Astérix et ses Amis
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Astérix et ses amis is a tribute volume published in 2007 by Les Editions Albert René. The full original title is Astérix et ses Amis - Hommage à Albert Uderzo. It was released to pay tribute to Albert Uderzo
, for his 80th birthday. Not part of the original Asterix series
, it is made up of several short stories drawn and written by various renowned comics artists.
Albert Uderzo
Albert Uderzo is a French comic book artist, and scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with René Goscinny.-Early life:...
, for his 80th birthday. Not part of the original Asterix series
Asterix
Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on October 29, 1959...
, it is made up of several short stories drawn and written by various renowned comics artists.
Content
There are 34 short stories, often featuring both characters from the Asterix series and heroes created by each artist.- René Loustal (Le Sang des voyous, White Sonia, Jolie mer de Chine)
- Juanjo GuarnidoJuanjo GuarnidoJuanjo Guarnido is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad.-Biography:Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the art school of Granada. He collaborated on several fanzines and produced work for Marvel comics. Unfortunately, the small size of...
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) - Beltran (Le Ventre du Minotaure, Technopères , Mégalex)
- Carrère (Léo Loden, Private Ghost)
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(Olivier Rameau) - Cuzor (Black Jack, Quintett)
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) - Vicar (Donald Duck)
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) - Forges (El País)
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Languages
- Asterix e seus Amigos (Brazilian Portuguese) Record
- Astèrix i els seus Amics (Catalan) Salvat
- Asterix und seine Freunde (German) Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
- Astérix y sus Amigos (Spanish) Salvat
- Asterix ja ystävät (Finnish) Egmont Kustannus OY AB
- Astérix et ses Amis (French) Editions Albert René
- Asterix en zijn vrienden (Dutch) Editions Albert René
- Asterixks i Przyjaciele (Polish) Egmont Sp