"Belgian French fries"

newspaper article illustration, ink drawing

homage to Underzo & Goscinny

Pommes frites, french fries, chips, patates tiganites, it's all the same thing. The Belgians eat them smothered in mayonnaise. On reading the article about the sleazy reputation of some purveyors of Belgium's favourite fast food I immediately imagined the hapless pirate in the Asterix comic books. The Gallic dynamic duo Asterix and Obelix (not to mention their ferocious dog) will have nothing to do with his evil-smelling wares. They much prefer a snack of wild boar anyhow.

It may be argued that it would be more fitting to have used Hergé's famous Belgian comic book hero TinTin for this assignment. But at the time he was off somewhere on a secret mission, and anyway I don't remember having seen him eat anything. Strange chap.