{"product_id":"asterix-collector-vol-4-asterix-the-gladiator-9781545820483","title":"Asterix Collector Vol. 4: Asterix the Gladiator","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe international bestseller comic, ASTERIX, returns in a hardcover collector volume, with never-before-released archival photos and insights.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAsterix suits up and prepares some good slaps in this continuation of the classic comic series, reprinted in a deluxe collector format.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926. After growing up in Argentina, he came to America where he shared a studio with future Mad magazine co-founder Harvey Kurtzman and collaborators Will Elder and Jack Davis. In 1959, he founded the magazine Pilote which premiered what was to become the most successful comic series anywhere: Asterix. He died suddenly cardiac arrest in 1977 at the age of 51. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlbert Uderzo was born in France 1927 to Italian Immigrants. In 1959 Goscinny and Uderzo became editor and artistic director (respectively) of Pilote magazine. Their creation, Asterix became a runaway success. After Goscinny's death in 1977, 26 volumes of Asterix were complete, Uderzo continued to write and illustrate the Asterix books on his own, publishing 8 volumes. The cover credits still read \"Goscinny and Uderzo.\" He retired in 2011 but still oversees Asterix and the current publications by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Papercutz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635488456978,"sku":"9781545820483","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2fde1325-43a6-46b8-b488-175cb7d95007.jpg?v=1759238979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/asterix-collector-vol-4-asterix-the-gladiator-9781545820483","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}