In " The Daughter of Vercingetorix ", the Gallic captain Letitbix is supposed to help the Arverne chiefs Monolitix and Mausklix and their APO to bring the daughter of Vercingetorix , Adrenaline , from Gaul to Londinium . He's happy about the change, because up to now he's only ever transported flower bulbs and can thus help the free Gauls. With his peace-loving nature and his ship, he becomes in
teresting for Adrenaline because she doesn't see her future with the Arverns , but has the desire to go to the distant island of Thule to live in peace there. Although Letitbix is then unable to accompany the APO to Londinium, they find an even more distant island, Adrenaline, after being blown off course by adverse winds. "Let It Be" is a song composed by Paul McCartney in 1969. In addition, on page 31 he quotes lines from the song "Imagine" by John Lennon, in which he says: "You may say I'm a dreamer..." And finally he tells that he transports onions between the islands. Onions have been grown in the area around the town of Roscoff in northern Brittany since the 17th century and were brought across the English Channel to England for sale. The men who sold the onions were colloquially called Johnnie (little John). The local history museum "Maison des Johnnies et de l'Oignon de Roscoff" still bears witness to this
The authors confirmed in an interview that with the sailor Letitbix they are also alluding to "Jehan Pistolet", the hero of the first comic series that was conceived and published jointly by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny - seven years before the idea for Asterix . In Germany this series was published as " Pitt Pistol ". The story follows the adventures of young Pitt Pistol, who trades his apprenticeship at a tavern for a life as a corsair. The " Men " section of the Asterix archive provides an overview of all male characters in the Asterix series that are known by name .
