Asterix: Asterix and The Class Act: Album 32 - Softcover

René Goscinny; Albert Uderzo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752866400 ISBN 13: 9780752866406

Publisher: Sphere, 2004

Synopsis

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now!

Vintage Asterix!

Fourteen short stories including tales of:
- The day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight)
- How Obelix goes back to school
- Fashion in Ancient Gaul
- How Dogamatirx helps the village cockerel win a duel
- And how he is adopted as a Roman mascot
- Asterix as you've never seen him before
- Obelix's adventures under the mistletoe
- The bid for the very first Gaulish Olympics
- The birth of an idea - the story of the creation of Asterix
And much, much more.

About this title

About the Authors

Albert Uderzo has been illustrating Asterix for 37 years, and has written the most recent titles since Goscinny's death. He enjoys racing sports cars and owns a large number of Ferraris. He was the recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, for services to the arts. Asterix is a best seller in 70 languages

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.

Albert Uderzo was born in 1927 in a small village in Marne, France. He met Rene Goscinny in 1951 and on 29 October 1959 their most famous creation, Asterix, made his first appearance on page 20 of Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, their first album, was published in 1961 and there have now been 38 Asterix albums, the 39th to come in October 2021.

From the Back Cover

Asterix, everybody's favorite comic character, has returned, this time in a superb collection of 14 short stories. Set in 50 B.C., these hysterical historical tales follow the adventures of the wily Gallic hero and his friends who protect their town from dastardly Roman legionnaires.

Fourteen short stories including tales of:
- The day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight)
- How Obelix goes back to school
- Fashion in Ancient Gaul
- How Dogamatirx helps the village coc

Edition details

• Publisher: Sphere
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752866400
• ISBN 13: 9780752866406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 48