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?
Character profiles of the album
Various versions of the album
Obélix et compagnie – Français – Editions Hachette
Obélix et compagnie – Français – Editions Hachette – La Grande Collection
Obelix GmbH & Co KG – Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection
Obelix GmbH & Co. KG – Allemand – Egmont Comic Collection – Die Utimative Edition
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 – Editions 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
Obelix & Co – Suédois – Egmont AB
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
The bookseller’s corner
N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-652-9
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48
N° ISBN : 978-0-75286-651-2
Format : 287 x 216 mm
Pages : 48