Sub VI Pedes

[Guy Profumo]

Albert Underzo has died, aged 92

[Guy Profumo]

Nads

Was going to go for six feet Underzo, then remembered his name was Uderzo, then failed in the post.

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

The reason my entire generation says "Asterix" not "asterisk".

[Benjm]

I was Asterix mad as a kid. Albert and Rene brought joy to millions of people and deserve to be remembered for it.

Vercingetorix throwing his arms at Caesar's feet still makes me smile, basic a gag as it was.

[tee rex]

I was Asterix mad as a kid. Albert and Rene brought joy to millions of people and deserve to be remembered for it.

Agreed. It was a Christmas morning ritual, finding out who had been given the new Asterix book (my sister) and who should be allowed to read it first because it wasn't fair (me).

That one where the villagers were all set against each other (Mansions of the Gods?) was probably my first lesson in politics.

[G-Man]

Just on the weekend I was reading an article about Goscinny, and delighted in the fact that Uderzo was still alive.

[Nefertiti2]

for the illustration

https://twitter.com/incunabula/status/1242447512147046400?s=20

[Patrick Thistle]

That one where the villagers were all set against each other (Mansions of the Gods?) was probably my first lesson in politics.

That also happened with the Roman Agent as well.

Some of the stories were quite bold. The Big Fight, for example, about some Gauls collaborating with the occupying powers. Sure that struck a chord in France.

Anyway, RIP Albert. Loved your drawings.