When I came to know that CD Project SA (the gaming company behind the games and currently in partnership with Dark Horse, publishing the comics) was going the comic route I tried my best to woo them and Dark to have me be their artist - heck I wanted to do anything set in that universe, even just cover work. Marco Rudy: If anyone knows me or follows me on social media, they're aware of just how much I love The Witcher novels by Andrzej Sapkowski. RDW: A Tale of Lost Fantasy excerpt (Image credit: Marco Rudy (Les Editions Xicandarinha)) Can you tell us about that idea, and how it morphed into RDW? Newsarama: You've told me previously that RDW came about partly because you wanted to do a comic based on The Witcher but were unable to. As we see this, and as the story goes, we get a glimpse of more about what I mentioned above, what's the thing about the potion and why Astrid and her companions used it?. But as ever, there is much more to this potion and its reason for existence, than meets the eye.Īs it is, it's essentially a magically boosted super-methamphetamine and the addiction it causes is one of the main focuses of the whole story in RDW throughout it, Astrid deals with the effects of said addiction and the withdrawal. Marco Rudy: It's more like a spiked version of the magic potion used by Asterix and Obelix - the idea is to provide some sort of invincibility. Newsarama: In RDW, Astrid uses a drug that gives her physical gifts but is also addictive - like Captain America's Super Soldier Serum, but darker. All of that, and more, we'll find out the 'why" - again, should this thing ever continue. She's a flawed commander and that finally caught up to her. An overgrown child who grew up too quickly and who is not yet aware of his own strength (in his defence, it must be said that not everyone falls in a cauldron of magic potion when hes a little boy!), Obelix is an inexhaustible source of gags.Īn eternal klutz, he is irresistible, whether he is fighting, falling in love (which happens often!), finally catching on to something long after the others, or when he overdoes it on the alcoholic drinks (Zigackly!) As far as he is concerned, it is always playtime (well, at least once snack time is finished!), and nothing really matters, because its all the others who are crazy.Marco Rudy (Image credit: Les Editions Xicandarinha)īut as it is, Astrid is burdened by responsibility and failure. In the adventures penned by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, we find him by turns easily offended (whos fat?), sensitive (we have seen him cry at a romantic happy ending), and definitely a glutton. One survey among young adolescent girls even made Obelix out to be the sexiest character amongst the Gauls! He is actually the readers favourite hero: all opinion polls place Obelix at the top of the list of favourite village characters. But Albert Uderzo, somewhat frustrated at not having made Asterix a beefy Gaul like he dreamed, could not resist placing at his side a big strong warrior, more akin to the impressive muscle-bound characters he already excelled at drawing.Īlthough he had only a minor role in the first adventure, Obelix quickly became an essential character that his authors developed as they went along. Asterixs pal: not fat (hes got a powerful physique, thats all), he fell into a cauldron of magic potion when he was a little boy.ĭetermined to make Asterix an anti-hero flying in the face of the established order of the world of comic books, René Goscinny certainly did not want to give his main character a sidekick who would play the classic role of stooge.
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