Farewell, Gallic warriors! The famous French cartoonist and father of Astérix died

Albert Uderzo, one of the authors of The Adventures of Astérix le Gaulois (French: Astérix le Gaulois), died on March 24 at his home in Neuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 92. His family said Albert Udezo left everyone in his sleep and that his death had nothing to do with the novel coronavirus.

Albert Udezo was born in 1927. In 1940, at the age of 13, he was employed by the Paris Press Society as a young art editor. There he met the famous cartoonist Calvo, who encouraged him to become a painter.

Albert Udezo collaborated with René Gossini to co-create the comic strip Astérix le Gaulois (The Adventures of Astélix), which began on October 29, 1959, and was serialized in the Weekly Pilote for 60 years. The work tells the humorous story of the Only Unoccupied Village in the context of the Roman occupation of all of Gaul in 50 BC. René Gossini was responsible for the screenwriting, Albert Udezo was responsible for the drawing, and albert Udezo alone after Gossini's death in 1977.

The Adventures of Asterix is a comic strip that has influenced generations of French people, is the childhood of countless French people, and is also one of the cultural symbols of France. The manga has also been translated into more than 100 languages, bringing joy to children from all over the world, and the comics contain potions that can become infinitely powerful after drinking, and the Gallic warriors Astairix and Oberlix, I believe many readers are familiar with it.

In 2011, due to rheumatoid arthritis in his right hand, Udezo entrusted the drawing of the comic to a young cartoonist while keeping a close eye on the contents of the comic. In 2018, Udezo stressed in an interview that he did not want "The Adventures of Asterix" to continue to be serialized after his death. He said he didn't want his comics to be used as a tool to make money.

The latest film in the series, Adventures of Asterix: China, is scheduled to be filmed in China in September 2020 and released in 2021, with the filmmakers saying that the filming plan has not been cancelled due to the epidemic.

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