Asterix and the Banquet storytime and European comic and food thread

[Anonymous No.36257]

'sup /cock/s, what are you reading/cooking/watching/eating tonight?

[Anonymous No.36309]

I've got some ontbijtkoek hot out of the oven.

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[Anonymous No.36507]

>>36257
>Album is called "Le Tour de Gaule"
>Translated title is "Asterix and the Banquet", completely removing the cultural reference and actual premise of the story

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[Anonymous No.36573]

>>36419
>Gaul is our country
Back then there wasn't really any concept of national identity.
More importantly, why don't Asterix and the others just tear down the wall? It's not like the Romans could stop them. This whole bet is pointless.

[Anonymous No.36625]

>>36507
If it makes you feel any better before I remembered the title I thought of it as the one where they travel all over Gaul collecting regional delicacies.

[Anonymous No.36636]

>>36451
Looks like he's skipping pretty much the entire central region of France.

[Anonymous No.36696]

>>36573
They can't all be hopped up on magic potion 24/7.

Sure Obelix could probably handle all four camps by himself but even he has to sleep.

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[Anonymous No.36788]

>>36564
Why is Obelix running away from the Romans instead of beating them up?

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[Anonymous No.36852]

>>36788
Reflex?

[Anonymous No.36862]

>>36696
Yup, that's a pretty accurate portrayal of Paris traffick

[Anonymous No.36887]

Et tu, Brute?

[Anonymous No.36919]

[Anonymous No.36932]

>>36887
This joke fortunately works in English as well

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[Anonymous No.36968]

>>36771
And so they destroyed this poor man's livelihood

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[Anonymous No.37365]

>>37147
>This looks dangerous
>Who for?
Obelix is right, why do they keep running away from the Romans when they clearly pose no real threat?

[Anonymous No.37366]

[Anonymous No.37402]

>>37365
They have to protect the food.

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[Anonymous No.37490]

How the hell is such a little dog capable of keeping up with their carriages anyway?

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[Anonymous No.37542]

>>37366
I get the feeling that there's a pop culture reference here that I'm not getting.

[Anonymous No.37580]

>>37490
It's not like the horses are running everywhere at a full gallop.

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[Anonymous No.37702]

Okay they're galloping here but not for long.

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[Anonymous No.37796]

>>37728
One of my favorite Asterix and Obelix's, good shit anon
Had some pork dumplings earlier

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[Anonymous No.37839]

>>37796
>pork dumplings
Sounds good.

[Anonymous No.37891]

>>37728
>Let's follow them at a distance
Why? Just grab the bag now and leave. Much of the conflict in this book feels so forced because the heroes have already been established as being pretty much invincible.

[Anonymous No.37927]

The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the conquered cause pleased Cato

[Anonymous No.37983]

So I can finally translate the Latin phrases but have no idea who Cato is or why he's be pleased.

[Anonymous No.37995]

>>37927
I believe that this was the last we saw of Erix. Next time the pirates showed up, it turns out they sold him into slavery to buy their new ship.

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>>37995
The rest of the crew look a bit less like parodies later too.

>>37891
Asterix needs to conserve potion for the last leg.

[Anonymous No.38099]

>>37927
>>37983
>The Roman poet Lucan, writing about the civil war between Julius Caesar and the Roman Senate (49-45 BC) in his epic poem on the subject, expresses his sentiments on the subject.

>Cato the Younger (95-46 BC) was a prominent Roman statesman and aristocrat in the late Roman Republic, known for his stubbornness, personal integrity, and spartan lifestyle. He assisted Cicero in opposing the Catilinian Conspiracy in 63 BC, and was also a firm opponent of the First Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Licinius Crassus.

>After the defeat of the Republican forces at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Cato and Metellus Scipio escaped to Utica, in modern-day Tunisia, with fifteen cohorts, to continue the fight against Caesar. Hearing of the defeat of Metellus Scipio at the Battle of Thapsus, Cato committed suicide rather than allow Caesar to capture or pardon him. Plutarch records that when a doctor found him and attempted to save his life, Cato pushed him away.

[Anonymous No.38127]

Any other food-centric Asterix albums?
Switzerland?
Cleopatra?

[Anonymous No.38156]

>>38127
I guess Switzerland is sort of food-related.

[Anonymous No.38163]

>>37542
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1264-the-marseille-trilogy

[Anonymous No.38200]

>>38099
So Cato is like the patron of lost causes?

[Anonymous No.38279]

Asterix comics always made me hungry as a kid.
I've got a few of them but they're in my native language

[Anonymous No.38297]

>>38163
What the fuck?
I want to watch black and white French movies now.

[Anonymous No.39483]

>>38279
What language?
If not French how was the translation?

[Ithaqua No.41203]

>>36932
The English translators were the best and Goscinny understood English.