Roy Boyd from Sling's and Arrows called it a 'confused and pointless tale'. St Mag called it a 'disappointment' with 'more dissatisfactions in the book than anything else'. Ian Rankin, writing for the Guardian, described this Asterix volume as appearing to ' jump the shark' and 'not a success' which possibly led to the 8 year hiatus during which author Uderzo handed over writing duties to a new team. As he departs, Toon erases all memory of his visit from the village and the Roman camp.įalling Sky was a commercial success, but a critical disappointment. The Nagma is eventually defeated, and Toon abandons his quest for the magic potion as its only discernible effect on the aliens is to cause them to temporarily increase to an enormous size. Asterix and Obelix enter the fray, and the Nagma attempts to abduct Getafix. Toon's army of superclones and the Nagma's 'cyberat' robot warriors engage in battle. The Roman centurion Polyanthus gives him directions to the Gaulish village.

Meanwhile, a Nagma has landed his spaceship in the nearby Roman camp of Compendium and seeks the 'powerful deadly weapon'. He informs the Gauls he is on a mission to confiscate their 'secret weapon' ( Getafix's potion) that is 'known throughout the universe', in order to prevent it from being seized by evil aliens called Nagmas. Toon turns off his ship's 'anti-collision magnetic field', ending the paralysis of the village. He is from the planet Tadsilweny and is accompanied by 'superclone' security men. An alien named Toon emerges from the spherical spaceship. Only Asterix, Obelix, Getafix and Dogmatix are unaffected due to consumption of the magic potion. Īn alien spaceship appears above the Gaulish village, causing nearly all of the people and animals to turn rigid. This was the final volume produced by Uderzo before handing over the series to a new creative team. It was released on Octoto commercial success, but was panned by the critics. The book was intended as a tribute to Walt Disney and a satire on the state of the French comics industry. Comic book in the Asterix series Asterix and the Falling SkyĪsterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden BookĪsterix and the Falling Sky ( French: Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête, 'The Sky Falls On His Head') is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, the ninth solely written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo and the only volume to introduce science fiction elements into the otherwise historical comedy series.

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