September Books 13) La Galère d'Obélix, by Albert Uderzo

[nwhyte]

It may well be thirty years since I last read an Asterix book, which means I completely missed this one, published in 1996 and translated into English as Asterix and Obelix All at Sea. the sixth of the eight books written by Uderzo alone after Goscinny's death

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[tree_and_leaf]

I stopped bothering with the Uderzo-only ones (I don't think I've read this one, nor am I sorry), but the recent 'Asterix and the Picts', which Uderzo wasn't involved with, was actually rather good fun (particularly in the Scots translation).

[coth]

I think you would be mostly okay with the classic collaborations - we read a bunch of those with daughter a few years back without too many omgs. The Uderzo-only ones are regarded as significantly inferior, yet another example of spinning out a creative "brand" to make money from a new generation in ways that destroy the "brand".

[newandrewhickey]

Yeah, the Goscinny collaborations are far superior. I also understand (though I'm monolingual, so don't know for sure) that the books work far better in their English translations than the French originals, so that might be why Nicholas has fonder memories of the ones he read in his childhood...