Astérix the Gaul - limited edition

I've noticed that Sphere have a new edition of Astérix the Gaul lined up for later this year. Ordinarily that's nothing to draw attention to, these albums are perennials, but this edition is slightly longer than usual at 64 pages.

It is hard to find out what the extra 16 pages contain. The ISBN is generic, the copy on Amazon is a placeholder, and the cover appears to be a bodge job where someone has taken a French cover (note the credits) and added the English title.

The French Hachette site gives a little more although, frankly, not much. They're calling this "Astérix le Gaulois n°1 - Édition spéciale" and state "The comic book is enhanced with a brand-new 16-page dossier to tell you everything about this legendary adventure."

Papercuts (because I'm an adult and not putting a Z there!) have done special editions which I've not bothered with as they use the American translation rather than the right translation (*cough-cough!*) but I imagine this will be much the same.

(Insert usual wish that Tintin books could get the same treatment in English)

George

That usually implies that they will be including background information: details of Uderzo and Goscinny's lives and careers; their inspiration; early drafts of notable pages etc.

May be worth looking at. "Asterix" was not the only series that they worked on together, so these pages may mention others.