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Originally published in French as Le Grand Foss (1980), the full-color graphic novel Asterix and the Great Divide by Albert Uderzo, trans. by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockbridge, returns to the days of the Gauls to document the attempts by the titular hero to unite a fractious town around the marriage of Histrionix and Melodrama, the son and daughter of rival leaders. The series also includes Asterix and the Black Gold (featuring the druid Getafix, the Phoenician merchant Ekonomikrisis and the Roman secret agent Dubbelosix) and Asterix and Son. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Originally published in French as Le Grand Foss (1980), the full-color graphic novel Asterix and the Great Divide by Albert Uderzo, trans. by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockbridge, returns to the days of the Gauls to document the attempts by the titular hero to unite a fractious town around the marriage of Histrionix and Melodrama, the son and daughter of rival leaders. The series also includes Asterix and the Black Gold (featuring the druid Getafix, the Phoenician merchant Ekonomikrisis and the Roman secret agent Dubbelosix) and Asterix and Son. (May) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
The album draws on references and themes of all kinds: the love story, for instance, recalls Romeo and Juliet, and the great divide, according to the author, is a direct allusion to the Berlin Wall. Other people had seen this as a reference to France being divided into two during the period leading up to Fran
The comic book I tackled as my first was subtitled The Great Divide. In it, a schism of sorts takes place in a neighbouring village, one that pits two leaders (Cleverdix and Majestix) and their subjects against one another. A ditch is dug through the middle of the village, making it extremely difficult to get from one side to the other. At the centre of the story, the handsome son of one leader secretly romances the lovely daughter of the other. There's treachery afoot too, in the person of a trusted advisor to one of the leaders. The village, weakened by the divide, has left itself rife for Roman conquest. The twists and turns along the way, including Asterix's solution to the divided kingdom dilemma, make for an enjoyable read for children and adults alike.
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