Watch out! Julius Caesar has devised his most cunning attack yet on the indomitable Gauls. He has sent Caius Preposterus, a graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corrupt them by introducing big business into their little town. But will wealth and success bring the Gauls happiness...or trouble?
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Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 33 Asterix albums. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 34 Asterix albums.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Money, Money, Money,
By Bu-Chan (Aotearoa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Asterix Obelix and Co. (Paperback)
In an effort to crush the resistant and annoying Gauls of Asterix's village, a young Roman comes up with a new plan of attack. In order to make the village come to heel, he decides to show them the benefits of Roman civilisation. Obelix starts selling menhirs to the Romans, and enjoys huge wealth and success. Soon, competition is breeding and jealousies erupt.
This story is a great lesson on money, its corrupting influence, and also friendship. Even though there is this serious element to the story, you will also be having a good laugh, too. It is a great story, as per usual with Asterix and friends.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Taking care of Rocky Business,
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This review is from: Asterix Obelix and Co. (Paperback)
As a child, I read all of the "classic" Asterix books in Swedish. As an adult living in the U.S., I am reading them again to my children, but this time in English. In brief, Asterix and Obelix live in small village in Gaul(Ancient France) that Julius Caesar never succeeded to subdue. This is because they have a magic potion that makes the villagers super strong.
In this story Julius Caesar is trying something new. Julius Ceasar is encouraging the villagers to become business men in the menhir market. He then hopes to make them so busy, wealthy and decadent that they forget about resisting Rome. All that "old Julius" accomplishes is wrecking the Roman economy. This book is one of the funniest in the series, laughs are guaranteed. Some feel this book is an attack on Capitalism. I think it depends on how you read it. I think it was a critique/satire of vanity, greed and human nature rather than an economic system. These comic books are a great way to teach children ancient history. Naturally, the adult needs to help with the differentiation between fiction and history. From these books, my kids have learned about the Roman Empire, the ancient Greeks, the Vikings, the Goths, the Phoenicians, ancient Gaul, ancient Egypt, and the ancient Mediterranean world in general.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Another fine mess, etc.,
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This review is from: Asterix Obelix and Co. (Asterix (Orion Hardcover)) (Hardcover)
Rene Goscinny, Obelix and Co. (Orion, 1976)
With Albert Uderzo resurrecting the Asterix series and the Bush-bashing reportedly to be found in Asterix and the Falling Sky, much has been made of the apolitical nature of the first thirty-two books in the series. I'm not terribly sure what these commentators are reading, but it certainly isn't the same books I am. Obelix and Co., especially, wears its politically-sensitive heart on its sleeve. As we all know by now, the Romans simply can't conquer this last tribe of Gauls, so one of Caesar's advisors, fresh out of business school, proposes a new strategy: get them working for Rome, and they'll become subjects pretty much by default. Caesar agrees to give it a try, so the adviser goes to Gaul and puts Obelix to work making menhirs (of course), which the Romans pay top, and ever-increasing, dollar for. The plan works like a charm, with all the other inhabitants of our favorite Gaulish village also getting involved, either as helpers or as Obelix's new competitors in the menhir market, until things start getting out of control in Rome... It'd probably be harder to find a more anti-capitalist tract than this. Which I suppose, capitalist that I am, I should find offensive. I was more amused by the fact that what Goscinny actually lambastes here is the collapse to be found in governmental control of capitalism, not capitalism itself. In the end, the book is just as likable as everything else Asterix and Obelix, and just as worth reading. ***
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