Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Asterix the Ambassador for Another French Comic Festival


Brazilians Ricardo Manhães and Gian Danton will be participating in a tribute to the character Asterix, by invitation of the Belgian journalist Lionel Flips, owner of the website Le Bourlingueur du net.

Asterix will be the theme of the Concile à Bulles (Bubble Council-referring to the speech bubbles in comics), a comic book festival that will take place in Brussels, Belgium, this April 5 and 6. The event will take place in MOOF- Museum of Original Figurines, just a few feet from the central plaza(Grand Place) of the Belgian capital.

The festival will feature an exposition o original art from Asterix and the Picts, by Albert Uderzo, Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.

A special album with invited artists and writers will be distributed at the event. Among the authors will be: Ricardo Manhães, Gian Danton, Michel Rodrigue, Marc Hardy, Olivier Pâques, Thierry Capezzone, Stuf, Louis Michel Carpentier, Wasterlain, Christian Darasse, Dan Verlinden, Demarck, Magda, Jean Pol, Tim Bolssens, Didier Conrad, Stedo, Gilson, Malik, Walthery and Dany. The book will be printed in soft and hard cover for the festival. The originals will be sold and the money raised will go to charities. Some of the participating artists of the 1st Bubble Council are: Batem, Janry, Carrere, Rodrigue, Pâques, Malik, Capezzone, Dan, Stuf, Coppée, Carpentier, Wasterlain, Tibo, Carette, Demarck, Gilson and the team of Atelier 24, among others.

In the comic by Danton and Manhães, Asterix will encounter the Turma da Tribo(The Tribe Gang), characters from a series created by the two authors, that was made to educate children about topics regarding the Amazon Rainforest.


(Original article: Ricardo Manhães e Gian Danton participam de homenagem a Asterix, written by Sérgio Codespoti on March 14, 2014. Reprinted and translated with permission from UniversoHQ.)



Tribute issues are nothing new. This week All New X-Men 25 comes out with art by many industry greats. Culture of Comics detailed the Stan Sakai benefit Dark Horse is arranging. To celebrate Monica’s 50th anniversary, an art book was published with tributes by Italian Hugo Pratt(Corto Maltese), Garfield’s Jim Davis, Beetle Bailey’s Mort Walker, Joe Kubert, and Will Eisner himself, among the 150 artists including many,many notable Brazilian creators like previously mentioned Manhães. Projects like these bring the international comic book community together to show the global reach comics, and characters, can have.




Meanwhile, Asterix's MO has always been about traveling. In his Albums he has visited Spain, Rome, Egypt, Britain, Belgium, and Switzerland. The newest release celebrated by the festival brings Asterix and his big partner Obelix to Scotland. This is his first book without involvement by the creators René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo who created the character in 1959.


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