Just like Asterix the Gaul, we’re drinking our magic strength potions to get ready for the show – spreading the word about our change of date for 2023 (May 5-6), thinking of ways in which we could lend a hand, and nurturing our plants, oh, how we’re nurturing those plants.
Getafix the Druid knows all about nurturing plants, after all his magic potion would fail without the right (secret) ingredients gathered from the forests around his village. In Asterix and the Goths we meet the Visigoth druid Cictrix whose magic potion causes flowers to grow, whatever the season. I guess we’re all feeling we could do with some of that!
By the way, Obelix (centre) fell into a cauldron of magic potion as a child and never needs any more. He thinks he does, but the other villagers are well aware the menhir deliveryman doesn’t know his own strength! It’s only those foolish Romans …
The characters are from the comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo between 1959 and 1977. After the death of Goscinny, Uderzo took over the writing until 2009, when he sold the rights to Hachette. The latest volume was published in 2021. And 35km north of Paris is the French answer to Disney, the Asterix Theme Park.
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