Asterix and the White Iris
by Fabcaro; ill. Didier Conrad; trans. Adriana Hunter (Sphere, 2023)
Fabcaro’s first Asterix story offers the conceptual grounding lacking in Ferri’s work. The puns are more natural (though just as frequent!), while Impedimenta’s involvement adds a balancing pathos to the hippie-prefiguring counterculture that sweeps drolly through both Roman camp and Gaulish village.
Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter
by Jean-Yves Ferri; ill. Didier Conrad; trans. Adriana Hunter (Orion, 2019)
[originally La Fille de Vercingétorix]
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While the illustration remains unimpeachable, the text (or translation?) seems a little too concerned with wordplay-saturated asides, to the detriment of genuine storytelling. That said, the focus on Gaul’s next generation and handed-down expectations adds something to the mix beyond mere pastiche.
Asterix and the Chariot Race
by Jean-Yves Ferri; ill. Didier Conrad; trans. Adriana Hunter (Orion, 2017)
Having survived the transition to new writer and illustrator, Asterix now leaps the last hurdle (in English at least) by finding someone to succeed translator par excellence Anthea Bell. The Chariot Race is the usual good fun—visually expressive, witty and layered.