Asterix Collector Vol. 2 - by Rene Goscinny & Albert Uderzo (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Obelix have to help their Druid, Panoramix, get a new golden sickle. And the sickle is essential to make the magic potion, which will give Gauls their super strength! Our heroes must leave the village, fight the Romans, and get a new sickle from Obelix's distant cousin, Metallurgix--all before the Romans attack!"--

Book Synopsis

Celebrating the series' sixty-fifth anniversary, this comic has been lovingly republished with new background on the creators and historical context on the comics process and the time in which ASTERIX was originally published. This beautiful edition has been rebound in a special-edition gold foil treatment and is perfect for ASTERIX fans, both young and old alike.

Asterix and his pal, Obelix, return in Asterix and the Golden Sickle! Asterix and Obelix have to help their Druid, Panoramix, get a new golden sickle. And the sickle is essential to make the magic potion, which will give Gauls their super strength! Our heroes must leave the village, fight the Romans, and get a new sickle from Obelix's distant cousin, Metallurgix--all before the Romans attack!

About the Author

Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926. After growing up in Argentina, he came to America where he shared a studio with future Mad magazine co-founder Harvey Kurtzman and collaborators Will Elder and Jack Davis. In 1959, he founded the magazine Pilote which premiered what was to become the most successful comic series anywhere: Asterix. He died suddenly of cardiac arrest in 1977 at the age of 51.

Albert Uderzo was born in France 1927 to Italian Immigrants. In 1959 Goscinny and Uderzo became editor and artistic director (respectively) of Pilote magazine. Their creation, Asterix became a runaway success. After Goscinny's death in 1977, 26 volumes of Asterix were complete, Uderzo continued to write and illustrate the Asterix books on his own, publishing 8 volumes. The cover credits still read "Goscinny and Uderzo." He retired in 2011 but still oversees Asterix and the current publications by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.