Word: vercingetorix
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sawed-off version of Vercingetorix, Caesar's ancient nemesis, Astérix is the creation of René Goscinny, 40 (Albert Uderzo, 39, does the drawing). His secret potion, mixed by the druid Panoramix, is to Astérix what spinach is to Popeye. He and Obélix uppercut their foes with such equivalents of "Socko!" as "Tchad" and "Patchoc!" Every page has a brawl, and the puns fly as fast as the fists, whether Astérix and Obélix are smuggling a barrel of the potion into Britannia to aid an ally besieged...
These days, artists are seeking other meccas. And the blame, many believe, belongs strictly to an absence of elbow room. Entire streets of studios−Rue Vandamme, Rue Moulin-de-Beurre, Rue Vercingetorix−have been razed and replaced by glassy apartment buildings. A Deputy from Montparnasse complains that 140 ateliers have been destroyed in the past two years. La Ruche, spared as a historical monument, still offers 110 studios at $10 a month−but only one-fifth of its inhabitants are artists. More ex-ateliers are increasingly occupied by nonpainters willing to pay fat rents for the chic...