#ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS DISCUSSION SERIES#

I can't even imagine we'll get anything to match them at their best, but something second best would be fine. We're also so far removed from Goscinny at his peak - incredibly he died 35 years ago - and there's been so much Asterix-coloured water under the bridge since then, not least of which are the eight or so solo Uderzo books, that best I dare hope for is something at least approximating the last books they worked on together. I've checked the artist out and I can see that his style is similarly 'big-foot' without slavishly copying Uderzo's style - albeit in the context of his other works, I've yet to find any previews of the look he's adopting for '.Picts'.

It is hard to say because I'm not at all familiar with these new creators. Rodney: do you see it as being a success and more importantly, keeping in line with Rene Goscinny and his comic humour? Of course if someone pulls me up and says it should be 'straw person' then I'd agree that the world has gone mad!(taps side of head.) I think 'Political Correctness' is largely a straw man used by (small 'c') conservatives to rail against a changing world sometimes our favourite artists just get it plain wrong. Was it 'Son' or was it 'Actress'? Anyway, that was seen as being fairly sexist, or patronising at best, and I think the critics had a point. Now I think of it there was a fair bit of outrage when 'Asterix and'. At least in the English-language books that character's language has been modified - I don't recall what has been done in Francophone editions. Your example of the black pirate is a good one: good for a laugh 50 years ago slightly embarrassing now (CF Tintin and the Congo, although that's a far more extreme and problematical example). There's certainly an evolution in terms of what these albums presented as 'fair game' for humour in the 60s and what they'd use now.

#ASTERIX AND THE VIKINGS DISCUSSION SERIES#

Jock123: ThereГўв‚¬в„ўs no evidence (not a shred as far as I can see) for making any suggestion that any aspect of the series will be changed, and that, in the event that there is change, thereГўв‚¬в„ўs nothing to say that it wonГўв‚¬в„ўt be done for valid reasons. So IГўв‚¬в„ўm afraid I think this is really flying a very flimsy kite of an idea for no other reason than to stir up controversy where none existsГўв‚¬В¦ Producing one (undocumented and unsubstantiated - as well as wholly unrelated to the topic of the next Asterix book, I might add) case doesnГўв‚¬в„ўt constitute a trend - it doesnГўв‚¬в„ўt even indicate that the majority of Гўв‚¬Е“bansГўв‚¬Вќ are not as a result of complaints. How many anythings are Гўв‚¬Е“bannedГўв‚¬Вќ in a year anyway? IГўв‚¬в„ўd be interested to know whoГўв‚¬в„ўs collating the statistics of how many Гўв‚¬Е“bansГўв‚¬Вќ are in response to a complaint and how many arenГўв‚¬в„ўtГўв‚¬В¦ Things donГўв‚¬в„ўt Гўв‚¬Е“tendГўв‚¬Вќ to be banned by Гўв‚¬Е“people in authorityГўв‚¬Вќ, there is absolutely no evidence for that (most things tend to remain, on balance, un-banned - by anyone). ThereГўв‚¬в„ўs no evidence (not a shred as far as I can see) for making any suggestion that any aspect of the series will be changed, and that, in the event that there is change, thereГўв‚¬в„ўs nothing to say that it wonГўв‚¬в„ўt be done for valid reasons. ThatГўв‚¬в„ўs back to the tabloid hack approach: letГўв‚¬в„ўs think of a worst-case scenario, showing some activity or position in the worst possible light, and then set out to undermine any validity of that position or activity is by saying how bad that scenario is. Mct16: People in authority tend to bar things which they consider offensive even when there have been no actual complains

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