Asterix and cleopatra poster series#
Again, this is a sign of how the series takes elements of popular history and distils them to tell adventures without regard for the known historical facts. The Sphinx also appears to lose its nose rather earlier than in reality. The story also has absurd vessel speeds, with Edifis given three months to build a palace in Alexandria and yet somehow finding the time to travel by sea all the way to Armorica (Brittany) and back. But the series has never set out to be historically accurate and so we can simply ignore the fact that in 50 BC Julius Caesar and Cleopatra (who has a very pretty nose) hadn't even met yet. Still it's a sign of the series riding the cultural zeitgeist of the day and presenting its own take on the relationship between the Queen of Egypt (who has a very pretty nose) and the Roman Dictator.įeaturing two of the best known historical characters in the series, there's inevitably a lot of historic licence taken with this story. However, the modern editions have dropped this in favour of the overall standardisation of the series and perhaps also because the passage of time has diminished the parody.
Asterix and cleopatra poster movie#
This album used to have a non-traditional cover that resembled a movie poster, calling it "The Greatest Story Ever Drawn" and even listing what had gone into it in terms of writing & drawing materials and beer. It's not hard to spot the influence for this album, with the original serialisation having come in the same year as the film Cleopatra, with the title character even drawn to resemble Elizabeth Taylor.
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