Asterix is the subject of France's best selling books (and not just BDs), plus a film franchise and a theme park and much spin off merchandise. Must be worth 10s of millions of euros. Is Albert Uderzo's daughter Sylvie justified in trying to protect her aging father from "men in suits and ties"?
He does not think so and says he has undergone assessments to prove that he is not in need of protection from exploitation. He has ceded the rights to continue to publishing Asterix after his death to a publisher (and the last top selling album was not drawn by him) and not to the company formed by his daughter and her husband to safeguard the family holdings - though this was sold to Hachette some time ago.
The court today will hear a complaint made by Uderzo pere against his daughter and son-in-law for psychological harassment. Sad that an institution of French culture should be scrapped over like this within a family; the Gaul would be appalled.
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