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ASTERIX, Goscinny, Uderzo.

(PROGRAMME thousand words. 15 SEPTEMBER 2009)
When fate fate of the roads joined Uderzo, a cartoonist colorblind, and Goscinny, a great temperament, began the story of one of the most famous characters has been France. And not just talking about fictional characters but could include the Gaulish village of Armorica among the best known of France, and perhaps s the world, since Asterix is \u200b\u200bone of the most translated and disseminated publications, but not only that.
sinning I usually exaggerated, and French-speaking, but I draw the above have not in a vague knowledge of French culture but in a survey recently to our neighbors who considered Asterix the ideal candidate to occupy the Elysee. And in another of those surveys on the level of knowledge among the other European Union countries, appeared at the head of France's most memorable characters Napoleon & # 243; n, Asterix and The Inspector Clouseau (?)...
But leaving aside the ramblings about French culture, Asterix occupies a privileged place among the comics worldwide. This is not a comic book adult course but a publication directed to all audiences in which each according to his experience and level of reading may Take one thing or another, from parody to slapstick and visual jokes, from the mood a little smarter about customs and usages of antiquity, from linguistics to humor more childish.
Stories Asterix hooked by its simplicity and, unfortunately now lost, complexity of detail, documentation ambientacióny. The loss of these details is undoubtedly linked to the death of Goscinny and did not involve the disappearance of the series but it caused a change in quality, so great that Uderzo has charged to maintain and stretch the business that dignity. Perhaps
to start should have chosen the words that you start any episode of Asterix, " The year 50 BC Jesus Christ. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans ... Any? No! One small village of indomitable Gauls todavíay the invaders. " But I thought it would have been unoriginal and trite to be the resource to the fullest. The story told is that of a Gallic tribe after the battle of Alesia where Vercingetorix defeated Julius Caesar conquered Gaul and continues to resist the invader latino. The tribe is composed a handful of colorful characters among them Asterix, Obelix and Getafix e IdeaFixa. (I stress the tilde spelling for that pronunciation is the original stress level rather than the sharp that appeared after the movies)
Almost all adventures narrated the adventures of Asterix and Obelix to keep at bay the Roman soldiers, who stopped by a magic potion from the Druid Panorámix made. Some trips are made to find an ingredient or essential element to make the magic potion (The Golden Sickle, Asterix's Odyssey), sometimes is to help friends in trouble (Asterix in Britain Asterix in Belgium Asterix in Hispania), but almost always faced with the pirates m & # 225; s unfortunate the world.
Asterix stories began in 1959, and we must say that not over, not because Uderzo eventually signed a contract to let & # 237; to read the series once he had died. This caused great controversy, in which even the daughter said Uderzo against him, but it seems that compañíaa which seek to transfer their rights over the marketing of other formats to the co ; mic.
The list of books published to date is as follows (left links to the wikipedia):
Asterix the Gaul ( 1961 ) *
The Golden Sickle ( 1962 ) *
Asterix and the Goths ( 1963 ) *
Asterix gladiator ( 1964 ) *
Returning to Gaul ( 1965 )
Asterix and Cleopatra ( 1965 )
Combat heads ( 1966 )
Asterix in Britain ( 1966 )
Asté rix and the Normans ( 1967 )
Asterix Legionnaire ( 1967 )
The Chieftain's Shield ( 1968 )
Asterix and the Olympic Games ( 1968 )
Asterix and the Cauldron ( 1969 )
Asterix in Hispania ( 1969 )
Tares ( 1970 )
Asterix in Switzerland ( 1970 )
The residence of the gods ( 1971 )
Los Laureles del César ( 1972 )
The guess ( 1972 )
Asterix in Corsica ( 1973 )
Caesar's Gift ( 1974 )
The great journey ( 1975 )
Obelix and Co. ( 1976 )
Asterix in Belgium ( 1979 )
The Great Divide ( 1980 )
Asterix's odyssey ( 1981 )
Asté 's son ; rix ( 1983 )
Asterix in India ( 1987 )
Asterix, the rose and sword ( 1991 )
Evil Obelix drink ( 1996 )
Asterix and Latraviata ( 2001 )
Asterix and the never seen ( 2003 )
The sky falls upon us! ( 2005 )
is a series of thirty-three stories that bind the cartoon films, films with real characters, to ; Albums illustrated several picture books and movies and which tells how Obelix fell into a cauldron of magic potion.
could establish a major split in the series, the aforementioned death of Goscinny in 1977 made it from The Great Divide, Uderzo guióny will take care of the drawing, bringing the series to other quality parameters of different, in which prevail the visual gag and fighting, either Roman or between Gauls.
The history shared by Uderzo and Goscinny could be divided into three parts, the first consisting of three early works, Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Golden Sickle, Asterix and the Goths, in which characters are being created and appear the recurring elements of the work. From Gladiator Asterix the drawing changes, the characters become more friendly, both for the psychological profile as the picture much more rounded and cartoony. Succeed albums full of details that make Asterix in a reference work, a nod to the old references to classical Latin, Greek, amazing atmospheres (enough to see the journey through a procession full of Hispania, references to tea), and deliberate anachronisms and stereotypes about people and nations, to see the fine sense of humor René ; Goscinny that uncovers behind these stories. The last part of this common history suggests a tired writer with flashes of genius but the pulse of yesteryear.
Finally remark that the story of two friends (Asterix-Obelix-Goscinny Uderzo) has a richness that goes beyond criticisms that have been received for making a product simplistic and childish. Together they founded and directed the magazine Pilote, the cradle of great talents like Jean Giraud "Moebius" and may have had a fruitful life in the Comic Strip, Uderzo as a cartoonist, illustrator, editor and producer and co-authoring Goscinny other very important series as Lucky Luke, Iznogoud and the young Nicolas.
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