Albert Uderzo died of coronavirus-related heart failure in March at the age of 92.
Paris:
Four original drawings by the creator of Asterix la Gaule sold on Tuesday for nearly 400,000 euros for the benefit of Parisian hospitals.
Albert Uderzo, who invented the brave hero who happily faced the Roman legions, died of coronavirus-related heart failure in March at the age of 92.
His widow Ada said the charity auction was a way to thank “our new heroes who resisted the invader”, a reference to the virus that killed more than 28,000 people in France.
The four original drawings sold for 390,000 euros ($ 426,000), auction house Artcurial told AFP.
Uderzo co-created Asterix with screenwriter René Goscinny and continued the epic after the untimely death of his friend in 1977.
He then created an entire gallery of characters loved by children and adults around the world.
The drawings – which included images of the relatively recent adventures, “Asterix and the secret weapon” and “Asterix and Obelix while at sea” – were donated to the artist’s widow and daughter at Paris hospitals .
Ada Uderzo and her daughter Sylvie wanted to “join the whole nation in paying tribute to French hospital staff” for their work during the pandemic, said the auction house.
Over 380 million Asterix books have been sold worldwide in 111 languages, with films, television series, video games and a French theme park dedicated to comics and its characters.
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