New Asterix “The Papyrus of Caesar”: In the footsteps of Wikileaks and Julian … – STERN

For all fans the most important news first: The comic series “Asterix” is getting better. The new book is published this Thursday, comes pretty close to the strokes of genius zoom, which reached the number at their best before the death of René Goscinny copywriter in 1977th “The Papyrus of Caesar” is well drawn, hilarious and all of a piece. Currently, but timeless.

guest star as his alter ego is Julian Assange as a pale blond revealer Polemix. The comic has been buttoned up in a great metaphor, the Internet and goes so far that clapping sounds not only “Paff” and “Piff” and “Pock” hot, but also “Wireless”. Wireless networks are then who repeatedly drive the action in this 36th adventure of brave Gauls: The Romans have discovered in the year 50 BC, the pigeon as a means of communication

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Of course the same thing happens, what happens with emails in today’s times with the messages on the legs of the nimble birds: they are copied, decrypted manipulated traced partly intercepted. The crux of the message traffic is Polemix. The whistleblower – his ancient profession’s colporteur – has met in Rome on a controversial story: “If this is known, causes a scandal that rocked the entire empire.”

What happened? Caesar can censor on the advice of his spin doctor and publisher Rufus syndic his memoirs “From the Gallic War”. All unpleasant descriptions of encounters with Asterix and Obelix to disappear. “So the Senate believes that you have conquered all Gaul and granted you like money for other campaigns”, the adviser urges the Imperator. Caesar agrees and leaves embellish the work. But the Numide Bigdatha, a brave man from the writing workshop, the Caesar Leaks smuggles out

“More self-criticism, less wild boar.”

The Gauls have meanwhile their own worries. A newspaper horoscope has Obelix (“Who is thick here?”) advised: “Avoid conflicts More self-criticism, less wild boar..” So beat no more Romans – could have been imposed him worse? Methusalix is ​​meanwhile overtaken by his past as a young louts.

Those who can not be without, the pirates off the coast, which promptly landed one of the doves. Too bad that no one can read. After falling to the old, precocious Corsairs to a saying of Juvenal a “Dat veniam Corvis, vexat Censura Columba” (“the raven forgives, the pigeons plaguing the criticism.” Should probably much hot as: “The little one hangs, the Great allowed to run. “With what we come full circle to Wikileaks, Assange and his whistleblowers.

Second volume without” Asterix “-Father Alberto Uderzo

” The Papyrus of Caesar “is the second volume of the current team Jean-Yves Ferri (text) and Didier Conrad (drawings). drawing leaning the band continues very strongly to the classic volumes of the series. Two years ago was the first joint work of the new trailer combination, “Asterix at the Picts, “appeared, also the first without” Asterix “-Father Albert Uderzo. After publication of” Asterix and the Picts “many fans had indeed praised the drawings for the new team, but a shredded Story faulted. Overall, the praise prevailed.” The success of the first issue has all relaxed, “said Conrad.

For headlines in France made prior to the new issue that the spin doctor Caesar is based on the French PR professional Jacques Séguéla. He helped former President François Mitterrand took office.