downthetubes.net news blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
... comic by Maurice De Bevere ( Morris ) in 1946 who wrote and drew it until 1955 when René Goscinny , in his pre-Asterix days, joined him as writer. Lucky Luke subsequently moved from Spirou into Goscinny's Pilote comic in 1967 and Morris and Goscinny continued their collaboration until Goscinny's death in 1977 when other artists and writers began to work on the...
watch movies online for free full movie downloads (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
#1 VEOH : Full Movie #2 STAGEVU.COM : Full Movie Directed by René Goscinny Albert Uderzo Pierre Watrin Produced by Georges Dargaud Written by Pierre Tchernia René Goscinny Albert Uderzo Music by Gérard Calvi Release date(s) 1976 Running time 82 minutes Language French / English
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... when the original text is in French? A brilliant piece of translation. Background René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo created Asterix for the first issue of Pilote magazine on 29 October 1959. It was an instant success with over 200,000 copies sold. Asterix first appeared in book form in 1961 as Asterix the Gaul. It was with Asterix in Britain, however, that copies of the books sold in...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Still going strong after 50 years, Asterix and Obelix continue to fight off the Roman Empire's advances in Gaul, as well as embarking on numerous adventures further afield. The global success of the cartoons is such that co-creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo are France's top selling authors abroad, not to mention 11 film adaptations and a number of computer games based on the series....
boyswhodraw (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Asterix and Obelix is probably one of my favorite illustrated series, and plucky duo are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Gallic warrior Asterix, who was created by the popular writer-illustrator duo, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, fifty years ago.
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... celebrations come 2011.)But, depressingly, most commentators have seen the golden jubilee of René Goscinny's and Albert Uderzo's greatest creation as an opportunity to explore the way in which the Asterix brand has become a little tarnished in recent years -- following the mediocre film adaptations starring , for example, as well as Uderzo's decision to sell the series rights to the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... fantastic and often fantastically detailed illustrations by Albert Uderzo and words by René Goscinny. (The English versions required all the creative powers of their translators, Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, to put across the punning spirit of the originals, and the results are rightly acclaimed.) Part of Asterix's appeal lies in the gentle prodding of European national stereotypes:...
Bread and circuses (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... feast, with fantastic and often fantastically detailed illustrations by Albert Uderzo and words by René Goscinny. (The English versions required all the creative powers of their translators, Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge, to put across the punning spirit of the originals, and the results are rightly acclaimed.) Part of Asterix's appeal lies in the gentle prodding of European national...
Staring At Empty Pages (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... . The cartoon is written and drawn by Albert Uderzo, now 82, and was written by René Goscinny until his death in 1977 — at age 51; his cartoon characters will soon be older than he ever was. Goscinny managed some clever wordplay and good wit in the writing, and that’s been continued by Uderzo. It’s also been successfully brought into the translations, which...
World Culture Pictorial (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... It was the work of the Italian-born artist Albert Uderzo and his script-writer friend René Goscinny. According to one of their creators, the small, wily Gaul Asterix and his oversized, clumsy friend Obelix were born under the influence of friendship, desperation and a great deal of alcohol. They met at Uderzo's apartment in the Paris suburb of Pantin to dream up a story and some characters...
Searching the Inner Me... (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... debut in Pilote, a French cartoon magazine. Written by humorist and comic-book writer René Goscinny and illustrated by artist Albert Uderzo, the series was an oddball tale about a village of “indomitable Gauls” resisting Roman invasion in 50 BC, thanks to a druid who brewed a special magic potion that granted them superhuman strength. Quickly distinguishing itself through...
Ask Nicola (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
A preparatory sketch for Goscinny and Uderzo's first book, Asterix the Gaul (1961). Photograph: Les Éditions Albert René / Goscinny-Uderzo The French are going all-out for the 50th birthday of Asterix the Gaul : fly-overs by Patrouille de France (the French equivalent of the Blue Angels), spiffy dinners with politicians, parties... I loved--okay, still love--those cartoons,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
... far France has taken these comic book creations to its heart since 1959 when writer René Goscinny and artist Albert Uderzo first sketched out their idea for a story set in a remote village on the Brittany coast, the last outpost of ancient Gaul holding out against the Roman invasion, where the villagers have become brave warriors through the help of a magic potion. Those original...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
For half a century they have been fending off Roman attacks from their village, armed only with fearlessness, flying menhirs and a cauldron of magic potion. But now Astérix and his band of indomitable Gauls are invading Lutetia – modern-day Paris – and determined to make their presence felt. Fifty years after Albert Uderzo and Réne Goscinny unveiled their comic stars...
