''Astérix et ses amis'' (
English: ''Asterix and his Friends'') 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'' ("Asterix and his friends – homage to Albert Uderzo""). It was released to pay tribute to
Albert Uderzo
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (), was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the '' Astérix'' series in collaboration wit ...
, 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.
Content
There are 34 short stories, often featuring both characters from the Asterix series and heroes created by each artist.
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René Loustal (Le Sang des voyous, White Sonia, Jolie mer de Chine)
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Juanjo Guarnido
Juanjo Guarnido (born 1967) is a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series '' Blacksad''.
Early life
Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain. He studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Granada.
Career ...
(
Blacksad)
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Midam (
Kid Paddle)
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Arleston &
Mourier (
Trolls of Troy)
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Zep (
Titeuf)
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Vance &
Van Hamme (
XIII)
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François Boucq (Bouche du Diable)
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Baru (Quéquette blues, L’Autoroute du soleil, Sur la route encore, Bonne année, L’Enragé)
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Rosiński &
Van Hamme (
Thorgal)
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Milo Manara (Un été indien, El Gaucho, Voyage à Tulum, Le Voyage de G. Mastorna)
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Turf
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(La Nef des fous)
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Walthéry (
Natacha)
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Laudec &
Cauvin (
Cédric)
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Achdé &
Gerra (
Lucky Luke
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)
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Beltran (Le Ventre du Minotaure, Technopères, Mégalex)
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Carrère (Léo Loden, Private Ghost)
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Brösel (
Werner)
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Jidéhem (
Gaston Lagaffe)
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Dany (Olivier Rameau)
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Cuzor (Black Jack, Quintett)
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Immonen (
Superman
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)
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Tibet
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Ric Hochet
''Ric Hochet'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts). It first appeared on March 30, 1955, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Tintin''.
Synopsis
The series features the adventur ...
)
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Vicar
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Donald Duck
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)
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Jean Graton (
Michel Vaillant)
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Derib (
Yakari,
Buddy Longway)
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Batem (
Marsupilami
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)
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Forges (El País)
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David Lloyd (
V for Vendetta
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)
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Henk Kuijpers
Henk Kuijpers (born 10 December 1946 in Haarlem, Netherlands) is a comics artist most famous for his ''Franka'' series.
Comics
*Franka, 23 comic albums
*Bars, 2 albums
Kuijpers' ''Franka'' comics work features a strong model-like female sleuth ...
(
Franka)
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Tarquin &
Arleston (
Lanfeust of Troy)
Languages
*''Asterix e seus Amigos'' (Brazilian Portuguese) Record
*''Astèrix i els seus Amics'' (Catalan) Salvat
*''Asterix en zijn vrienden'' (Dutch) Editions Albert René
*''Asterix ja ystävät'' (Finnish) Egmont Kustannus OY AB
*''Astérix et ses Amis'' (French) Editions Albert René
*''Asterix und seine Freunde'' (German) Egmont Ehapa Verlag Berlin
*''Ο Αστερίξ και οι Φίλοι του'' (Greek) Μαμούθ Κόμιξ
*''Asterixks i Przyjaciele '' (Polish) Egmont Sp
*''Astérix y sus Amigos'' (Spanish) Salvat
*''Asterix e os seus Amigos'' (European Portuguese) ASA
See also
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List of Asterix volumes
References
Les albums hors collection - Astérix et ses Amis - Hommage à Albert Uderzo(in French)
External links
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2007 graphic novels