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Sad to learn that ALBERT UDERZO, co-creator and illustrator (as well as writer after RENE GOSCINNY's death in 1977) of ASTERIX The GAUL, has died of a heart attack in his sleep. He drew comic strips the way they deserved to be drawn. Thoughts are with his family, friends, and fans.
R.I.P. to a true legend. My childhood would never have been the same without these comics.
ReplyDeleteA legend indeed. These books are great, aren't they?! Fantastic art and superb stories and characterization.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I meant to add - not just my childhood, these are great books at any age, and even especially when you get older and see how much is packed in there.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll take the Mansions of the Gods off the shelf this afternoon...
I re-read the first few several months back. I'll have to check which one I stopped at and resume from there.
ReplyDeleteI remember struggling to understand the Asterix books in our school library which were in French, a language I failed to grasp. But I remember marvelling over that great artwork by Uderzo.
ReplyDeleteLoved the English versions I was later able to buy with my own money.
Funnily enough, I first saw the French versions of Asterix in MY school library, sometime in the early '70s. Like you, I couldn't understand them, but I recognised great artwork when I saw it. A mere couple of years later (as a working man), I bought around 9 or 10 of them from, I think, Boots The Chemists, where I worked at the time. Still got them too, and I've even started buying the same ones again as they've now been 'remastered'.
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