Asterix and Son

Goscinny

Hachette Children's, Nov 15, 2001 - Fiction - 48 pages

"This all time great series of Asterix graphic novels (comic books) has been authored by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. The series first appeared in the French Magazine 'Pilote' on 29th Oct., 1959. The volumes continued thereafter with the cooperation of the two - René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, till the death of Goscinny in 1977. Thereafter Uderzo took over the continuance of the series. These Asterix albums are about the fun-filled adventures taking place in the time of Gaul and the rule of Caesar, starring Asterix and his best friend Obelix ... No matter what the Romans try, they end up getting beaten at their own game by the shrewd and cunning little warriors"--Amazon.com website.

About the author

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977. Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. ASTERIX THE GAUL, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 35 Asterix albums.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Asterix and Son; Asterix (Orion Paperback); Asterix Series; Asterix adventure, Uderzo; Book 27 of Goscinny and Uderzo present an Asterix adventure
• Author: Goscinny
• Translated by: Anthea Bell, Derek Hockridge
• Illustrated by: Uderzo
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Hachette Children's, 2001
• ISBN: 0752847759, 9780752847757
• Length: 48 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General