In December 2008, Uderzo sold his stake to Hachette, which took over the company. Uderzo decided to sell these rights to Hachette instead of Albert-René, but the publishing rights on new albums were still owned by Albert Uderzo (40%), Sylvie Uderzo (20%) and Anne Goscinny (40%). In 1998, after a long trial, Dargaud lost the rights to publish and sell the albums. In 1990, the Uderzo and Goscinny families decided to sue Dargaud to take over the rights. However, Dargaud, the initial publisher of the series, kept the publishing rights on the 24 first albums made by both Uderzo and Goscinny.
Uderzo created his own publishing company, Éditions Albert René, which published every album drawn and written by Uderzo alone since then.
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Many critics and fans of the series prefer the earlier collaborations with Goscinny. He continued to issue new volumes of the series, but on a less-frequent basis. When Goscinny died in 1977, Uderzo continued the series by popular demand of the readers, who implored him to continue. Pilote was taken over by Georges Dargaud. Despite the growing popularity of Asterix with the readers, the financial backing for the publication Pilote ceased. However, Uderzo felt that the downsized hero needed a strong but dim companion, to which Goscinny agreed. But Goscinny had a different picture in his mind, visualizing Asterix as a shrewd, compact warrior who would possess intelligence and wit more than raw strength. Uderzo's first preliminary sketches portrayed Asterix as a huge and strong traditional Gaulish warrior. The ninth Asterix volume, when first released in 1967, sold 1.2 million copies in two days. A year later, the fifth sold 300,000 1966's Asterix and the Big Fight sold 400,000 upon initial publication. Their success was exponential the first book sold 6,000 copies in its year of publication a year later, the second sold 20,000. From then on, books were released generally on a yearly basis. In 1961 the first book was put together, titled Asterix the Gaul. Astérix was originally serialised in Pilote magazine, debuting in the first issue on 29 October 1959. Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in Tintin magazine. Évariste Vital Luminais' (1821–1896) paintings of Goths had been rather popular in France and are a possible model for the Asterix series. As of 2017, 370 million copies of Asterix books had been sold worldwide, with co-creators René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo being France's best-selling authors abroad. The very first French satellite, Astérix, launched in 1965, was named after the character. There have also been a number of games based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Astérix. Caesar, were major box office successes in France). The success of the series has led to the adaptation of its books into 13 films: nine animated, and four live action (two of which, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and Asterix and Obelix vs. The Asterix series is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics in the world, with the series being translated into 111 languages and dialects as of 2009. For much of the history of the series (Volumes 4 through 29), settings in Gaul and abroad alternated, with even-numbered volumes set abroad and odd-numbered volumes set in Gaul, mostly in the village. In many of the stories, they travel to foreign countries, while other tales are set in and around their village. The "-ix" ending of both names (as well as all the other pseudo-Gaulish "-ix" names in the series) alludes to the "-rix" suffix (meaning "king") present in the names of many real Gaulish chieftains such as Vercingetorix, Orgetorix, and Dumnorix. The protagonists, the title character Asterix and his friend Obelix, have various adventures. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid Getafix (Panoramix in the French version), which temporarily gives the recipient superhuman strength.
The series follows the adventures of a village of Gauls as they resist Roman occupation in 50 BC. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium. One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. In the front row are the regular characters, with Asterix himself in the centre.Īsterix comics usually start with the following introduction: Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Pilote.
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