Extract from “Astérix le Gaulois”, published in 1961 – ASTERIX ® OBELIX ® IDEFIX ® © 2019 ED. ALBERT RENE / GOSCINNY-UDERZO
A new Asterix album will be released on October 21, according to Céleste Surugue, managing director of Albert René editions, interviewed by the JDD. This is not an album per se, but an adaptation of an audio book, released in 1967, with 14 illustrations. It is signed Goscinny and Uderzo and is titled The Golden Menhir.
In the foreground of this opus, Assurancetourix, who is competing for the best bard with a tube inspired by Charles Trenet: Standing menhir. A reference to very popular tele-hooks at the time …
Audio version
Always according to JDD, the 44-page album will be published in 100,000 copies and sold for 9.99 euros. An audio version will be available for one euro.
After How Obelix fell into the druid’s pot when he was little (1989), The XII Works of Asterix (2016) and The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018), this is the fourth illustrated album dedicated to the irreducible Gauls, reports the JDD.
