One dark and stormy night, a sinister figure arrives in the little Gaulish village. Prolix, who claims to be a soothsayer, prophesies that when the storm is over the weather will improve. And it does! Now the credulous villagers believe every word he says, but Asterix has his suspicions of the smooth-talking Prolix, Who is really right about the soothsayer?

Albert Uderzo (born 25 April 1927) is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Ast�rix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with Ren� Goscinny.