37.) The British Like To Boil Food A Whole Lot
38.) When You Are The Greatest, They Give You A Small, Golden, Vaguely Phallic Trophy
39.) Egyptians Talk In Hieroglyphics
40.) Orgies Are Overrated
41.) TCHAC!
42.) Some People Should Not Wear Animal-Hide Togas
43.) Hindus Have A Lot Of Gods
44.) Soldiers Speak In Unison
45.) Violence Is Funny
46.) Don’t Let Your Emotions Get Away From You…
47.) …But That Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Manly To Cry Now And Then
48.) Don’t Set Yourself Up For An Obvious Trope
49.) Therapy Can Be Painful
50.) Always Make An Entrance!
51.) Multiple Flavour Options Are Good
52.) …Gee, Thanks
53.) The Little White Flag Was Originally Used To Mop Up Bloodstains
54.) There Are Strict Rules About Boarding Ships
55.) I HAVE JUST COMMITTED A CRIME AND I WISH TO GO TO PRISON
56.) Luck Is The Most Important Thing In The World
57.) Sometimes You Are Particularly Aware Of Your Place In History
58.) Sometimes You Are Not
59.) Negotiate From A Position Of Strength
60.) Foreigners Are Funny And Have Funny Names
61.) The British Resisted Decimalized Currency For A Long Time Because They Thought It Was Too Complicated
62.) You Are Not Superman
63.) Compatibility Is Important In Any Potential Soulmate
64.) Friendship Makes You Fly (When Your Best Friend Is Super-Strong)
65.) TEEHEEHEE!
66.) Do Not Trust People With Untrustworthy-Sounding Names
67.) When Someone Is Defenseless That Is The Best Time To Clobber Them
68.) There Is A Time And Place To Stuff Yourself
69.) Do Not Look Like Medes
70.) If Someone Makes An Unpleasant Assumption About You, Kick Their Ass
71.) Do What He Says
72.) Never Give Up Your Weekend For Anything
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For #40, the Roman on the left speaking, I read in the voice of Hedonism Bot.
What’s awesome about #69 is that it comes at the end of a long string of encounters with people while they’re in the Tigris-Euphrates valley, filled with different civilizations that are all beating the crap out of each other.
Can’t wait for Part Three. I hope you go no further than the India (aka Magic Carpet), though, the last good Asterix’s comic.
Ha ha, I’m pretty sure that it’s actually the artist (and later on, writer) of Asterix, Albert Uderzo, wearing the Animal-Hide Toga in #42.
I always thought all the eating scenes looked great, like everybody was having a fun time, except for the orgies. I wouldn’t know what an orgy even was for another five or so years, but they never ever looked any fun, everybody was so ghastly. And that is why I haven’t had one since.
I think you’ve got an unclosed b or strong tag in there somewhere.
It’s nice to know that the genius that is Albert Underzo is not forgotten.
Don’t forget René Goscinny! For my money the Goscinny/Uderzo collaborations are mostly better than the ones Uderzo did by himself, although after Goscinny died, Uderzo did create Asterix and Son and Asterix and the Great Divide, two of my favourites.
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@Mark: Actually, that’s Goscinny. Uderzo…it’s odd, usually they apepar together, but not in that scene. You can spot them earlier in that book, though, looking blank-eyed as witnesses to Asterix and Obelix’s trial.
Oops, you’re right. Thanks for the clarification, Salieri! I wasn’t one hundred percent certain and having started to read Asterix only after Goscinny sadly passed away, I’ve always associated Uderzo more closely with the comic.
Actually, you’re both mistaken.
That’s Jean Richard, a French actor.
#39 with the hieroglyphics is part of one of the funniest bits in the comic, with Obelix forcing that guy to talk. Great use of the medium!
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