Soupalognon y Crouton

Few names in comics land with quite the same delicious absurdity as Soupalognon y Crouton, a Silver Age creation who made their debut in Astérix #14 in 1969 under the legendary partnership of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Though their presence in the catalog is a modest three appearances across roughly four decades of the beloved Dargaud series, that's the nature of the rich, sprawling village world Goscinny and Uderzo built — a place so densely populated with memorable faces that even a minor character shares panels with the likes of Obélix, Idéfix, Panoramix, Abraracourcix, and Assurancetourix. For devoted collectors of the Astérix universe, tracking down every named soul in that Gaulish cosmos is half the joy, and Soupalognon y Crouton is exactly the kind of wonderfully named background gem that makes a completist's heart sing.