the conflict between the chief and his brother-in-law (the dinner party sequence at the beginning might just be Goscinny/Uderzo's finest moment)
ZIGACKLY!
― chap, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link
thanks to this thread i've just laid down for the Asterix Omnibus that includes Laurel Wreath, Switzerland, Mansion of the Gods, plus I bought Chieftain's Shield separately. Can't wait to revisit these
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 10:58 (five years ago) link
That's a great run. I'll second Asterix the Legionary as a personal favorite
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
XP - Yeah that is a good selection, those are some of my very favourites.
Got a first edition hardback of Big Fight in the post from eBay today, was never sure about it though, I remember really not liking the transformation of Getafix, as a kid.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:42 (five years ago) link
Was down in London for a few days, and managed to get to the Goscinny exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Camden - highly recommended to anyone with an interest in post-war European humour comics. The exhibition is smallish, but very nicely presented and contains a surprising number of original pages. I had never seen an actual page from an Asterix album before and here there are five, including the first page of Laurel Wreath; there are also pages from Iznogoud, Ompa-pa, a western strip by the legendary Jijé, and some really gorgeous Nicholas originals - I took a shaky snap of this one:
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa362/Andrew_Littlefield/P1030584_zpsjlhbmbs4.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Sunday, 8 July 2018 11:06 (five years ago) link
I must get to see this soon!
So I was knocking around on eBay yesterday, I've been trying to complete a set of hardback first editions and I'm looking at ...The Gaul, so expensive for what isn't really a very good story, but I found out that there are officially sanctioned translations of a few of the stories into Scots slang, so I purchased 'Asterix The Gallus' and also TinTin's 'The Derk Isle' it's going to be pretty weird but interesting.
― MaresNest, Monday, 16 July 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
RIP Anthea Bell:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/18/anthea-bell-magnificent-translator-of-asterix-and-kafka-dies-aged-82
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 18 October 2018 13:19 (five years ago) link
RIP. My school French teacher always said her translations were funnier than the originals.
― chap, Thursday, 18 October 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
Nooooooooooooooooooo
― MaresNest, Thursday, 18 October 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
Didn't realise she'd translated Kafka! Definitely gonna pick that up. Some of the old translations are dire!
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 18 October 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
This new one that just came out looks gorgeous but the story is ever so slight, sadly.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 28 October 2019 12:51 (four years ago) link
I have recently watched the latest Asterix animation movie (the secret of the magic potion).It's nicely done and manages to recreate the spirit/humour of the original books.
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 October 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
but the story is ever so slight, sadly.Has there been one since, generously, 1981 of which you wouldn’t say this?
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 28 October 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
You're right, Black Gold was the last decent one until the 2013 comeback of sorts with The Picts.
The three since then, I found to be really enjoyable, but this new one is lagging far behind, which is a shame because the art is absolutely on point. Translation/interpretation must be so difficult and that's when I realised how vital Bell & Hockridge were to the process.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 28 October 2019 20:00 (four years ago) link
RIP Albert Uderzo (to be fair, I didnt even realize he was still alive)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 09:13 (four years ago) link
aw RIP
and I didn't post here to say RIP Anthea Bell, so that too
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 09:53 (four years ago) link
Oh no! But what an incredible legacy.
I read an Asterix book for the first time in years recently, Asterix and the Cauldron. It’s not one of the best - although the marketplace scene is a classic (the “BOOOOOOOAAAARSSSS” bit) (and the avant-garde theatre troupe) (and other bits, probably). Uderzo’s drawings of Obelix are incredible throughout, though - it’s amazing how much facial expression he gets out of a character who doesn’t have a mouth 90% of the time.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 10:03 (four years ago) link
Spotted on Facebook - Leicester Chronicle story about Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge from 1969:
https://scontent.fman2-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/90594706_10157958261326832_1418784090512949248_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=TgY0dQcrzsUAX8FX6GV&_nc_ht=scontent.fman2-2.fna&_nc_tp=7&oh=11304ae4d48786c64d549dc3fe0b7c9b&oe=5E9EFEFF
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:32 (four years ago) link
Wow. Love that <3
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:55 (four years ago) link
Mr Roy Oddling (what a name) is the Pete Best of the Asterix story here, I guess
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 11:58 (four years ago) link
"it’s amazing how much facial expression he gets out of a character who doesn’t have a mouth 90% of the time."
ahah. never thought of it that way !
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 25 March 2020 12:18 (four years ago) link
New one arrived today, again, the art is great, very faithful. The storyline looks like it might be a retread of '& The Roman Agent', but with a new-age type infiltrating the village and putting ppl at loggerheads.
One thing though, it's very dense, high panel count on most of the pages, more text.
― MaresNest, Thursday, 26 October 2023 19:14 (five months ago) link
Have any of the new lots’ books been worth reading? Magic Carpet must’ve been the last semi-decent one from Uderzp.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 26 October 2023 19:27 (five months ago) link
I don't think these fake Asterixs are a patch on the fake Blake and Mortimers that Cinebooks put out.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 26 October 2023 19:36 (five months ago) link
The B&Ms have the benefit of never being that good in the first place
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 26 October 2023 19:52 (five months ago) link