Comic Hero `Asterix` Plans Friendly Assault on the New World
(WorldNews Greece)

NEW YORK — Americans have long adored things from France, like its bread, cheese and wine. But they've been stubbornly resistant to one of France's biggest imports: "Asterix." The bite-sized, brawling hero of a series of treasured comic books is as invisible in America as the Eurovision Song Contest is big in Europe. One U.S. publisher hopes to change that. Papercutz, which specializes in graphic novels for all ages, is republishing "Asterix" collections this summer with a new English translation — one specifically geared to American readers. "Compared to the great success it is worldwide, we have a lot of potential here to...