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Cacofonix's tuneless singing always makes it rain - which is just what they want in Rajah Watzit's distant Eastern kingdom. The guru Hoodunnit has threatened to end a terrible drought by sacrificing lovely Princess Orinjade. Can the Gauls, flown in on the fakir Watziznehm's magic carpet, rescue her? The bard's finest hour has come.Tags
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Art is great as usual but story seems rather rushed, not like in case of other tales. I would give it 3.5 stars.
Nevertheless for a fan of Asterix it was a great treat indeed.
Nevertheless for a fan of Asterix it was a great treat indeed.
The boy's on a graphic novel kick again. This was on the shelves at the library yesterday so we picked it up . . . great wordplay but hard to get around the dated and decidedly xenophobic depictions of other cultures.
Asterix and the Magic Carpet, by Goscinny and Uderzo
[skipping preliminaries as most people know the characters]
In this adventure, the great Fakir Watziznehm has come to Gaul seeking Cacofonix. India is in a serious drought. Hoodunnit wants control of the kingdom, and has arranged for Orinjade to be executed if it doesn't rain within 1001 hours. So Asterix and Obelix escort Cacofonix to India...
[skipping preliminaries as most people know the characters]
In this adventure, the great Fakir Watziznehm has come to Gaul seeking Cacofonix. India is in a serious drought. Hoodunnit wants control of the kingdom, and has arranged for Orinjade to be executed if it doesn't rain within 1001 hours. So Asterix and Obelix escort Cacofonix to India...
Five out of ten. CBR format.
Cacofonix is a terrible bard but he does seem to influence the weather. Rain is needed in a far Eastern Kingdom, can Cacofonix help?
ASTERIX ET OBELIX
Con Goscinny murió también Astérix. Sin sus guiones, la calidad ha bajado muchísimo. Uderzo es un gran dibujante, sin duda, pero no un buen guionista. Lo que demuestra esta situación es la interdependencia de texto e imagen en un cómic: si uno de los dos falla, la obra en conjunto pierde calidad. Si Astérix hubiera sido desde el principio como es hoy en día, sin duda no tendría el prestigio ni la fama que todavía tiene.
Sep 7, 2023Spanish
Gallien, Frankrig, år 50 før Kristus
Den lille gallerby får besøg af fakiren Vishnuman på et flyvende tæppe. Der er tørke i Indien og Trubadurix ser ud til at kunne få det til at regne, når han synger om vejret.
Vishnuman kommer fra et gammel kongerige, hvis gode hersker Rajah Pharman-Vadhnu har en datter, Prinsesse Phazade. Riget er ramt af tørke og den onde guru Vabeva har dekreteret at hvis det ikke regner i 1001 timer skal prinsessen ofres. Obelix, Asterix og Trubadurix tager afsted sammen med Vishnuman. De passerer over sørøverne, der bliver plyndret for alt spiseligt og desuden selv sænker skuden. Over Rom, hvor de forårsager nervesammenbrud ved Cæsar. De skifter tæppe undervejs og når med lidt forsinkelse til show more Pharman-Vadhnu's rige i tide til at forhindre henrettelsen. Men Trubadurix har mistet stemmen, så der skal lidt ekstra forviklinger til for at redde Phazade.
Det lykkes dog og alle holder en stor fest. Obelix er dog lidt forstemt over at de også holder fest i gallerbyen uden ham.
Sød lille bagatel, der mest klarer sig på at gentage de kendte klicheer med sørøvere, dumme romere osv. show less
Den lille gallerby får besøg af fakiren Vishnuman på et flyvende tæppe. Der er tørke i Indien og Trubadurix ser ud til at kunne få det til at regne, når han synger om vejret.
Vishnuman kommer fra et gammel kongerige, hvis gode hersker Rajah Pharman-Vadhnu har en datter, Prinsesse Phazade. Riget er ramt af tørke og den onde guru Vabeva har dekreteret at hvis det ikke regner i 1001 timer skal prinsessen ofres. Obelix, Asterix og Trubadurix tager afsted sammen med Vishnuman. De passerer over sørøverne, der bliver plyndret for alt spiseligt og desuden selv sænker skuden. Over Rom, hvor de forårsager nervesammenbrud ved Cæsar. De skifter tæppe undervejs og når med lidt forsinkelse til show more Pharman-Vadhnu's rige i tide til at forhindre henrettelsen. Men Trubadurix har mistet stemmen, så der skal lidt ekstra forviklinger til for at redde Phazade.
Det lykkes dog og alle holder en stor fest. Obelix er dog lidt forstemt over at de også holder fest i gallerbyen uden ham.
Sød lille bagatel, der mest klarer sig på at gentage de kendte klicheer med sørøvere, dumme romere osv. show less
Nov 16, 2011 (Edited)Danish
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Albert Uderzo was born on April 25, 1927 in Fismes, France as Alberto Aleondro Uderzo. In 1940, when he was just 13, he worked for Paris Publishing Society where he learned the basics for his profession - designing text and letters and editing photos. During World War II he worked on a farm and later as a furniture maker with his father. His show more drawing skills were put aside until 1945 when he entered a comic strip competition and later worked on a cartoon film titled Clic Clac. In the mean time he moved to Paris and worked on the magazine O.K. where he created several comics such as Arys Buck and Belloy. It was then that he met Rene Goscinny and the two worked on new comic book characters like Ompah-pah, Jehan Pistolet and Luc Junior. In 1959 they started a magazine called Pilote aimed at older children. It was the first issue that introduced the character Asterix and it was a big hit. By 1967 the comic became so popular that they decided to devote all their time to the series. Albert Uderzo was the illustator of all thirty Asterix adventures and the writer of the last eight adventures. show less
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Asterix Gesamtausgabe, Bd 10. Uderzo-Skizzen - Asterix im Morgenland - Wie Obelix als kleines Kind in den Zaubertrank geplumpst ist by Albert Uderzo
Asterix Omnibus 10: Asterix and the Magic Carpet #28, Asterix and the Secret Weapon #29, Asterix and Obelix All at Sea #30 by Albert Uderzo
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- Canonical title
- Asterix and the Magic Carpet
- Original title
- Astérix chez Rahazade
- Alternate titles*
- Astérix : Astérix chez Rahàzade
- Original publication date
- 1987
- People/Characters
- Obelix; Asterix; Vitalstatistix; Cacofonix; Watziznehm; Orinjade (show all 12); Wotzit; Hoodunnit; Dogmatix; Howdoo; Owzat; Fulliautomatix
- Important places
- Gaul; Ganges Valley, India
- Important events
- Roman Empire
- First words*
- Vor blauem Himmel und grünem Meer öffnet sich das erste Fenster auf das neue Abenteuer und das "brandneue" Dorf von Asterix.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ja, vielleicht wäre es wünschenswert, wenn unser Barde bald wieder heimkäme?
- Original language*
- Französisch
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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