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The Michelin Man in Asterix, and redrawing
Bibendum made a brief guest appearance in the Asterix series, as the chariot-wheel dealer in certain translations, including the English one, of Asterix in Switzerland.
When the Asterix books were being published in english for the first time, sometimes certain panels would be redrawn. This happened in Asterix and Cleopatra when on page 6 the die were redrawn to show three sixes, and on page 33 where we can see a Daily Nile newspaper with a "Pnuts" cartoon and the head of Charlie Brown. The most famous redrawing was in Asterix in Switzerland where the French Antar mascot was replaced with the Michelin Man (see here). These redrawings happened rarely because of their expense to do.
One of the greatest shames about these reeditions I feel is that these redrawings have been lost. Charlie Brown is gone, the die now show a 4,2,1 and we now have the Antar Mascot gracing our english pages (This makes Obelix's joke in the next panel "Call me fat! Did you see HIS spare tyre?" completely meaningless!)
More changes in Asterix in Switzerland can be found here
The Michelin Man in Asterix, and redrawing
Bibendum made a brief guest appearance in the Asterix series, as the chariot-wheel dealer in certain translations, including the English one, of Asterix in Switzerland.
When the Asterix books were being published in english for the first time, sometimes certain panels would be redrawn. This happened in Asterix and Cleopatra when on page 6 the die were redrawn to show three sixes, and on page 33 where we can see a Daily Nile newspaper with a "Pnuts" cartoon and the head of Charlie Brown. The most famous redrawing was in Asterix in Switzerland where the French Antar mascot was replaced with the Michelin Man (see here). These redrawings happened rarely because of their expense to do.
One of the greatest shames about these reeditions I feel is that these redrawings have been lost. Charlie Brown is gone, the die now show a 4,2,1 and we now have the Antar Mascot gracing our english pages (This makes Obelix's joke in the next panel "Call me fat! Did you see HIS spare tyre?" completely meaningless!)
More changes in Asterix in Switzerland can be found here