Asterix Vol. 40 Asterix and the White Iris by Fabcaro

The international bestseller returns in another exciting adventure!

Fabrice Caro, known as Fabcaro, writes graphic fiction and novels. Among his plethora of work which kicked off in 1996, highlights include Le Steak haché de Damoclès (2005), La Bredoute (2007) and On est pas là pour réussir (2012). His success was confirmed with the album Zaï zaï zaï zaï , which won the 2015 “Coup de Coeur” Prix Landerneau for a graphic work, the Prix Ouest France “quai des bulles” prize and many other prizes; and it was adapted for the screen by François Desagnat in 2020. In 2016, Fabcaro wrote the text for the new adventures of Gai-Luron, illustrated by Pixel vengeur (Fluide glacial magazine). Another standout publication, which combined absurd humour and social satire, came in 2018: Moins qu’hier (plus que demain). His novel Le Discours (2018) was adapted for the screen by Laurent Tirard in 2020. In 2021 he published Guacamole vaudou, a humourous photo-novel featuring the off-the-wall actor Eric Judor.

Like Asterix, Didier Conrad was born in 1959 – in Marseille. His first comic book, Jason, was published in 1978. He then started work illustrating the top-of-page graphic sequences for Spirou magazine, working with the writer Yann, with whom he went on to create the legendary Les Innomables. This was followed by a succession of humorous creations with Wilbur; these included Bob Marone (1980), L’Avatar (1984), Le Piège Malais and Donito (from 1991 to 1996). In 1996, Didier Conrad moved to Los Angeles to work on visual development and storyboarding for the feature-length animation The Road to El Dorado (released in 2000) produced by Dreamworks SKG. He then returned to comic books two years later with further outings of Les Innommables, and he continued his collaboration with Wilbur for Tigresse Blanche (2005- 2010), the RAJ series (2007-2010) and Marsu Kids (2011- 2012). He has been illustrating the Gaulish adventures since Asterix and the Picts (2013).