New Asterix book pokes fun at US


	New Asterix book pokes fun at US

tabsey

10-18-2007 9:46 AM

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8 million copies for 27 countries as a first run.

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10-18-2007 5:29 PM

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</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4343264.stm"><FONT size="2">Illustrator Albert Uderzo introduces aliens from a planet called Tadsylwine, an anagram of Walt Disney, with a leader called Hubs, an anagram of Bush.
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