Jean-Yves Ferri

French cartoonist, screenwriter and illustrator

Jean-Yves Ferri
Jean-Yves Ferri at Lucca Comics & Games 2015
Born	Jean-Yves Ferri (1959-04-20) April 20, 1959 (age 65) Mostaganem, Algeria
Nationality	French
Notable works	De Gaulle à la plage
Awards	Ordre 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.

Prizes

Prix de l'Humour noir Grandville in 2005 (Revoir Corfou)
Prix Jacques Lob in 2008
Prix Virgin 2005 (Le Vaste Monde)

Publications

Fables autonomes, Audie

Tome 1, 1996
Tome 2, 1998

Aimé Lacapelle, Audie

Je veille aux grains, 2000
Tonnerre sur le sud-ouest, 2001
Poules rebelles, 2003
Bêtes à bon diou, 2007

Le Retour à la terre, with Manu Larcenet

La Vraie Vie, 2002.
Les Projets, 2003.
Le Vaste Monde, 2005.
Le Déluge, 2006.
Les Révolutions, 2008.

Revoir Corfou, le recueil des dessins hors-séries, collection Azote Liquide, Audie, 2004
Correspondances, with Manu Larcenet, Les Rêveurs, coll. « M'as-tu vu », 2006.
Le Sens de la vis, with Manu Larcenet, Les Rêveurs, coll. « M'as-tu vu »,

tome 1 : Le Sens de la vis (2007)
tome 2 : Tracer le cercle (2010)

De Gaulle à la plage, Dargaud, coll. « Poisson Pilote », 2007. Couleur Patrice Larcenet.
Asterix and the Picts - 2013
Asterix and the Missing Scroll - 2015
Asterix and the Chariot Race - 2017
Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter - 2019
Asterix and the Griffin - 2021

References

^ "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.
^ "Astérix chez les Pictes - les nouveaux auteurs". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ "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)
^ 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.
^ "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)

Asterix

Comic books

Goscinny and Uderzo	Asterix the Gaul The Golden Sickle The Goths The Gladiator The Banquet Cleopatra The Big Fight In Britain The Normans The Legionary The Chieftain's Shield Olympic Games The Cauldron In Spain The Roman Agent In Switzerland The Mansions of the Gods The Laurel Wreath The Soothsayer In Corsica Caesar's Gift The Great Crossing Obelix and Co. In Belgium
Uderzo alone	The Great Divide The Black Gold Asterix and Son The Magic Carpet The Secret Weapon Asterix and Obelix All at Sea The Actress The Falling Sky
Ferri and Conrad	The Picts The Missing Scroll The Chariot Race The Chieftain's Daughter The Griffin
Fabcaro and Conrad	The White Iris

Other books

Films

Animated	Asterix the Gaul (1967) Asterix and the Golden Sickle (cancelled) Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) Asterix Versus Caesar (1985) Asterix in Britain (1986) Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) Asterix Conquers America (1994) Asterix and the Vikings (2006) The Mansions of the Gods (2014) The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
Live-action	Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) Mission Cleopatra (2002) Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008) God Save Britannia (2012) The Middle Kingdom (2023)