The new Asterix Band – In a few hours out of stock – Süddeutsche.de

“The Papyrus of Caesar” takes the same day of publication many fans

From Maren Jensen, Furstenfeldbruck

In the battle !, it said yesterday in book and stationery shops of the district. The appearance of the 36th Asterix band The Papyrus of Caesar caused a great stir. “The specimens were pulled me right out of hand. It’s incredible how much interest there is,” says Ottmar Prähofer who works as a salesman in cigars Huber. As a child, he collected the comic book series itself.

“In the meantime, a little deflated. At some point it becomes too much,” he says. The situation is different for the 41-year-old Ronald Kück who buys just one of the copies. “I have as a child devoured the books. I’ll never get away from it,” he laughs. The amateur collectors since the announcement of the new release speculated about the contents of the booklet. “At last have an end,” he says. The new band alludes to issues such as the increasing digitization and the publications of WikiLeaks. Striking is the striking resemblance of the new protagonist Polemix with Australian Skandalaufdecker Julian Assange. Dataflow and Antivirus hot two Roman palace guards.

The Papyrus of Caesar is the second band, participated in the two original authors René none of Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. 2013 appeared a new band of authors Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad. “Both bring back momentum in the series,” said Kück. “They are geared to its former strength, yet show their own style.” Asterix is ​​considered best-selling comic in the world, in Germany alone, 120 million copies have been sold. With nine animated films, four real movies and a private amusement park, the 56-year-old comic is even entered the Guinness World Records.

“The series has always been a hype and it will remain so”, is , traders Klaus Bosch safely. Before noon all copies were sold out. “I myself have always liked to read the books. Everyone has done this,” says Bosch. Even his parents sold the cult series in the small shop at the Amper. “Asterix has always been the first sold out,” Bosch says.

“I lay with a Asterix band comfortably on a couch, is pure relaxation,” says Rainer Süßbauer, the owner of Cigar Huber , Together with Associate Doris Herrmann he prepared himself well for the onslaught. “In the first few hours alone, we have ten copies sold,” says Süßbauer. The public library in the Aumühle has already ordered the new band. “We expect it in three days,” says the deputy chief Stefanie Much Weber. “The Asterix comic books are our most frequently borrowed Series.”

Between seventy-seven years, the readers are old. “There’s really no limit,” says frequent Weber. Only last year, the library has purchased all the books over again. “Demand for the comics is incredible,” she says.