Uderzo. Like a magic potion.
Hazan| N° d'inventaire | 23764 |
| Format | 24 x 28 |
| Détails | 288 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782754112253 |
Like a magic potion by Ada & Sylvie Uderzo: "We thought that, for once, fate had played a trick on him. While the whole of Gaul had been in lockdown for barely a week, in the early morning of March 24, 2020, Albert Uderzo fell asleep forever, leaving us alone, unable to grasp the meaning of his departure. Because no one is ever truly prepared for this mise en abyme, never. In hindsight, we understood that fate had actually offered him what he wanted: to leave as discreetly as possible, as he had tried to live his whole life. He did not perceive the reality of his journey, the incredible arc that had allowed him to start from point zero to reach the stars. Finding ourselves with his drawings, with his characters and with his famous signature, we wondered what he would have liked us to do. Paying tribute to his unparalleled career quickly seemed to us an obligation, a need, a necessity. Like a magic potion. An exhibition had to be the highlight. Comics, long considered a minor art, now deserve to be included in museums. The Maillol Museum, in the heart of Paris, was the perfect setting to house his plates, his drawings, his covers, most of which had never left his office. We wanted, like us, readers of the albums to discover the behind-the-scenes, the relentless work to which he had devoted himself throughout his life. In his sixty-year career, from 1945 to 2005, he sketched, inked, and often colored so much that, from Zartan to Asterix, including Clopinard, Arys Buck, Jehan Pistolet, Luc Junior, Oumpah-Pah, Tanguy and Laverdure, and so many others, right up to Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, we wanted the public to be able to grasp the true dimension of his work. To offer his readers, aged six to ninety, the opportunity to share a special moment with him. Because he told us that he owed everything to his audience. From Veneto to Lutetia, "Uderzo. Like a Magic Potion" will take you on a journey to the heart of his bubbles…"
Like a magic potion by Ada & Sylvie Uderzo: "We thought that, for once, fate had played a trick on him. While the whole of Gaul had been in lockdown for barely a week, in the early morning of March 24, 2020, Albert Uderzo fell asleep forever, leaving us alone, unable to grasp the meaning of his departure. Because no one is ever truly prepared for this mise en abyme, never. In hindsight, we understood that fate had actually offered him what he wanted: to leave as discreetly as possible, as he had tried to live his whole life. He did not perceive the reality of his journey, the incredible arc that had allowed him to start from point zero to reach the stars. Finding ourselves with his drawings, with his characters and with his famous signature, we wondered what he would have liked us to do. Paying tribute to his unparalleled career quickly seemed to us an obligation, a need, a necessity. Like a magic potion. An exhibition had to be the highlight. Comics, long considered a minor art, now deserve to be included in museums. The Maillol Museum, in the heart of Paris, was the perfect setting to house his plates, his drawings, his covers, most of which had never left his office. We wanted, like us, readers of the albums to discover the behind-the-scenes, the relentless work to which he had devoted himself throughout his life. In his sixty-year career, from 1945 to 2005, he sketched, inked, and often colored so much that, from Zartan to Asterix, including Clopinard, Arys Buck, Jehan Pistolet, Luc Junior, Oumpah-Pah, Tanguy and Laverdure, and so many others, right up to Asterix, Obelix, Dogmatix, we wanted the public to be able to grasp the true dimension of his work. To offer his readers, aged six to ninety, the opportunity to share a special moment with him. Because he told us that he owed everything to his audience. From Veneto to Lutetia, "Uderzo. Like a Magic Potion" will take you on a journey to the heart of his bubbles…"