Asterix To Keep Publishing New Adventures After Uderzo’s Passing

I don't think this announcement was unexpected, but Albert Uderzo makes official the fact the Asterix series will continue on without him in this interview with Le Figaro. The interview takes an interesting angle by pointing out that Uderzo has been working with other artists on the recent, best-selling Asterix books due to a malady touching his drawing hand, and that he considers this to be the right thing to do on behalf of a character bigger than himself -- a recent realization, the artist says. I think there are all sorts of arguments for and against such a decision, primarily that one suspects the quality of the books will not match the original Goscinny/Uderzo run, just as many think the Uderzo solo (or semi-solo, as the article makes the case) books aren't a wash on the original team's run. I do think one argument for those books is that the various comics industries do a better job now than they used to of recognizing classic runs or seminal periods in a work's creation. Still, despite Uderzo's seeming ebullience in the interview I found the story slightly sad.
 
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