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