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Written by FABCARO
wuire Iris
Illustrated by Didier CONRAD
 GOSCINNY AND UDERZO
PRESENT
An Asterix Adventure

ASTERIX and the

WHITE IRIS
Written by FABCARO Illustrated by Didier CONRAD

Colour by : Thierry Mébarki

Translated by : Adriana Hunter

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Asterix the Gladiator 24 Asterix in Belgium Asterix and the Vikings
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Asterix Omnibus 3 (Books 7-9)
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Asterix Omnibus 6 (Books 16-18)
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BELGICA
GAULISH VILLAGE

@LUTETIA

ae CONQUES31 /
N 50 BC 2

Rie CELTICA

hae fe

THE YEAR IS 50 BC. GAUL IS ENTIRELY OCCUPIED BY THE

ROMANS. WELL, NOT ENTIRELY ... ONE SMALL VILLAGE OF
INDOMITABLE GAULS STILL HOLDS OUT AGAINST THE INVADERS.
AND LIFE IS NOT EASY FOR THE ROMAN LEGIONARIES WHO
GARRISON THE FORTIFIED CAMPS OF TOTORUM, AQUARIUM,
LAUDANUM AND COMPENDIUM ...
ASTERIX, THE HERO OF THESE ADVENTURES. A SHREWD, CUNNING
LITTLE WARRIOR, ALL PERILOUS MISSIONS ARE IMMEDIATELY
ENTRUSTED TO HIM. ASTERIX GETS HIS SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH
FROM THE MAGIC POTION BREWED BY THE DRUID GETAFIX . . ,

OBELIX, ASTERIX’S INSEPARABLE FRIEND. A MENHIR DELIVERY MAN

BY TRADE, ADDICTED TO WILD BOAR, OBELIX IS ALWAYS READY TO.
DROP EVERYTHING AND GO OFF ON A NEW ADVENTURE WITH ASTERIX
— SO LONG AS THERE'S WILD BOAR TO EAT, AND PLENTY OF FIGHTING.
HIS CONSTANT COMPANION IS DOGMATIX, THE ONLY KNOWN CANINE
ECOLOGIST, WHO HOWLS WITH DESPAIR WHEN A TREE IS CUT DOWN,

GETAFIX, THE VENERABLE VILLAGE DRUID, GATHERS MISTLETOE

AND BREWS MAGIC POTIONS. HIS SPECIALITY IS THE POTION WHICH
GIVES THE DRINKER SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH. BUT GETAFIX ALSO
HAS OTHER RECIPES UP HIS SLEEVE...

FINALLY, VITALSTATISTIX, THE CHIEF OF THE TRIBE.

MAJESTIC, BRAVE AND HOT-TEMPERED, THE OLD
WARRIOR IS RESPECTED BY HIS MEN AND FEARED BY
CACOFONIX, THE BARD. OPINION IS DIVIDED AS TO HIS HIS ENEMIES. VITALSTATISTIX HIMSELF HAS ONLY
MUSICAL GIFTS. CACOFONIX THINKS HE’S A GENIUS. EVERY- ONE FEAR, HE IS AFRAID THAT THE SKY MAY FALL
ONE ELSE THINKS HE'S UNSPEAKABLE. BUT AS LONG AS HE ON HIS HEAD TOMORROW. BUT AS HE ALWAYS SAYS,
DOESN'T SPEAK, LET ALONE SING, EVERYBODY LIKES HIM... TOMORROW NEVER COMES.
 WHAT'S HE GIVE USA
DON'T GIVE THESE GOTHS ANY BIT MORE OF OU LOOK ALL
QUARTER! ON Mi? COMMAND... ABOUT? A LEAD... FIRED UP, BUT

WELL, YOU KNOW, CHARGE! wait... WHERE ARE

BLOOD? COMBAT,
CONQUERING NEW IG 22>
TERRITORIES, GLORY
FOR ROME, ME NEITHER, IM GOING
ALL THAT... yy “Ge
pg GOTH TO HAVE A
FORBID! J LiE-DOWN ON
A GOx
WiTH A LAUREL
INFUSION...

MUTINIES AND DESERTIONS HAVE BEEN LEGION THE LAST FEW MEANWHILE POMPEY'S TROOPS HAVE
MONTHS! THE MEN'S MORALE iS VERY LOW. AND THERE | WAS: NEVER BEEN iN SUCH GOOD SHAPE.
THINKING A LITTLE CAMPAIGN TRIP WOULD
DO THEM GOOD.. IT MAKES S MILITARY
S ME WONDER, LEADERS.
WHICH CAMP
POURE iN,
BRUTUS, MY
 WELL, | SAY AS APART FROM AND CREATE A COST OF ABSOLUTELY! WE'RE POURING
SOON AS THE? ELIMINATING A TENTH WHAT TF GIVING CRISIST | ALREAD? SESTERCES INTO THAT GAULISH
UNDERPERFORM, OF OR TROOPS, WE RAISED DOUBLED THEIR PAY DURING VILLAGE THAT'S STILL
BAM: A BiT OF THAT'S NEVER SORTED THEIR PAY? THE GALLIC WARS. HOLDING OUT!
DECIMATION*® AND ANYTHING.
ITLL BE SORTED!

“TO LIGHT UP THE WHAT SORT OF GIBBERISH 1S THAT, w BECAUSE INSIDE EVERY ONE OF US
FOREST ONLY ONE iRiS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER THERE'S A FLOWER WAITING FOR A
NEED BLOOM. ISiVERTUUS? LITTLE GOODWILL TO HELP iT BLOOM.
Me METHOD, INSPIRED B+ THE ATHENIAN
OH, GREAT CAESAR, 17'S PHILOSOPHER DUAZUPLEES -
ACTUALLY A METHOD I'VE BEEN
WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL
WEARS, | CALLED iT THE UGH! WHATEVER:
“WHITE IRIS"... HE SAWS, iT'S ALL
GREEK TO ME!

A HAPPY LEGIONNAIRE 1S A COMBAT-READY LEGIONNAIRE! ENTRUST ONE OF YOUR GARRISONS TO ME AND WMA... WE'VE TRIED
ALL 1T TAKES 1S SOME POSITIVE THINKING (LL SHOW YOU HOW EFFECTIVE MY REMEDY EVERYTHING ELSE,
AND A HEALTH? DiET! iS! YOU'LL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE SO WE MIGHT
LEADER WHO REVOLUTIONISED THE ART OF
MOTIVATING HiS MEN!
PAH! HALF A
LADLE OF BLACK
WHEAT A DA? AND
THAT'S AN END

SO TO THE TOTORUM CAMP iN IF YOU SUCCEED, yOu “TRIUMPH WITHOUT RISK 1s. WELL, GLORY
ARMORICA. BUT | SHALL ACCEPT SHALL BE HONOURED AND TRIUMPH WITHOUT GLORY" OR SOR, iT'S
ONLY ONE THING AS PROOF OF YOUR METHODS WILL BE UP TO YOU...
YOUR SUCCESS: MY LESIONNATRES USED THROUGHOUT MY ARMIES.
DEFEATING THE VILLAGE THAT STILL IF NOT, 7OU SHALL
a RESISTS ME! BE FED TO THE
Lions!

‘A PUNISHMENT USED iN ROMAN LEGIONS WHEN THERE WAS COLLECTIVE INSUBORDINATION: ONE SOLDIER IN TEN WAS PICKED AT RANDOM AND KILLED.
A FEW DATs VM NOT SURE | REALLY UNDERSTAND
LATER IN YOUR MISSION, ISIVERTUUS, BUT |
TOTOREM DON'T HAVE A CHOICE — 1 MUST OBEY PRECISELY THE
CAMP. Y YOUR ORDERS iF IT'S CAESAR'S PROBLEM.

AND THEY'LL BE CHANGING EVEN MORE THANKS q ING TO TI AND THEY MUST AVOID
TO MY METHOD! SOON THE NAME ISIVERTUUS USE POSITIVE THINKING AND BE AT VER? RICH FOOD. LIKE
WILL BE ON EVERYONE'S LiPS! PEACE WITH THEMSELVES TO MAKE THIS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THEM COMBAT-READ+!
SO WHAT EXACTLY
iS THIS FAMOUS

WANT WAR,
PREPARE FOR,

IN FACT,
Ta 6
IST OFF TO THE GAULISH
NE NICE FRESH PROV WHAT?? YOU'RE
OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLI GOING’ TO raaK
ViLLAGE jOFM AD
GAULS,)"" Oy
7%)Ys, #0

GOL PROBABLY
MEANT: "YOU'RE GOING
TO THE VILLAGE OF
DIFFER
 DO YOU KNOW, ASTERIX, : THAT WORKS UP AN
VE NOTICED THAT EVERY APPETITE TOO.
TIME | GO HUNTING FOR 1 SO BASICALLY, OU
WILD BOAR, | WORK UP AN Bal |PERMANENTLY HAVE
APPETITE! a AN APPETITE...
WHAT ABOUT
WHEN YOu
DON'T GOT

WELL HELLO, MY GRACIOUSLY DISHARMONIOUS

FRIENDS! | NEED TO STOCK UP ON FRESH HEALTHY
PROVISIONS: COULD YOU TELL ME THE WAY TO THE
VILLAGE OF STOUT-HEARTED GALS?

STOUT WHAT 77/ WHAT ARE OU HAVE BEAUTIFUL ENERG+,

iX! BENEATH YOUR GRUFF
YOU iMPLYiNGYY EXTERIOR |CAN SEE A KIND,
CARING HEART.

a)

OU'LL FIND THE VILLAGE JUST AFTER THANK “OU, Mv FRIENDS! MAY OU FIND EVERY iRiS THAT
THE EXQUISITE CLEARING, AS 7O4 COME YOUR HEARTS DESIRE ON YOUR TRAVELS!
OUT OF THE LOVELY WOODLANDS!

| HOPE WE FIND MORE

THAN THAT OR IT'S:
GOING TOBE A
ALIGHT MEAL...
 S a F a
p o
ae

FRESHT? HAH, 1T'S SO LONG.

iF THEY SUDDENLY PERKED

ANOTHER
FOREIGNER!
‘SAN
INVASION!
IT STARTS
WITH ONE BUT WHO
KNOWS WHERE J/ ES, GOOD SiR!
iv
or
EAD?
A
THEY'RE FRE,
MORNING!
ys 4 a
<
|
YOU SHOULD FISH THEM POURSELF, 3UST LOOK! THESE ViSiTORS'LL Buy OW!... THAT NOISE, DO iT
LOCALLY SOURCED iS SO ANYTHING! | COULD MAKE A FORTUNE A iN!
MUCH BETTER. FORGING TAT WiTH ‘WELCOME
TO ARMORICA’
) HAMMERED ON iT!
ae

(SANE \THAT’S ONE ANViL FOR THE

DiSCERNiING FOREIGNER!
 OH YES | WAS iN FRONT THE CHIEF ’S WIFE iS ALWAYS
OF YOU, MADAM!I
iN FRONTILL
7
NOW, NOW! "CONQUERIN.

WHAT'S 7OU! WELL, IMPEDIMENTA, YOU MUST

FRIEND WiTH Si CHANNEL THOSE IMPULSES OF YOURS AT THE FRONT iF YOUR
INTO CONSTRUCTIVE FO! - 70 SOUL iS LEFT BEHIND.”
EMANATE ENERGY, POU RADIATE iT —
POU HAVE A GREAT

GOODBYE, My FRIENDS —J/LL

BE BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE
PROVISIONS. THIS VILLAGE HAS

A FOREIGNER LOOKING FOR ROTTING

FISH TO MAKE GLUE... BRIMMING CODSWALLOP! THAT’S
ESSENTIALS \ NOT A PATCH ON THE
LOCALLY |SOOTHING EFFECT OF
SAUCED WiTH / ENERGETIC CiRCUiTS!
NUTRIENTS!

10
 AAAH, Me? PEDIPED, I'M STARVi! AM | POUR DEAR FRIEND WITH
DID YOU GET FOR u:

WELL... LET'S SAY... TECHNICALLY... TAKING

INTO ACCOUNT THE TIME OF YEAR...

BUT O
YOU SEE! You NEVER EMANATE AND

LOOK AT ME ANYMORE! You

TREAT ME LiKE A TAPETE
PORTAE!*

VM SORR?, | DON'T
KNOW WHAT'S
Z . y,) COME OVER ME
YOU WOULDN'T BELIE! S| “N : ¢ RECENTL~..
EMANATING AND i nie

CARPET OF THE DOOR IN LATIN

ll
 MY FRIENDS, LET'S START A WHO FIRST, A LITTLE QUESTION:
DAILY EXERCISE PROGRAMME ARE vou WHO HERE 1S AFRAID OF
TO HELP 7OU RECONNECT THE GAULS IN THE NEARBY
WITH THE RED-BLOODED VILLAGE?
WARRIOR FLOWING
THROUGH POUR
EVERY VEIN...

WHY OU NOT EXCELLENT! AND WOULD

PUTTING YOUR FEAR SAVE YOU FROM EXACTLY! "FEAR DOESN'T SPARE
HAND UPt BEING ATTACKED? US FROM DANGER." IT JUST MAKES
WAITING FOR THE 1NEVT
HARDER. YOU MUSTN'T FIGHT THE
WAVE BUT SO WITH iT!

NOW FOR A BiT OF ROLEPLA. JEREMIUS RIGHT... BY TOUTATIS AND BY

FERRUS, WILL 7OU PLAY A GAUL WHO BELENUS TOO, I'M GOING TO EAT
ATTACKS MET OFF YOU SO THEN! BOAR AND DRINK ALE AND GiVE
YOU A THRASHING.
ee
HE Shoe —

YEAH, ALRIGHT!
| DIDN'T HAVE TIMI

NOW, THAT'S:
BACKCHAT!
A PROBLEM S BEING A PROBLEM iF
iT HAS NO SOLUTION.
BRAVO!
a

12
 HOW ODD...
PLACE DOE.
SMELL OF
AN?MORE!

YOU WHATT ISN'T iT DANGEROUS TO EAT NOT ONL® iS THERE NO DANGER, Mv DEAR OBELIX,
FRESHLY CAUGHT FISH? BUT YOUR BODY WiLL THANK OU FOR iT! HAVE A
WONDERFUL DAY, Mi? FRIENDS!

BUT THE WELL, iF IT'S GOING TO

ARE NO F MAKE My? BOD® TALK, I'D
ROUND DOESN RATHER NOT...
PROMISING.

"GATHER WHAT LIES BEFORE YOU [LIKE YOUR ROBUST A’

AND REAP THE BENEFITS..." | DON'T NEED A SUPERBLY ASSURED WISDOM 1S MATCHED ONLY
FOREIGNER TELLING Br A SENSUAL PHYSIQUE CARVED iN MARBLE...
ME WHAT TO EAT...

OOOH! YOU'RE BLOOMING TODAY,

IMPEDIMENTA! (OU SMELL SO GOOD | COULD
BURST INTO SONG!
THINKING ABOUT
Me FISH...
SHE USUALLY JUST
ATTRACTS FLIES, |DON'T
UNDERSTAND!

13
 Drow IF you
HEAR THAT, FANTASTIC! CAN YOU MEAN THE
ISIVERTUUST FEEL HOW ADVERSITY OF
FOUND A NEW AGAINST ADVER: GOING DEAF,
VIBRATION! THEN YES...

POURE NOT AFRAID OF ALRIGHT, ILL TAKE HALF A

JCONFRONTATION, Mo? STRONG-WILLED) DOZEN OF YOUR LOCAL
END. SAUCES, THEN 2 s OULDN'T YOU RATHER
2 EAT BOAR?

AMAZING HOW QUICKLY OUR FRIENDS HAVE WE/S PRETTY HARMLESS... HE TALKS. VM WORRIED ABOUT His
ADOPTED THAT FOREIGNER'S ADVICE. A LOT AND SAYS NOTHING! INFLUENCE OVER THE
VILLAGE.

AH, NOTHING TO WORR? ABOUT, HE'S ST OFFTO We :

sLoweay Words BUT NO rLower rower cuz ||GERIATRIXIKINS! COME T vits censun. Prnsiaue
FRIENDS ARE A RESOLUTE BUNCH, THEY
SE Qemcanesua
WON'T
- || AND DO ‘S!

14
 AH, LIVING THE ARMORICAN DREAM my NOW, RADIANT IMPEDIMENTA, TELL
WITH YOU... | LOVE THIS VILLAGE! “i ME ABOUT 7OU! ARE YOU HAPP+ AND
FLOURISHING LIKE AN IRIS IN SPRINGTIMET

SO ON, THEN -
| THINK I'D HAVE Li BUT I'M NO’ TELL ME ABOUT
LIVING iN LUTETH: COMPLAINING, | a\ THAT LiFE...
WHERE iT ALL HAPPENS,
LOTS OF
ARTS, FASHi

J WHEN YOURE CHEWING ON LiFE’S

GRISTLE, DON’T GRUMBLE, GiVE A WHISTLE
ee ireneDAS, IMPEDpoy meen
IMENTAL
AND ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRiiiiiGHT a '
Si-iDE OF LiFE... sibs
zB

WgTELLING
Bore 7OUeee a Sse”
TO ENJOY YOUR DAY?
||YOU COULD AT LEAST SAY
SOMETHiNG TO HiM iNSTEAD
UM... A VER? GOOD MORN'
WOU HAVE THE VOICE OF A... MENHTR
WHICH, UM... MAKES WILD BOAR FLY!
TO 7Ou,

OF CHUNTERING LiKE A
LD BOAR!!!

15
 NO ONE HUNTS THEM
ANYMORE, THE'VE ALL WHATEVER NEXT? RAW FISH PERHAPST
SWITCHED TO FISH ON MAYBE WRAPPED iN SEAWEEDT!!
ISIVERTUUS'S ADVICE.
DON'T BE
RIDICULOUS!

ISIVERTUUS TOLD THEM BOAR FAT BLOCKS THE BUT HOW COULD BOAR BE BAD FOR MIND YOU, ALL THIS 1S HAVING A VERY
ARTERIES AND IT'S BAD FOR YOU... ANYONE? FAT CHANCE! HE'S LAYING iT ON STRANGE EFFECT ON THE BOAR,
TOO THICK WITH HiS LARDY-DAH iDEAS!

THEY COULD AT LEAST PRETEND TO BE FRIGHTENED, GO ON, SCRAM! FOU RUN IN TERROR AND |
IT'S ALMOST INSULTING! THIS 1S EASTER THAN PICKING CHASE AFTER YOU VALIANTLY WITH A LUST?
MUSHROOMS! APPETITE!
ARE SERIOUSLY
SOFTENING

. PES, THAT'S 1T - THEY'RE SO DULL NOW! ASTERIX, VM SURE WE WiLL, OBELIX.

D'vOU THINK WE'LL GO BACK TO ARGUING, THRASHING DON'T WORR®, {T'S IST A
EACH OTHER AND BLOCKING OUR ARTERIES LIKE iN PHASE! POURE BLOCK;
THE GOOD OLD DAYS? EVERYTHING NOW!

16
 WELL, THIS DAISIES, BLUE TITS A
LOOKS NOW OUR DEAR GAULISH
PROMISING! NEIGHBOURS, Wi
WONDERFUL WALK!

: f : THEY’RE NOT RUNNING THAT'S ENOUGH JEREMUS

.- DAISIES? AWAY EITHER AW JAW Ate )
WHATEVER T FRIENDS, TIME
FOR SOME WAR

WHAT'S GOING ON, ASTERI) HAVE A GO AT US. THIS 1S ALL STARTING TO

| LOVE DOING HAS GOT BORIN. SET A BIT WORRWING..

NOBODY
ASKED
FOR YOUR,

MAL... I'M STAR’

TO WONDER iF Me?
WE MET METHOD iS GOING
TWO REALLY HAVE SEEN THE S KE
FRIENDLY ENERG+ THEY PUT EFFECTIVENESS,
THAT'S ANOTHER

i?
WHAT’S HAPPENING Re eo
TO THE ViLLAGE? ‘ihe e

1X HAVE STOPPED
LE AND NONSENSE
WHERE’S THE BOAR
GOING TO GO iF HE
CHANGES FOREST?

WHAT WE NEED 4,
WAKE-UP CALL, A BOLT FROM
THE BLUE...

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 GOOD CACOPHONIX’
EVENIiNG!!

HE, OBELIX, | HOPE

FOR A SOOD

ou WANT TO,
ROME around
yy tHE WORLD
¢
s) SWORD AND'SANDAL in THE WiitiiND.
OF GOAT'S MILK BUT |
rae ee Pima
Tan ( Eas
SEE HOW SOME MIGHT

OU
COULD yo u BE, COULD You BE, ZOULD 5you BE |
ae so Oval a |
x y 7 I ) GLADIATOR.
SO GLABIATORE
. ae A

7 te VALIANT FIGHTERS|USED TO K
FRIENDS WHO LOVEA
 WELL HELLO, ASTERIX,
WAFTING iN LIKE A GENTLE

WOW, OUR STALL LOOKS

AMAZING THIS MORNING!
OU REALL? ARE A VERY A THUNDERCLOU VE WS
TALENTED FISHERMAN, GOT A LIGHTNING Z
UNHYSIENTX! BOLT FOR)
<3 YAO 2 5)
2G
Z

WE DON'T REQUIRE “FA WEED LOOKS SET

OUR SERVICES TO STAY, A TOUCH OF
ANTMORE, O GREAT FROST WILL DRIVE iT

WE WANT TO.
HEAR MORE OF
THE SAME!

THERE’S NOTHING
MORE TO HEAR! Poy 2 AWA? LIKE A CLOUD OF DA.
(\ You’Le pay De ~>" BUTTERFLIES...

>, DEARLY FOR ; ZT, iro | [i

DY THis, LiTTLE | | ; ;
(2 GAUL!

22
 AND WHAT ABOUT My is OU NEED TO
LOOSE FROM

ge)
ARE 7OU LEAVING
ALREADY | WAS.
PICKING A Li HAS MADE iT CLEAR |DON'T
POS* FOR 704... BELONG HERE...

GES, LL BE GOING THERE ALONE

BUT DON'T WE ALL GO THROUGH LiFE
ALONE, DEEP DOWN?

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 WELL, YOUR see HOW
COLOURFUL METHODS DO vou
INTEND
CENTURION, H OW MANY YOU, GET OUT!
EEM TO BE WORKING, BUT
THERE'S STILL ONE
TILL WE ATTACK
LS? MEAN, WE YOU'LL HEAR THE
CAN'T WAIT! CLARION CALL WHEN
THE TiME COMES!
a |

MULBERRY LEAF
TURNS TO SiLK...!"

RIGHT, OK, “OUR METHOD'S WORKING... BUT DO vou SO, IMPEDIMENTA, THEIR CHiEF’S
THINK IT'S REALLY ENOUGH TO COPE WITH THE MAGIC IT WOULD HAVE BEEN iF iT
POTION THOSE MADMEN HAVE? WEREN'T FOR THE SCABBY WIFE... I'M GOING TO HAND HER
LITTLE GAUL... BUT A FAR OVER TO CAESAR!
MORE FORMIDABLE PLAN
HAS COME TO ME...

CAPTURE THEIR CHIEF'S WIFET? THEIR FISH HAS | WON'T CAPTURE HER, VARIFOCUS,
GONE TO YOUR HEAD, ISIVERTUUS... THE MAN WHO'LL SHE’LL COME WiTH ME OF HER
KIDNAP A GAUL FROM THAT VILLAGE HASN'T BEEN OWN FREE WiLL!
BORN YET!
OF HER OWN A NEW PREFECT, A PERFECT
FREE WiLL? OPPORTUNITY TO

AND DON'T TELL ME, rou

THINK THE GAULS WON'T DO WE PUT IN THEIR WAY SURRENDER! PROVING JCONTROVERTIBLY THAT Mr METHOD WORKS. THE
ANYTHING TO GET HER BACK? SHOULD SLOW WHITE IRIS WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE AGES!
THEM DOWN LONG ING THROUGH
ENOUGH! NEXT FEW DATS:
WOULD BE A
GOOD START.

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AT DAWN THE NEAT MORNING THE VILLAGE 1S WOKEN, WHAT'S HAPPENED?
NOT BY THE COCKS CROW, BAT ANOTHER CRY. s I'M SO

WA4AH! ||UNHAPPYYY @

eae AHAAAH

ENGRAVING z Me | Me PISSrWiSS~, I'VE LEFT, BUT ONLY TO COME BACK TO

GHT SHE , uN) YOU AS MY BEST SELF | NEEDED TO GET OUT MORE:
WOMEN NEED TO BREATHE, YOU KNOW...”
WHAT 90.
7 THEY NEED TO
BREATHE?

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A MODERN VM SURE SHE'S GONE OFF WES, I'D RECOGNISE HER
COUPLE, SHARING THE CHORES WITH THAT WONDER BO+. LEAVE ENGRAVING INA THOUSAND..
FAIRL?: SHE CLEANED AND I MEAN, HE'S BEEN PROWLING ARE 7OU SURE iT AND SHE'S THE ONLY
COOKED WHILE | WENT OUT AROUND HER FOR LONS WAS IMPEDIMENTA PERSON WHO CALLS ME
TO DRINK AND HAVE FUN WiTH ENOUSH!!! WHO ENGRAVED THiS PIGEYWIES~...
FRIENDS. | DON'T SEE WHAT
SHE'S GOT TO COMPLAIN

AN? WAT, WE DO KNOW THAT TART iN TOTORUM... THE MORE | THINK ABOUT THE MORE
SHE LEFT JUST AFTER YOUR 4 THAT THE ROMANS WE'VE SEEN AROUND AMP HAVE
CONFRONTATION WITH THAT ALSO BEEN iN CONTACT WITH HIM!
FOREIGNER,
SES. WE WES! LET'S GO AND
NEED TO FIND THAT GIVE IMPEDIMENTA
ISIVERTUUS TO GET
TO THE BOTTOM OF
 FIRST, WE'RE GOING

| THERE'LL BE NOTHING
WE CAN DO...

WEILL TRY
TO THINK OF

WHETHER OR NOT HE'S HERE, , LCAN'T GRANT #OU

ENTR+. BUT REMEMBER THAT D DOOR iS AN

TO FIND OUT WHAT

WOMEN NEED TO
BREATHE...

TO YOUR POOOOSTS!
TWO VERY POLiTE BUT
DiSRUPTIiVE iNDiViDUALS
HAVE BROKEN iNTO THE
CAMP!

26
 LEE ys ‘IT AIN'T ABOUT HOW HARD SHE WHO FIGHTS CAN LOSE.
WITHOCT At
MEPERMISSION...” we #04 HiT. HE WHO DOESN'T FIGHT HAS
ALREAD? Lost...

YOU CAN GET HiT AND KEEP

MOVING FORWARD..."

“MAY THE FORCE BE

WITH as!"

WE, ROMANS, E'S IN THE LAST TENT THEY'RE REALLY ANNOYING WHEN THEY'RE POLITE. IT'S
WHERE'S YOUR ON THE RIGHT... ENJOY WA? LESS FUN TO THRASH THEM! JUST LIKE THE BOAR
CENTURION?

tp 7

WHAT DO YOU WANT? with isveRtuaSe =

'M SiVil a

; WELL, THERE'S YOUR

WE WANT TO ; ANSWER! THEY WANT TO
TALK TO Seo {\ } BRE, POLLUTION!
IMPEDIMENTAL

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 TO LUTET;AP/\ TO GO TO LUTETIAP vo visit HER

“iNis
INSUFFERABLE BROTHER, iS THAT ITT?!

2
Sf, Y Oe

= RN | AD
ie

MAYBE SHE JUST NEEDED TO MULL BUT WHAT THINGS? AND I'M AS GOOD A MULLER AS THE NEXT MAN! SHE AND | COULD HAVE
THINGS OVER... HAD A NICE MULL TOGETHER! OR ALL OF US COULD, OVER A BANQUET WITH ROAST BOAR
AND LAUGHTER AND A PUNCH Ul...

‘SHE’S ABANDONED MEEEE.. N/aROMANS

wees AoveGOODTie
THIS HURTS SO MacH.. THA
LLv LEAVE FOR LUTETIA
THE HOUR AND WE
MALLERING!
PROMISE TO BRING
IMPEDIMENTA HOME!

VILL PACK Me THINGS AND

COME WiTH OU!
PRECISEL?: (M THE WE LOOKS TERRIBLE...
COMING WITH YOU! TI VM WORRIED HE/LL
IMPEDIMENTA iN CASE YOU'D TAKE US ALL
FORGOTTEN! DOWN WITH A
BAD CASE OF
Low MorALe. [/
bee;

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IS THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE TAKEN THE
HSC, IMPEDIMENTAT HOW SWEET!

APOLOGIZE THAT THIS SER)

TO LUTETIA FROM THE PROVINCES. IDGLASSES LATE. TI
WEST ARMORICA GREAT NORTHERN
INTRODUCED IT...
BUT {T'S NOT ALWAYS ON TIME
AND ON BUDGE

HMM... | CAN'T RISK GIVING HER FREE HOW WOULD YOU FEEL iF 1CAME OOD iDEA, ID
REIN AND LOSING HER. | NEED HER WITH WITH YOU I'D SO LIKE TO MEET THIS BE DELIGHTED!
ME WHEN CAESAR ARRIVES! REMARKABLE BROTHER OF vouRs!

"VE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAMME WE APOLOGISE THAT THIS SERVICE 1S NOW RUNNING
OF ACTIVITIES YOU'LL ENJOY. WE SHOULD TWENT? SANDGLASSES LATE. THIS iS DUE TO HORSES
BE THERE SOON! STOPPING TO EAT OVERHANGING VEGETATION.
 MAN? LEASIES BEHIND. WELL, TRY TO PUT A SMILE BACK ON His
FACE, OBEL DON'T FORGET PANORAMIX
SAID THIS TRIP SHOULD DO HiM GOOD...

HEY, VITALSTW 1X, HAVE Ou SO A NUMIDIAN, AN IBERIAN, A GOTH THEN THE GOTH SAYS... ACTUALLY, NO, THE
AND A GAUL ARE ALL DUE TO
BE FLOGGED...

ABOUT THAT.

Ze wy)

HEARD TT
BEFORE WITH

WHICH IS BETTER | & ; re

STEP AWAY FROM TH FOR 7Ou - < > . "WHEN OU HAVE A DRINK, D
WE'RE REQUISITIONING “THINGS YOU OWN v7 - i: SPREAD THE LOVE.”
END UP OWNING ‘
OU." Pet py =—S = Pu) )\ PE es.

Ms ){ REALLY
Ng LIKE iT.

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 WERE, HERE'S TO 7OU, TUT TUT! COME ON, JUST
STOPS ALONG THE WA? TO OH VITALSTATISTIX! ONE L SiP TO MAKE
POUR LESS! OBELIX HAPPY.
NAH, DON'T WANT
ANY. ANYWAY, 7Od
BACKWASHED. NO. NOT
THIRSTY AND
| DON'T LiKE iT.

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 KEEP TRYING. OH, SO ARE WE BRINGING
IT'S LIKE THE ROMANS HAVE ‘FAILURE 1S THE VITAL: TIN'S MUM BACK
LEFT US LITTLE SURPRISES ALL 's MoT = s," TOO? WELL, WE WON'T BE
ALONG THE MNS d HEADING HOME AN? TIME
SOON...

|i
THIS 1S LUTETIA WHERE THIS CHARIOT TERMINATES. PLEASE MIND
THE GAP AND iF YOU SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS REPORT iT TO
THE CHARIOTEER - ViDIT, DIXIT, FIX iT!

IS THAT AGREED, THENT WE'LL SAY ET TO INFORA

A QUICK HELLO TO YOUR BROTHER
THEN I'LL GIVE VOU THE TOURT
 OME ON, LET'S PLAY HIDE AND
SEEK! ¢OU HIDE AND I'LL LOOK
FOR YOU, OFF YOU GO!

WISTIXE

By TOUTATIS,
| CAN'T
WHERE HE iS...

"DO GOOD AND

GOOD WILL COME YES, iT iS
AN? MORE! SINCE
BAD! WE’RE
SALLE? WITH THAT
PiRATI ES! |
olay

NEGATIVE, AGGRESSIVE AND

! THES PILLAGE AND EAT WiTH
HTHOUT WASHING THEIR HANDS!

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 SKE TO INTRODUCE
FRIEND

SO, WHAT BRINGS ISIVERTUUS 1S GOING AT LAs T POU'VE RI SED THIS 1S WHERE SPEAKING OF BOARS,
YOu UP TO THE TO SHOW ME AROUND LIFE HAPPE! , NOT POUR BACKWATER HOW'S THING?
THE FASHIONABLE BY BOARS...
OL KNOW
THAT iF iT
HAD BEEN

WORR*, SHE
NEED YOUR STREN JUST NEEDS
SOME ROOM HANDS TO SiVE 7OU SOME
TO BREATHE... SPACE.
NO. THERE'S
NO POINT iN
EATING.

RIGHT! AND WE'LL DRINK TO

| PROMISE YOU THIS WILL ALL. IMPEDIMENTA AND HER NEW LIFE iN
END HAPPILY WITH A BIG BANQUET LUTETIA!
UNDER THE STARS...

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 Z —~
IT WAS LOVELY es i 7
SEEING MY LET'S BUZZ OVER e y ou Loox, \
BROTHER TO THE TWO MAGGOTS e Pe) AND HE'S PLUCKED
_AGATN ag AND I'LL INTRODUCE WHITE iRiS.. A WiLDFLOWER OF
YOU TO A SWARM OF
FRIENDS. 3 ss |

\? FRIENDS, THIS 1S IMPEDIMENTA LIVES 1h

| A FRIEND LP FROM A LOVELY REMOTE
THE COUNTRY... LITTLE VILLAGE BY
(LIKE TO BE
IN ARMORICA!
HELLO THERE,
IMPEDIMENTA!

ROU'VE GOT YOUR PES, IN TOUCH WiTH THE

PRIORITIES RIGHT... SIMPLER THINGS iN LIFE...

PEAH, LUTETIA'S
HAD iTS DAz, 17'S NOT
WHAT 1T WAS.

OH, BUT THERE'S SO TELL ME ABOUT ARE vou IN DUST UNTIL CAESAR
MUCH TO DO HERE! iT — WE NEVER STAVING > GETS HERE FROM AND GETS His
Ss Si HERE LONG, = LITTLE PRESENT!

HH Tod

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 MEANWHILE, THE SALISH EXPEDITION CONTINAES.. PLNCTUATED BY GASTRONOMC BREAKS...
SO, MR. AND MRS. OGYNIX COME ON, 2UST
HAVE A DAUGHTER... ONE MOUTHFUL...
DON'T
LIKE HER,

& RECREATIONAL ONES. 60 ox, aust )—

KF 7 == ONE THUMP... ia

eS
ees

DOESN'T WANT TO.

DON'T FORCE HiM..

ways : ‘SO MUCH FOR THEIR

SAKE, MAN, ala peng TRAFFIC "NE!
HOQQOVE! on Je

GUT

(j 0,

\ os on
WC
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 I'M SO NOT GOING TO THAT
TO HOMEOPATHIX,
IMPEDIMENTA'S BROTHER. FOUL-MOUTHED THUG
WHO’S ALWAYS SHOWING~

OH GREAT CHIEF, iF YOURE GOING TO BE THIS 1S OUR ONE CHANCE TO SET NEWS:
YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE SAD iN LUT! HE'S BOUND TO HAVE uP a IT WAS A
WE HAVE NO CHOICE! FALSE ALARM, WE CAN
| THOUGHT THIS WAS THE CARRY ON.

CIT? OF LOOOOVE!

or “

THAT'S 1F WE CAN GET AN? WHERE... LUTETIANS MUST ALWAYS WHAT AND MISS OUR,
BE LATE FOR EVERYTHI HiS RATE, WE'LL STILL BE HERE I'M NOT HAVi

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 AND MALEVIN’:
WHITE MARBLE

YES, VERY
MUCH!

MINDS ME OF AN HAHA! EN. ‘i I'M LOVING HER DEADPAN

Mr VILLAGE WHO SEASCAPE: PROVINCIAL HUMOUR! YOU IMPEDIMENTA,
ENGRAVES CHARMING ABSOLUTE BR, NEVER KNOW WHEN SHE'S: POURE
‘SEASIDE SCENES... Pr REELING 7OU iN! PRICELESS!

WH? ARE THEY LAUGHING? DID | SAY f ee i WE'RE GOING TO SEE A PLAY
SOMETHING FUNNY? g = : ING ” STARRING BOXOFFIX — I'M SURE
= 5 HE'S ALREAD? BiG IN ARMO' !
AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIR
ADOPT THE WHITE iRis!

| CAN'T WAIT TO TELL Me POU'LL HAVE PLENTY TO TELL HiM

VITALSTATISTIX ABOUT WITH EVERYTHING I'VE GOT iN STORE
ALL THiS! FOR vou! £

ie

“BURDIGALA 1S THE OLD NAME FOR BORDEAUX.

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 IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY? TO SEE YOU UP FROM NO, SHE DIDN'T SAY. BUT DON'T LET'S HOPE So...
THE COUNTRY! AND YES, IMPEDIMENTA DID WORR®, SHE SEEMED TO BE VM WORRIED T
POP BY... HAVING A LOVEL? TIME! MORE TO THiS iRi.
THAN MEETS THE
DO ¥Ou KNOW EvE..
WHERE SHE p

BUT WE “ONE DROP OF GOODNESS CAN GLADDEN

LL HAVE A THOUSAND HEARTS"... BUT, UM, I'M NOT
SEVERAL DROPS. SURE, IT COULD BE LESS...
WHERE
DiD YOU HEAR A
SAVING LIKE THAT,
WORXATALOS?

IT'S FROM MY WHAT ABOUT

PREVIOUS MASTER, AND WHERE STREETS AWAY. THA THE DROP OF
MACROBIOTIX, MIGHT |FIND THIS WORXATALOS FROM HiM. IMPOSSIBLE,
MACROBIOTIX? OBELIX! ANYWAY,
WE'RE GOING TO
AN NN, WE CAN HAVE
A BITE TO EAT

OF COURSE, WERE GOING THERE NOW! WHAT ARE HOMEOPATHIX, TAPIOCA, THANKS FOR ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!
OU ALL HANGING ABOUT FORT THIS MISSION BEING SO WELCOMING. "OU CAN SAY
WON'T ACCOMPLISH ITSELF! THINGY, CHEER UP! a 2 SOORERE F
Ou APEDIMEN EVEN THOUGH ANOTHER TIME!
| STILL DON'T
UNDERSTAND

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 [1D LIKE ONE OF THOSE MINT CHARIOTS TO SCOOT
OFF TO WORK ON My MENHIRS.

WELCOME! MACROBIOTIX AT YOUR SERVICE! IF YOURE OOOH, 7UM... VE NEVER SEEN SO MAN? DIFFERENT DISHES!
HERE TO EAT, COME iN AND CHOOSE A TABLE... VVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH FOR THIS!

LL HAVE THE "SMOOTH

MELOD? OF BOAR GAMBOLLING

HE'S PERFORMING AT SUNDOWN iN THE

OH, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE LESSON FROM OF COURSE vou LUTETIA AMP ATRE. TH! ws
BOXOFFIX! | IMAGINE YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM? HAVE: THE GREAT ACTOR CUBITUM* FOR CUBITUM, |
BOXOFFIA! HE EATS HERE. RECOMMEND:
OVER TIME HE'S INTRODUCED
ME TO THE WHITE IRIS,
HE'S A FERVENT
Ae DISCIPLE OF iTS
VL Uy,

AND WHERE
MIGHT WE FIND,
MSIBORO ERS * 4 MEASURE N ROMAN TIMES

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 une EOP AH, now
THE MELODIES FOR THE REE LOVELY
WE'RE GOING TO FIND
THIS BOXOFFIX AND HE
THiS iS MORE
THAN ALRIGHT!

UM... EXCUSE ME. YOu

SEEM TO HAVE GIVEN
US THE MELODIES BUT
FORGOTTEN THE BOAR.

AHA, YOURE UP FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE LET'S 2usT

YOU? WELL, LET ME INTRODUCE OUR NEW LEAVE, OBELi
PLANT-BASED CUISINE! NEED TO SEE
WELL, I'D PREFER THE
f, OLD MEAT SORT iF
A POU'VE GOT AN® LEFT.
9,

WHAT WITH 70 BE’ RTED MAKING TIN? MENHIRS OUT OF WOOD AND
UNHAPPY, YOU'RE Pi , THAT'S NEW PLANT-BASED MENHIRS FOR 7OU!"7
NOT HUNGR», ARE YO.

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 LOOK... THOSE MIGHT NO WAY I'M OH, VITALSTATISTIX, OUR
HELP US GET THERE ON ” GETTING ON CHIEF, WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
ONE OF THOSE! iF WE WANT TO CATCH BOXOFFIX
BEFORE HiS SHOW. OU CAN HOP
(ON WITH ME!

YOOHOO!
AND I’M O1

| DUST NEEDED TO GET THE KANG

OF iT... /M FINE, I'M OFF!

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 FE on pont Look ware, YW 1 KNOW, ¥ES... BUT
y, IMPEDIMENTA, EVEN THOUGH VM STARTi TO MSS
1 WE'VE GOT FRONT ROW VILLAGE AND VITALSTATISTIX.
LUTETIA’ IOT QUITE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM... AN

LOOK, 7OU ENIO? THE SHOW, THEN

OU CAN GO HOME AFTERWARDS
iF OU FEEL LIKE iT. "A MOMENT'S
HAPPINESS ERASES A HUNDRED
SORROWS."

SORR*, IT'S ALREADY

KE STARTED, THERE ARE NO
BOXOFFIX... LATE ADMISSIONS!
OH NO, WE'RE NOT
GOING INTO A THEATRE,
ITILL BRING BACK BAD
MEMORIES.*

"BOXOFFIX
SLAVING iT
"XTH FA-Bu-Lod

WE'LL JUST WHAT LANGUAGE AFTER THAT LITTLE

MINGLE WITH THE D'7OU NEED ME PERFORMANCE I'M STARTING TO
AUDIENCE AND WAIT TO SA# iT iNT ONE LIKE THE THEATRE.
TILL THE END...

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 HAVEN'T WE
BEEN HERE
ALREADY?

MARRY, MY WiFE! GET THEE

TO A MONASTERY!

li
wee iM
i
iy
GQ i

LEGiONNAIRES, SEiZE THESE WiLL YOU HAVE

SOME NOW, OH
iNTRUDERS, THEY’RE iNTERRUPTiING ViTALSTATISTIX,
OUR CHIEF?

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 TO BE OR NOT
TO BE.

| DON'T THINK
THEYRE TOO

IN THE NAME OF CAESAR, SEIZE HER SO

CAESAR SEES HER!

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 r
(veBETTER
607 someTie a]
Fo
THAN THE
WHITE IRIS, Me OWN
Ly
METHOD.

PEDIPED! | MISSED
+Ou TOO!

ry)Ss
Amn

WELL, YOU'LL BE OH, JULIUS, 1F 1 MAY

MAKING THE LIONS BE FORGIVEN FOR
INTERCEDING...

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 | WOULD ASK 7OU TO REVISE YOUR AND LISTEN TO THE AUDIENCE, CAESAR! LOOK HOW MUCH THEY'VE ENJOYED OUR LITTLE
SENTENCE, OH CAESAR. 4 ERTUUS HAS. SHOW WHICH WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE BY ISIVERTUUS!
FAILED, BUT THEN WHO HASN'T? "FORGIVENESS
JS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOWER OFFERED WHAT A FIGHT, BY SUCH HIGH AND SUCH A
BY GREATNESS." BELENOS! EMOTION! POIGNANT

NO WONDER
@
eee
RECOMMENDING TIS HAD RAVE
iT TO EVERYONE! REVIEWS!

WMA...
perry then
YES, THE PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, AND | LIKE iT
vex veut zo | [AS FOR YOU, LEAVE
IsIVERTUAS, | SHALL NOW BEFORE |
iS EVER Si

MERELY SEND ¥OU

FOR A BRIEF SPELL
AS A GALLEY SLAVE,
ROW BACK ON YOUR
PERHAPS 7OU'LL
WAITING
BLUSTER! FOR YOUR

T AS BORING AS ON MEANWHILE, ISIVERTUAS FOLND NEW

THE WA? THERE, FAT LOT OF S TO FINE-TUNE HiS PHILOSOPHY.

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 AAAH, THERE WE ARE!
NOW, THiS WiLD BOAR
iS GAMBOLLiNG!

fABCARO
+CONG AD Za

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