A Conversation for Portrayal of the British in Asterix Books
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Gnomon - time to move on Started conversation Jun 6, 2001
Although the Asterix books were originally written in French, I believe they are the view of a Belgian rather than of a Frenchman.
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Researcher 177658 Posted Jun 6, 2001
since uderzo and goscinni are both neither french nor belgian names i don't think that's too relevant.
besides nothing binds more than to have an enemy in common!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 6, 2001
Hmm, maybe but both authors were French, whatever the origin of their names.
Are you sure you are not thinking of Tintin? Herge was a Belgian, though his creation went on to become a French national hero.
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jun 6, 2001
I'm sorry. I was under the impression that Uderzo, who wrote the text of Astérix, was a Belgian.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Jun 8, 2001
Hmm.
Now I gotta go check to make sure I was right. 
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Researcher 177658 Posted Jun 13, 2001
i thought so too. he certainly spent a lot of time with belgian comic artists, but i'll check also!
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Inkwash Posted Jun 17, 2001
I'm pretty sure they're both French.... they might even both be Bréton but I'm really not certain on that score.
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- 1: Gnomon - time to move on (Jun 6, 2001)
- 2: Researcher 177658 (Jun 6, 2001)
- 3: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jun 6, 2001)
- 4: Gnomon - time to move on (Jun 6, 2001)
- 5: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Jun 8, 2001)
- 6: Researcher 177658 (Jun 13, 2001)
- 7: Inkwash (Jun 17, 2001)
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