Comments on: It Came From the NYPL: Asterix and the Great Divide http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: MEmo http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-508729 MEmo Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:52:41 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-508729 Asterix books are not children´s books! And the art: it beats any american (or french) comic there is, period. But unlike those american comics, Asterix are funny (ok, sometimes silly) and make parodies of todays world and have charisma. Not like Batman and Spiderman which aren´t funny, have stories that only 13-year-olds will like and are pretty much anonymus (you get a differnt artist every couple of months)... and worst of all: no charisma whatsoever. I bet, you´ve gotten your hands on a Batman comic you wouldn´t have read it. Even as a grown-up, Asterix gives you when you read it more than the feeling "I just read a comic"... Asterix books are not children´s books! And the art: it beats any american (or french) comic there is, period. But unlike those american comics, Asterix are funny (ok, sometimes silly) and make parodies of todays world and have charisma. Not like Batman and Spiderman which aren´t funny, have stories that only 13-year-olds will like and are pretty much anonymus (you get a differnt artist every couple of months)… and worst of all: no charisma whatsoever. I bet, you´ve gotten your hands on a Batman comic you wouldn´t have read it. Even as a grown-up, Asterix gives you when you read it more than the feeling “I just read a comic”…

]]> By: Bernard MERVEILLE http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-474458 Bernard MERVEILLE Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:40:44 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-474458 Hello, Maybe it's a strange thing for you, but here in France "Asterix" by readers from seven years to 77 and more. The best titles are the twenty first comics. In France one reason of their succes is the fact it's a self-mockery of France and French(wo)men. These comics have many level of reading. But we haven't many others comics! "Comics" (Bande dessinée) exist in France since the 19e century! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Belgian_comics Hello,

Maybe it’s a strange thing for you, but here in France “Asterix” by readers from seven years to 77 and more.
The best titles are the twenty first comics.
In France one reason of their succes is the fact it’s a self-mockery of France and French(wo)men. These comics have many level of reading.

But we haven’t many others comics! “Comics” (Bande dessinée) exist in France since the 19e century!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Belgian_comics

]]> By: Matthew E http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-473068 Matthew E Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:34:11 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-473068 I always find it hard to imagine, when thinking about the United States, that it's a place that does not have a spinner rack of Asterix and Tintin volumes in every library, school library, and bookstore. Imagine growing up without that! I always find it hard to imagine, when thinking about the United States, that it’s a place that does not have a spinner rack of Asterix and Tintin volumes in every library, school library, and bookstore. Imagine growing up without that!

]]> By: Nick http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-473063 Nick Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:23:23 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-473063 Is Asterix the best-selling comics series ever? Is Asterix the best-selling comics series ever?

]]> By: jedifish http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-473055 jedifish Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:25:51 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-473055 My sister-in-law bought me a couple Asterix books a few years back for Christmas (because they were comics and I MUST read all comic genres). Someday I need to break them out and read them. My sister-in-law bought me a couple Asterix books a few years back for Christmas (because they were comics and I MUST read all comic genres). Someday I need to break them out and read them.

]]> By: Daniel http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-473042 Daniel Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:01:12 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-473042 This one was done by Uderzo alone. Goscinny had passed away by then. Any books where Goscinny was involved in the writing is far more superior ( the first 24 books of the series). This one was done by Uderzo alone. Goscinny had passed away by then. Any books where Goscinny was involved in the writing is far more superior ( the first 24 books of the series).

]]> By: matbs http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/09/02/it-came-from-the-nypl-asterix-and-the-great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-473034 matbs Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:19:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=12606#comment-473034 The Great Divide is one of those later Asterix volumes which were drawn and written by Uderzo alone after Goscinny´s death (even though both names still appear above the titles). As such, it is considered by many fans to be not as good as the earlier works, which were really written by Goscinny and which tend to be waaaaaaay sharper (Goscinny was one of the greatest comics authors of the 20th century. Uderzo is not) and exhibit less of the silliness displayed in The Gread Divide (especially the final battle with the Romans). So, if you get the chance, you might want to check out some of the earlier volumes if you get the chance - they´re better, funnier, and a little less silly. The Great Divide is one of those later Asterix volumes which were drawn and written by Uderzo alone after Goscinny´s death (even though both names still appear above the titles).

As such, it is considered by many fans to be not as good as the earlier works, which were really written by Goscinny and which tend to be waaaaaaay sharper (Goscinny was one of the greatest comics authors of the 20th century. Uderzo is not) and exhibit less of the silliness displayed in The Gread Divide (especially the final battle with the Romans).

So, if you get the chance, you might want to check out some of the earlier volumes if you get the chance – they´re better, funnier, and a little less silly.

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