Asterix Omnibus #7

Contains 3 newly-translated classic Asterix tales. Asterix is a fearless Gaul with a magic potion that grants...
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Author: Albert Uderzo
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Asterix Omnibus #7 by Uderzo, Albert

Asterix Omnibus #7

$46.16

Asterix Omnibus #7

$46.16
Author: Albert Uderzo
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Contains 3 newly-translated classic Asterix tales. Asterix is a fearless Gaul with a magic potion that grants him incredible strength to protect his village and ward off Roman Empire from invading. With his pal, Obelix, the two defend their village from not only the blundering Roman legionairies, but other odd threats as well. First, a fortune telling Soothsayer has the village under his soothing predictions, but Asterix isn't buying it. Predict who will win in a battle of words between "Asterix and the Soothsayer." Second, visit "Asterix in Corsica" as he and Obelix must help Chief Boneywasawarriorwayayix to foil the evil designs of Praetor Perfidius and oppose Julius Caesar's army. Finally, "Ceasar's Gift" is delivered to the village, a deed to the village itself! Will the village fall under the control of the wrong hands? Includes a new afterword by Alexander Simmons providing historical and cultural context for Asterix, both in 50 B.C. and in the time the classic comics were made addressing various racial depictions

Author: Albert Uderzo, René Goscinny
Publisher: Papercutz
Published: 07/05/2022
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.70w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781545807279
Audience: Ages 9-12

About the Author

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926. After growing up in Argentina, he came to America where he shared a studio with future Mad magazine co-founder Harvey Kurtzman and collaborators Will Elder and Jack Davis. In 1959, he founded the magazine Pilote which premiered what was to become the most successful comic series anywhere: Asterix. He died suddenly cardiac arrest in 1977 at the age of 51.
Albert Uderzo was born in France 1927 to Italian Immigrants. In 1959 Goscinny and Uderzo became editor and artistic director (respectively) of Pilote magazine. Their creation, Asterix became a runaway success. After Goscinny's death in 1977, 26 volumes of Asterix were complete, Uderzo continued to write and illustrate the Asterix books on his own, publishing 8 volumes. The cover credits still read Goscinny and Uderzo." He retired in 2011 but still oversees Asterix and the current publications by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.


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