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Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: Ham on 24 March, 2020, 10:51:11 am

Title: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: Ham on 24 March, 2020, 10:51:11 am

Not a covid-19

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/24/asterix-creator-albert-uderzo-dies-at-92

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: pcolbeck on 24 March, 2020, 10:56:59 am

I am imagining Dogmatix pining :(

I loved Asterix books when I was a kid.

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: andrewc on 24 March, 2020, 11:46:58 am

Quote from: pcolbeck on 24 March, 2020, 10:56:59 am

I am imagining Dogmatix pining :(

I loved Asterix books when I was a kid.

Likewise, I've often been tempted to buy the lot, just to enjoy the wonderful names.   Tintin as well .   Just no room to have them.

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: Pingu on 24 March, 2020, 04:23:19 pm

Aw  :(

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: citoyen on 24 March, 2020, 04:51:26 pm

Ah! Sad - though I had no idea he was still alive.

I remember discovering Asterix via the collection of an older cousin. At that age, I just loved the drawings. There's so much life and character and energy in them. I found them totally mesmerising. Still do.

Appreciation of the brilliance of the writing (and the puns) came later.

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 24 March, 2020, 04:54:36 pm

 :(

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: mrcharly-YHT on 24 March, 2020, 04:56:37 pm

Oh no!
The sky fell on his head!

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: T42 on 24 March, 2020, 05:22:52 pm

I did O-level French at school, but it was only when we came here 10 years later that I learnt real French from colleagues, Astérix and Boris Vian. I stopped buying the albums when Goscinny died, though - although the artwork was still good, the sparkle was gone. Still, kudos to Uderzo for keeping the series alive.

(https://www.francetvinfo.fr/image/75rwff64s-10fa/578/578/21204769.jpg)

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: JennyB on 24 March, 2020, 09:50:33 pm

Quote from: andrewc on 24 March, 2020, 11:46:58 am

Quote from: pcolbeck on 24 March, 2020, 10:56:59 am

I am imagining Dogmatix pining :(

I loved Asterix books when I was a kid.

Likewise, I've often been tempted to buy the lot, just to enjoy the wonderful names.   Tintin as well .   Just no room to have them.

https://readasterix.blogspot.com/2017/01/download-asterix-adventures-in-pdf-en.html

Title: Re: Requisat In Pace, hope he gets a good obelix to mark his grave
Post by: mattc on 24 March, 2020, 10:37:13 pm

Quote from: Ham on 24 March, 2020, 10:51:11 am

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/mar/24/asterix-creator-albert-uderzo-dies-at-92

a good age and a good life :thumbsup: