English Translations: Anthea Bell & Derek Hockridge
Copyright © 1973 Goscinny & Uderzo
Abstract
Asterix & Obelix free a Corsican prisoner and help him return to his homeland There they learn the ways that Corsicans deal with the local Romans...
Table 20.1. Asterix in Corsica - Roman forts in Corsica
Table 20.2. Asterix in Corsica - Annotations
| Page, Panel | Comment |
|---|---|
| Page 1, Panel 1 | "And When I'm Dead..." = A real song that goes "And when I'm dead / don't bury me at all / Just pickle my bones / in alcohol" |
| Page 1, Panel 3 | Alea jacta est = the die is cast (Julius Caesar) |
| Page 2, Panel 2 | "This Time Tomorrow, Where Shall I Be" = Part of this was sung by Alec Guinness in the Lavender Hill Mob |
| Page 3, Panel 1 | Note the cat that features in the camp. Check out Page 10, Panel 1 for its fate... Editor's note: This might not qualify as an annotation. I have decided to add it here to show people that Uderzo is very careful in his drawings (the same people in two consecutive panels stand in the same position relative to each other, for example) |
| Page 5, Panel 1 | See Asterix in Switzerland |
| Page 5, Panel 2 | See Asterix in Spain |
| Page 5, Panel 3 | See Asterix the Gladiator |
| Page 5, Panel 4 | See Asterix in Britain |
| Page 5, Panel 5 | See Asterix and the Banquet |
| Page 5, Panel 6 | See Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield |
| Page 10, Panel 7 | Wellington (and Blucher) defeated Napoleon at Waterloo |
| Page 12, Panel 2 | A reference to the Liberal, Conservative and Labour political parties in the UK. |
| Page 14, Panel 7 | Plaice = a fish |
| Page 14, Panel 10 | O tempora, o mores = O the times! O the morals! From Cicero's first oration against Cataline. |
| Page 15, Panel 2 | This is the start of a lot of bad puns on "Corsica" throughout the book. |
| Page 15, Panel 8 | Errare humanum est = to err is human (Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism l.525) |
| Page 18, Panel 8 | Felix qui... = lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things. (Virgil, Georgica ii.490) |
| Page 21, Panel 5 | Ballot boxes... probably a jab about mob influence. |
| Page 24, Panel 9 | 'Et tu Brute' = see Asterix the Gladiator |
| Page 36, Panel 1 | Trust the Corsicans to have "flick-swords" (and even a "flick-pilum" ;-) to match their knives. |
| Page 41, Panel 6 | Napoleon had a bad habit of slipping his hand into his jacket on his chest. |
Table 20.3. Asterix in Corsica - Names