In the autumn, a new adventure of the invincible Gauls will be released again. The comic series Asterix will have a new screenwriter on the occasion of the 40th album her, the hilarious Fabkaros, whose gift for the absurd has also brought him success. This album with number 40 is scheduled to be released, as is tradition every odd-numbered year, in the fall, precisely on October 26Albert René publications announced today.
His title remains on this psuch a secret. And the designer remains the one that Albert Uderzo had appointed as his successor since the 35th album in 2013, namely Didier Conrad. A character who first appeared in 1959 from the imagination of Uderzo and screenwriter René Gossini, Asterix is a guaranteed best seller impressive dimensions. The last one so far album, “Asterix and the Vulture” of 2021, had sold more than 1.5 million copies that year, in just over two months. It is also a highly exportable product strong marketas each album sells millions of copies all over the world, translated into a dozen languages, APE – BPE reports.
Fabcaro (Fabric Caro according to the registry office), 49 years old, writer comic and novelist, he is only the fourth screenwriter of the adventures of the invincible Gaul, after Gossini, Uderzo and Jean-Yves Ferry. He is known for his hilarious satire of our society. “I was big Asterix fan. It’s a great gift for the kid I was,” the screenwriter told AFP.
“I want to stay true to the specifications – even if the word is not very nice – or in any case to what gives Asterix his charm. With classic ingredients such as anachronisms, puns and more. And mostly yes stay true to the characters”he added.
“When I read Fabrice’s synopsis, I was captivated by the story. First because it’s funny and effective, then because it seemed to me extremely loyal in the codes that my father had used and set,” Anne Gossini, the daughter of Asterix’s co-creator, told AFP. “We think about our enjoyment as readers first. Fabrice is someone who makes us die laughing. I’m a huge fan!“, added the general manager of Albert René publications, Celeste Sirighi.
Source: News Beast
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