Jean-Yves Ferri

Jean-Yves Ferri
Jean-Yves Ferri at Lucca Comics & Games 2015
BornJean-Yves Ferri
(1959-04-20) April 20, 1959 (age 65)
Mostaganem, Algeria
NationalityFrench
Notable works
De Gaulle à la plage
AwardsOrdre des Arts et des Lettres

Jean-Yves Ferri (French: [fɛʁi]) (born 20 April 1959[1]) is a French writer, designer, and colourist of comics.[2]

On 25 July 2011, he was chosen as the writer for the next installment of the Asterix series created by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.[3] Uderzo personally mentored him and Didier Conrad, who was subsequently announced as the artist.[4] The 35th Asterix volume, Asterix and the Picts, was published on 24 October 2013. The next volume, the 36th Asterix volume, Asterix and the Missing Scroll, was released on 22 October 2015 and the 37th volume, Asterix and the Chariot Race, was released in 2017,[5] followed by Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter in 2019 and Asterix and the Griffin in 2021. Ferri was replaced by Fabrice Caro as writer starting with the 2023 volume, Asterix and the White Iris.

  1. ^ "En Ariège, Jean-Yves Ferri fait renaître les aventures d'Astérix". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Astérix chez les Pictes - les nouveaux auteurs". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Astérix : Une nouvelle ère s'ouvre | le Comptoir de la BD". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Pauli, Michelle (24 October 2013). "Asterix's new guardians: 'It was very scary...'". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Astérix chez les Pictes : "vive l'Écosse libre !"". 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)