The menhir on the back cover clearly showed it was the last book at the time. Goscinny was still around.
Curiously, when Mrs. Geriatrix talks nicely to Obelix while he's being the richest in the village, her text was shown in pink... is it still the case nowadays?
Unless I'm blind, it isn't
but I do remember seeing coloured speech bubbles in other comics, but I forgot which...
There was a comic where a one-time character made people aggressive with his mere presence. Their speech bubbles would turn green.
Speech bubbles mean a lot in Asterix
Perhaps it was pink there as an influence of his wealth
In my 2005 edition it's just white. Pink was presumably representing sweet talking, which was later changed to be shown as flowers around the text.
Well that was colored text, not bubble
I just found out a date written on one of the pages...
It seems this copy of Obelix and co. was purchased around June 17th 1976.
It was sent to my uncle when he was apparently in the hospital, likely as a pass-time. It says in there my mother hopes her brother comes home soon. It's unclear to me who wrote it. It could be my aunt, but neither my mom or grandmother due to the handwriting not matching.
So, it was, *really* , a fresh print.
Also, notice this signed space.
It was the 1000th page Goscninny and Uderzo celebrated
"M" for the roman numeral for 1000
"Albo Notamba Lapillo" translates from Latin to "To mark with a white stone"
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