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French Comic Strips. By Nick Naylor, Nate Visco. Asterix. Asterix. Hero of a village of Gaul A “shrewd cunning warrior” His super hero strength comes from a potion that is brewed by Getafix. Asterix: Getafix. Getafix is the village druid. He makes magic potions for Asterix.
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French Comic Strips By Nick Naylor, Nate Visco
Asterix • Hero of a village of Gaul • A “shrewd cunning warrior” • His super hero strength comes from a potion that is brewed by Getafix
Asterix: Getafix • Getafix is the village druid. • He makes magic potions for Asterix.
Asterix: Obelix • Asterix’s best friend/sidekick • He is addicted to boar • Always ready to fight
Asterix: Vitalstitistix • Chief of the village • Afraid that the sky is going to fall
Rodolphe Topffer • Due to an eye disorder he was unable to initially pursue the visual arts • Devotion to literature and wrote short texts • 'My Uncle's Library’ • 'Nouvelles genevoises’ • 'Voyages en zig-zag'
Rodolphe Topffer • Studied in Paris and became a teacher • Founded a boarding school in 1825 • “Topffer has earned most fame for his ‘histoires en images’, picture-stories which are considered the first in the comics genre”
Yoko Tsuno • Published in 1970. • Written by Roger Leloup • It was a 24 volume seriesYoko Tsuno • Based on technological concepts
Blake and Mortimer • Written by Edgar P. Jacobs • First appeared papers in 1946
About the Comic • Protagonists are Philip Mortimer and his Friend Captain Francis Blake • Antagonist is their sworn enemy Colonel Olrik • “Their confrontations take them into the realms of detective investgation and science-fiction. dealing with such themes as time travel.”
Works Cited • "Comic creator: Rodolphe Topffer." Lambiek.Net comics+art. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://lambiek.net/artists/t/topf • "Asterix." heim.ifi.uio.no. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2010. <http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~janl/ts/ • http://www.comicology.in/2008/09/cinebook-childrens-category-2008.html?showComment=1245332517650