By Jove! 50 years of Asterix in Germany

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In 1968, the first Asterix-Band “Asterix the Gaul” was released in Germany. Quickly the small Galli had conquered cal warriors the whole of Germany. To mark the anniversary of the first Band comes out again.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Asterix the Gaul – in the past, and today

    As the first story of the Galli, appeared to rule with the warrior in Germany, he and the inhabitants of the renegade Gallic village in France, already famous. With the first Asterix book in German, you were here, too, abruptly known. A whole Nation turned with Laughter and the across the generations: the children laughed at the drawings, adults over the unbeatable wit.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    The fathers of Asterix and Obelix

    Asterix and Obelix come from a village on the French Brittany coast. Its residents: consistently crazy. You beat fishing with stinky, eat like pigs all the wild, gagging her bard, and they all hate the Roman occupiers. A magic potion gives them superhuman strength. The fathers of the Gauls cartoonist Albert Uderzo (image) and writer René Goscinny (d.1977).

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Dreamteam

    Together with the small dog Idefix best Asterix and Obelix riding for almost six decades, your adventure. Their travels have led them halfway around the world – from America to the Orient. In the Luggage: each lot of courage and a vial of magic potion. Obelix the not need – he has fallen into as a child, in a pot with the brew. The first Asterix book was published in 1961 in French.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    With super powers against the Romans

    If wild Gauls meet the Romans, it’s the real thing. Most like Obelix would beat an entire garrison alone. Around the world you will laugh about these stories. Just not in the USA. There, the image of the eternal resistance fighter isn’t all that popular, has observed signatory Didier Conrad. Therefore, the Asterix books are not selling so well.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Staff exchange

    Uderzo’s long-time Partner and co-inventor of the Gaul, René Goscinny, was for the witty and profound lyrics responsible. He died in 1977. Uderzo founded his own publishing house and wrote the texts. Appeared in 1980, with “The big dig” the first only by Uderzo wrote Asterix-Band. The most recent volumes delivered by Uderzo, finally, to a new Team.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    New Generation with a fine sense

    Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad are the new dream team, which has managed to give the somewhat tired become Gauls Saga more Fresh. Carefully preserve the sense of humour of Goscinny, and mix it with the modern Zeitgeist. Uderzo’s 1:1 drawings. Proud Uderzo, Goscinny’s daughter Anne, Ferri and Conrad (v. l. n. r.) 2015 volume 36: “The Papyrus of Caesar present”.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    With 90 years a Geriatrix

    In April 2017 Uderzo with his Comic-Greis, moved to the village elder Geriatrix, and celebrated his 90. Birthday. Although he laid the pen long aside, he wakes up with Argus eyes over the work of his successor. “I’m going to go ahead and control what is done with Asterix, so long as I’m alive and healthy am,” he promises.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Asterix in Italy, directly in Caesar’s neighbourhood

    In Italy, as the Romans are. This is not entirely correct. It is the indigenous people are still there – the italics. The brace clubs against Caesar’s efforts, the country was under Roman rule and want to keep your Unabhängigheit. Clearly, the Gaulish warriors Asterix and Obelix have to look at your brothers in a spirit of times past… The last volume appeared in 2017.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Bow

    In January 2015 the editorial team of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo terrorists was attacked, killed twelve people, including four of the signatories. Uderzo bowed with this drawing in front of his dead colleagues. This gesture is particularly poignant when you know the Asterix stories, and otherwise character-based laughs.

    Author: Silke Wünsch


  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Asterix the Gaul – in the past, and today

    As the first story of the Galli, appeared to rule with the warrior in Germany, he and the inhabitants of the renegade Gallic village in France, already famous. With the first Asterix book in German, you were here, too, abruptly known. A whole Nation turned with Laughter and the across the generations: the children laughed at the drawings, adults over the unbeatable wit.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    The fathers of Asterix and Obelix

    Asterix and Obelix come from a village on the French Brittany coast. Its residents: consistently crazy. You beat fishing with stinky, eat like pigs all the wild, gagging her bard, and they all hate the Roman occupiers. A magic potion gives them superhuman strength. The fathers of the Gauls cartoonist Albert Uderzo (image) and writer René Goscinny (d.1977).

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Dreamteam

    Together with the small dog Idefix best Asterix and Obelix riding for almost six decades, your adventure. Their travels have led them halfway around the world – from America to the Orient. In the Luggage: each lot of courage and a vial of magic potion. Obelix the not need – he has fallen into as a child, in a pot with the brew. The first Asterix book was published in 1961 in French.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    With super powers against the Romans

    If wild Gauls meet the Romans, it’s the real thing. Most like Obelix would beat an entire garrison alone. Around the world you will laugh about these stories. Just not in the USA. There, the image of the eternal resistance fighter isn’t all that popular, has observed signatory Didier Conrad. Therefore, the Asterix books are not selling so well.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Staff exchange

    Uderzo’s long-time Partner and co-inventor of the Gaul, René Goscinny, was for the witty and profound lyrics responsible. He died in 1977. Uderzo founded his own publishing house and wrote the texts. Appeared in 1980, with “The big dig” the first only by Uderzo wrote Asterix-Band. The most recent volumes delivered by Uderzo, finally, to a new Team.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    New Generation with a fine sense

    Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad are the new dream team, which has managed to give the somewhat tired become Gauls Saga more Fresh. Carefully preserve the sense of humour of Goscinny, and mix it with the modern Zeitgeist. Uderzo’s 1:1 drawings. Proud Uderzo, Goscinny’s daughter Anne, Ferri and Conrad (v. l. n. r.) 2015 volume 36: “The Papyrus of Caesar present”.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    With 90 years a Geriatrix

    In April 2017 Uderzo with his Comic-Greis, moved to the village elder Geriatrix, and celebrated his 90. Birthday. Although he laid the pen long aside, he wakes up with Argus eyes over the work of his successor. “I’m going to go ahead and control what is done with Asterix, so long as I’m alive and healthy am,” he promises.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Asterix in Italy, directly in Caesar’s neighbourhood

    In Italy, as the Romans are. This is not entirely correct. It is the indigenous people are still there – the italics. The brace clubs against Caesar’s efforts, the country was under Roman rule and want to keep your Unabhängigheit. Clearly, the Gaulish warriors Asterix and Obelix have to look at your brothers in a spirit of times past… The last volume appeared in 2017.

  • 50 years ago, the Gauls, Germania conquered

    Bow

    In January 2015 the editorial team of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo terrorists was attacked, killed twelve people, including four of the signatories. Uderzo bowed with this drawing in front of his dead colleagues. This gesture is particularly poignant when you know the Asterix stories, and otherwise character-based laughs.

    Author: Silke Wünsch


According to surveys, 99 percent of the German Asterix. No Wonder. In the last 50 years, the German 370 million Asterix have bought books – that’s a third of the world’s total circulation. 18. December 1968 appeared the first volume in English. And this is now being celebrated with an anniversary edition from now on, thicker than a “normal” book, and for collectors, of course, a Must: Here the success story of the Galli will be warrior once more redrawn.

The first adventure led to the Asterix, his full-figured friend Obelix (“I’m not thick. Just a little chunky.”) and the little dog dogmatix directly in the neighborhood of your small village. It is surrounded by Roman garrisons, and does not want to bend to the will of Rome.

The druid Getafix in the preparation of the magic Potion

A mysterious potion that gives them superhuman powers will help the villagers. The Romans want to find the recipe, kidnap the druid Getafix and want to elicit by means of tickle-torture the secret. Asterix sneaks into the camp, caught and also tortured. Then, Getafix gives up his secret. The Romans believe. However, the magic potion that you drink, giving huge powers, but a mess in the warehouse…

In later folders Obelix eat the wild boar on the piece

A Prototype

If you compare the original band with the successor folders, you will immediately notice that cartoonist Albert Uderzo was at that time apparently still in the determination phase of his characters. The book acts as a prototype: The characters are drawn a little wooden, Obelix is wearing a crooked-shaped menhir, the druid lives in a forest cave and not in the village. The bard Cacofonix, the hanging traditionally at the end of gagged in a tree, sitting at the table and Obelix is a wild pig sick of it.

Great Output until Goscinny’s death

René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, while Signing

In France, the Asterix were issues since 1961 to the market, annually published one to three copies. From 1968, Germany moved to. Less it was only died in the 1980s: René Goscinny, the writing Partner of Uderzo 1977. Uderzo continued alone. However, the Asterix-Fans missing Goscinny Humor and wit. Nevertheless, each release of a new tape was a big thing, connected with proper marketing effort, and voltage: The content of a new Asterix book is held up to the publication of a secret.

New authors – new success

Scene from Asterix in Italy

At the beginning of the 2000s also Uderzo drew back; his last Band was “Asterix and the Actress” (2001) – and, in fact, no other Asterix should appear in the folder. So three “Spin-Offs came out not to 2013”, the fit really in the series of Asterix adventures.

Until 2012, two new authors to the stories – with the explicit blessing of Albert Uderzo: The first volume of Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad was called “Asterix and the Picts”and was released in October 2013. A full success. Copywriter Ferri has the old language joke of a Goscinny resurgence, Conrad’s drawings bear to the smallest Detail, the manuscript of Uderzo. 2017 is “Asterix in Italy,” the 37. Band appeared, and more are already announced.