Clash of the Toon Titans

It's Asterix versus Tintin in a Clash of the Titans for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival's Opening Night! - The Festival team have joined forces with Lancaster University to stage an intriguing opening night (Friday, October 14) with a battle of comic superstars that is sure to evoke emotions and divide the nation. In the second half of the twentieth century, Francophone comics' culture was dominated by two characters: a cub reporter from Belgium with an unlikely quiff, and a pint-sized ancient Gaul with an improbable moustache. Between them they spawned 60 books, 24 movies, dozens of scholarly works, at least one theme park and an entire art style, ligne claire. Their creators have been deified with honours such as the Legion d'Honneur and demonised by being banned from libraries over the years. But the weird thing is, few people like both of them. You're either an Asterix or a Tintin fan. You cannot sit on the fence.
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