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| Albert Uderzo, legendary artist behind 'Asterix and Obelix' comics dies aged 92 | Albert Uderzo, legendary artist behind 'Asterix and Obelix' comics dies aged 92 |
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| The creator of ‘The Adventures of Asterix’ comic series, Albert Uderzo, has died aged 92 at his home, his family announced. He passed from a heart attack in his sleep, after several weeks of weakness. | The creator of ‘The Adventures of Asterix’ comic series, Albert Uderzo, has died aged 92 at his home, his family announced. He passed from a heart attack in his sleep, after several weeks of weakness. |
| The death was not related to the coronavirus epidemic currently ravaging France, Uderzo’s son-in-law told AFP. | The death was not related to the coronavirus epidemic currently ravaging France, Uderzo’s son-in-law told AFP. |
| Asterix is an iconic French comic series focused on ancient Gauls and their standing up to the war machine of the Roman Empire - with a bit of magic and a lot of humor and creativity. The first strip was published in 1959, created by Uderzo in collaboration with fellow writer Rene Goscinny. | |
| With some 380 millions of copies sold in over 100 languages and a string of animation and feature films produced over the years, Asteix has become one of the most internationally recognized French cultural phenomena. | |
| His other noticeable contribution to the comic world is the character Oumpah-pah the Redskin, which was also created in collaboration with Goscinny and ran for several year in the Tintin magazine. | |
| The comic book ‘The adventures of Tanguy and Laverdure’ that Uderzo created with Belgian writer Jean-Michel Charlier is a more series about combat pilots of the French Air Force. | |
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