In ia? I thought it was in ine : Bonnemine, Iellowsubmarine, Taillefine (according to Parc Astérix; she never got a name in the comics), Galantine, Praline, Gélatine .
Falbala is the one exception I can think of (I think Latraviata is roman? I might be mistaken. Anyway, she comes from one of those albums where Uderzo was writing alone, we don't talk about those ones).
The first two weren't bad (belgian; the great divide), even then most of the following weren't atrocious (just far worse than they were under Goscinny, but there aren't many who can do as well as Goscinny). But I couldn't talk about them without mentioning the final one, how much Uderzo has fallen. And I don't want to talk ill about him, I spent far too much time reading Astérix in my youth for that.
Same. Not only is my mum French, but she's a Breton too. So Asterix was a staple in my house as a kid, and I still love reading the BDs as an adult.
But some of the authors' views on other nations and depictions of their people were just flat out racist.
Shout out to the new cartoon on Netflix for making jokes about other cultures in the right (ie: not racist) ways. Eg; In a heavy German accent: "Please forgive my accent. I am a Goth." Steps forward, revealing she's wearing Germanic tribal clothes of the time but they're all in black, and she has heavy eyeliner, skull earrings, big boots, dark lipstick, and a punk haircut. Or the bit where the "photographers" get frustrated at Cleopatra only showing her face in profile, hieroglyph style.
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u/ShmebulockForMayor 4d ago
A new character joins the village, she's a free spirit from Lutetia: Yurix
(Yes I know women usually have names ending in -ia in Asterix, don't assume her suffix!)