ASTERIX AND THE FALLING SKY. **

UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,card boards as issued, illustrated 1st edn. [UK first English language translation edn translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge.Original,non-English text edn,was published as 'Le Ciel Lui Tombe Sur La Tete'.This edition is under exclusive license to Orion Publishing Group.First new Asterix's return story in four years.] FINE.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,card boards as issued.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Albert Uderzo,illustrated glazed boards; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners and virtually scratch and indent free,just a few superficial indents to rear board, clean blue+white cartoon illustrated endpapers.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears an unread copy, apart from my own collation.Written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo,with colour comic strip art.UK,slim Qrto HB,no dw/dj,glazed boards as issued,illustrated 1st edn,4- 47pp [paginated]; plus [unpaginated] title page,and a colour map.
The year is 50 B.C. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans.
Well,not entirely . . . One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camps of Totorum,Aquarium,Laudanum and Compendium . . .
The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow,but tomorrow never comes, says Chief Vitalstatistix.Or does it? lt looks as if it's come at last for Asterix,Obelix and the other villagers. And some surprising new characters fall along with the sky.
Rival aliens visit the Gaulish village in search of the Gaul's great weapon,which is "known throughout the universe".The aliens battle each other,and the magic potion later proves to have an unexpected side-effect on them.
Our friends soon find themselves in the middle of a space race . . .
The series follows the exploits of a village of 'indomitable Gauls' as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion,brewed by their Druid,Getafix,which gives the recipient superhuman strength.The protagonist,the titular character Asterix,along with his friend Obelix have various adventures. The 'ix' suffix of both names echoes the name of Vercingetorix,a historical Gaul chieftain,the other names are spelling puns.In many cases,the stories have them travel to various countries around the world, though other books are set in and around their village. This title is No.33 of the series and although written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo,Rene Goscinny is still credited.
Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo were a French writer/artist team.Born 1925 and 1927 respectively,the two men have - together or separately - worked on many comic strips,but are best known for their series of books featuring the 'indomitable Gaul' Asterix.He made his first appearance in the French magazine, 'Pilote',in 1959,and has since featured in well over two dozen books.Goscinny also created the characters Lucky Luke,Ompa-pa,Iznogoud and Nicholas,albeit in collaboration with other artists.He died in 1977.After the death of Goscinny,Uderzo continued the series by himself (1980-2005), writing 8 of his own stories on subjects such as feminism and aliens,with travels to India and Atlantis.
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