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A30 FEATURE/PEOPLE&ARTS
Wednesday 25 March 2020

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Albert Uderzo, a creator of French hero Asterix, dies at 92

PARIS (AP) — Albert Uder- Franck Riester said that Ud-
zo, one of the two creators erzo "found the magic po-
of the beloved comic book tion," referring to his spirit,
character Asterix, who craftsmanship and long
captured the spirit of the hours of work. Riester may
Gauls of yore and grew a also have been making a
reputation worldwide, died reference to the famous
on Tuesday. He was 92. magic potion in the As-
The French press quoted terix series, which gave the
family members as saying hero and his fellow villag-
that Uderzo died of a heart ers temporary superhuman
attack in the Paris suburb of strength.
Neuilly. "Supreme nobility, he ac-
Asterix, portrayed as a short cepted that his heroes sur-
man with a droopy mus- vive him for the happiness
tache always wearing a of the public," Riester said.
helmet with wings, was cre- Uderzo initially illustrated
ated in the early 1960s by the characters created
Uderzo and Rene Goscin- along with writer Rene Gos-
ny. The character lived in a cinny. Together, they cre-
village in Gaul, present-day ated 24 comic books. After
France, resisting Roman Goscinny's death in 1977,
conquerors, along with his Uderzo also took over the In this Oct.23, 2005 file photo, French author and illustrator Albert
inseparable big-bellied comic books' writing duties, Uderzo waves from behind a cardboard cutout showing his
friend, Obelix. deciding to continue with- comic heroes Asterix and Obelix at the 57th Frankfurt Book Fair
"Albert Uderzo died in his out his creative partner. in Frankfurt, Germany. Associated Press
sleep at his Neuilly home Goscinny's daughter, Anne,
of a heart attack with no called the two men "broth- told the French daily Le Pa- quoted Uderzo as saying in
links to the coronavirus," ers" and praised Uderzo's risien. "They were the kind his memoirs.
the French press quoted "courage" for continuing of friends you don't often After collaborating on oth-
his son-in-law, Bernard de without his collaborator. have in life." er projects for some nine
Choisy, as saying. "He had "They were as different as Uderzo, whose father was years, "Asterix Le Gaulois"
been very tired for several fire and water, but they an Italian immigrant, was appeared in 1961.
weeks." lived something that few born on April 25, 1927, in Fans offered thanks on so-
French Culture Minister among us could live," she France's Marne region, but cial media and recollec-
grew up outside Paris. As a tions of childhood memo-
child, he was captivated ries reading the Asterix
by Walt Disney characters, comic books whose fan
notably Mickey Mouse, base includes adults.
one of the inspiration of his The Asterix books have
own artistic talents. been translated into doz-
After numerous jobs and ens of languages.
referrals, he met Goscinny Asterix-based spinoffs in-
when he was 24. An instant clude movies and a theme
friendship developed "and park outside Paris that
we decided to remake the draws tens of thousands
world with all the thought- of fans of the iconic resis-
lessness and the boldness tance hero and his mighty
of our youth," Le Monde sidekick, Obelix.q