Astérix le Gaulois

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René Goscinny: Astérix le Gaulois (French language, 1961, Dargaud)

French language

Published Nov. 13, 1961 by Dargaud.

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According to Wikipedia Rene Goscinny was a comic editor and writer of Jewish Polish descent who created the Asterix comic book series. He also worked on Lucky Luke (which I have not read at all) with Morris. He was born in Paris France in 1926, his family moved to Buenos Aires Argentina shortly there after, he lived in New York for a time after the death of his father but moved back to France and joined the French army in order to avoid service in the United States army. He died in 1977 in Paris France. Despite some critiques of Astrix it's nice to know that not all classic French comic creators turn out to be Nazi collaborators (I'm looking at you Herge).

Looking up the artist Albert Uderzo, he was born in France to Italian immigrants in 1927 and is apparently still alive. Too young to fight Germany before …

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