Everything about Uderzo totally explained
Albert Uderzo (born
April 25,
1927) is a French
comic book artist, and
scriptwriter. He is best known for his work on the
Astérix series, but also drew other comics such as
Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with
René Goscinny.
Early life
Uderzo was born
Alberto Aleandro Uderzo in
Fismes (
Marne,
France), but his parents, Silvio and Iria, had recently moved from
Italy. His name comes from the Italian village called
Oderzo (formerly called Uderzo), where his family tree can be traced. His childhood ambitions were to become an aircraft mechanic, despite his talents in art at an early age.
Uderzo obtained French citizenship in 1934, and during
World War II, the teen-aged Uderzo left Paris and spent a year in
Brittany in the west of France, where he was working on a farm and helped with his father's furniture business. Many years later when a location for Asterix's village was to be decided, Goscinny left the decision entirely up to Uderzo, who had little hesitation in choosing Brittany.
Uderzo was starting a successful career as an artist in Paris after the war in
1945, with creations such as
Flamberge and also
Clopinard, a small one-legged old man who triumphs against the odds. In 1947-48 he created some other comics, such as
Belloy and
Arys Buck.
Working with Goscinny
Throughout some more creations and travelling for the next few years, he eventually met René Goscinny in 1951. The pair became good friends very soon, and decided to work together in 1952 at the newly opened Paris office of the
Belgian company, World Press. Their first creations were the characters
Oumpah-pah, Jehan Pistolet and Luc Junior.
In 1958 they adapted
Oumpah-pah for serial publication in the
comics magazine Tintin, though it ran only until 1962.
In 1959 Goscinny and Uderzo became editor and artistic director (respectively) of
Pilote, a new venture aimed at older children. The magazine's first issue introduced Astérix to the French world, and it was an instant hit.
During this period Uderzo also collaborated with
Jean-Michel Charlier on the realistic series
Michel Tanguy, later named
Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure.
Sources
Uderzo publications in Pilote
, French Tintin, Belgian Tintin and BoDoï BDoubliées
Albert Uderzo albums Bedetheque
Footnotes
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