Alien: Egg Silo exterior (work 378) (1978) by HR Giger references thatched domed roofs of Gaulish village huts from Asterix the Gaul stories?

 

leading from

Egg Silo exterior (work 378) (1978) by HR Giger

and

Asterix and Alien

 

 

a) Giger painted the breast shaped egg silos for Alien, in place of the idea of the pyramid in Dan O'Bannon's original script

378: Egg Silo exterior (uploaded by me, taken from Giger's Alien)

b) Map from Asterix The Gaul 1960

 

b.i) Detail from above showing area with Gaulish village

 

c) Panel from "Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield", p44 (Originally published in Pilote in 1967) written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo.

d) Panel from Asterix The Legionary, p48 (originally published in Pilote in 1967) by written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo

e) Panel from "Asterix and The Big Fight" (originally published in Pilote in 1967) by written by Goscinny and drawn by Uderzo