Gaul", which isΒ an over-the-top comedy series, and is basically the comicbook equivalent of History of The World Part 1. Obelix is basically the superstrong-best-friend-who-eats-a-lot to the main hero of the series, Asterix. Obelix delivers menhirs for a living (because his name is a pun on "Obelisk"), and his favourite food is roast boar, which is why he carries a boar here.
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Ohhhh! Haha! How interesting! :]
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MMM... Yes. He also fell in a cauldron of magic potion as a baby, giving him his superstrength. In every other translation of the comics, every other character has their name changed to be a pun in that new language (i.e. for the English translation the druid Panoramix has his name changed to Getafix, and the British chieftan Okebos has his name changed to Mykingdomforanos) except for Asterix and Obelix themselves.
The author of the comics, Rene Goscinny, also worked for a time on a run of Lucky Luke, a cowboy comic which did for westerns what Asterix did for ancient history; namely, spoofing it to high heaven.
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Hahaha, that's funny! :] Was the cowboy comic as popular as the ancient history comic?
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Lucky Luke is pretty popular in France, and has its following in the Anglosphere as well, but isn't as popular as Asterix, and the entire series isn't translated into English yet, but the first 40 albums have been.
The popularity of Lucky Luke compared to Asterix is like the popularity of the Nome Trilogy compared to Discworld. Namely, it's popular, but not as popular as what made the author successful.
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Huh, very interesting... But dang, how do you know all this? Did you just get curious and decided to research it or something? :0
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I read a lot. I also use TVTropes on a fairly regular basis. I also own about a dozen-or-so Asterix volumes. I also read through Wikipedia every so often.
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Ahhhh, I see. TVTropes is a very informative site. c: Even if I don't quite understand all the references, ahahaha.
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I took the red pill, I ventured down the rabbit hole, and entered Wonderland. Now I see vast expanse of Knowledge around me, and do my best to collect it, in a bucket full of holes.
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asterix and obelix is a french comic its amazing
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"Je suis pas gros"
"LAISSEZ LES MOI ! LAISSEZ LES LES MOI !"
ObΓ©lix.
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"Je suis juste un petit peu enveloppΓ©"
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Ah Nostalgia..I use to love these comics when I was a kid, the games were actually pretty good as well as I recall, you captured Obelix's personality perfectly 
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"Ils sont fous, ces romains."
Nice, mate. X3
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Un ami m'avait informΓ© qu'il y ait des chances qu'il sorte au QuΓ©bec! Croisons les doigts! Super design dailleurs!
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*flails like an idiot* Please draw Asterix toooo~ ;O;
I'm so excited for the new movie! I hope they sub it so I can actually watch it.
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best childhood memories, you get a watch for that one! wheres Idefix?
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Awwwwww *o*
(I hope that film would be realeased also in Italy)
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OMG! This is awesome, he has always been my favorite character <3
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OBELIX! 8D
...but now you have to draw Asterix, too...
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How funny! I've been learning about him lately!
Very nice!
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I remember seeing this guy all the time in my old french text books.
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There's going to be an Asterix movie? Awesome!
Nice rendition of Obelix. So true to his character! Β
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This is great haha 
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Awesome part of my childhood, thanks for that fantastic drawing, it really brings back the memories!
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New? Le Domain des Dieux has been around for God-knows how long. It was one of the first books
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