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3->''"I have never addressed myself especially to children, young people or adults, I have done things which seemed to me to amuse everyone."''
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5René Goscinny (14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) is one of the most famous writers of UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}an comic books, and one who did much for the comic book writer profession to be taken seriously in UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. He is the creator, among other series, of ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' and ''Les Dingodossiers'' (with Creator/{{Gotlib}}), and significantly contributed to the success and lore of Creator/{{Morris}}' ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke''. Both ''Asterix'' and ''Lucky Luke'' are the [[CashCowFranchise highest selling]] FrancoBelgianComics series ever made.
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7Born of UsefulNotes/{{Polish Jew|s}}ish parents who had moved to UsefulNotes/{{France}} shortly before UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (Gościnny means "hospitable" in Polish), Goscinny spent his early years in Argentina (several of his relatives who had stayed in Europe were killed in UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust) where, at age 18, he started working as a writer and illustrator for a French newsletter in Buenos Aires. He moved to the US in 1945, came back to France for his military service, and returned to New York where he got to work alongside the founders of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}''.
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9He met Morris, creator of ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'', in 1949, and in 1955 started writing ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of short stories about a schoolboy's daily life. Illustrated by Sempé, ''Literature/LePetitNicolas'' became a perennial favorite of the French readership; it was [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted]] to movie format in 2009. In 1959, with comic book artist Creator/AlbertUderzo, he created what would remain his most famous series, ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''.
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11In the 1960s and 1970s, he was a key figure of the weekly illustrated magazine ''Pilote'' and wrote the scenarios of ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'', ''Les Dingodossiers'' and other series. His sudden death from a heart attack at the age of 51 in 1977 resulted in [[DiedDuringProduction several works being in trouble]]; of those series that went on without him, most never regained the level of creative quality that he had provided.
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13His favorite tropes included AnachronismStew, AffectionateParody, RunningGag, ShoutOut, HurricaneOfPuns[[note]]He was actually noted to adapt his wordplay DependingOnTheArtist. Morris wasn't too fond of puns so ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' was fairly low on them, Uderzo enjoyed them and ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'''s tone reflects that, and Tabary's outright love of it turned ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' into a puniverse.[[/note]], IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and VillainousBreakdown. He is also responsible for a noted ParodyDisplacement when his parody of ''ComicBook/BarbeRouge'' in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' (the hapless pirates whose ship always gets sunk) ended up becoming more famous than the original. He was himself victim of one, as his short, manic, bloodthirsty alter ego in ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' fits the DaEditor image so well people often thought it was true to life.
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15!!Comic books and books Goscinny created or worked on include:
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17* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' (with Albert Uderzo)
18* ''Les Dingodossiers'' (with Gotlib)
19* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' (with Jean Tabary)
20* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (with Morris)
21* ''ComicBook/OmpaPaTheRedskin'' (with Albert Uderzo)
22* ''Literature/LePetitNicolas'' (with Jean-Jacques Sempé)
23* ''Du raisiné sur les bafouilles'' (with Morris)
24[[/index]]
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26!!Animated films directed by Goscinny include:
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28* ''Franchise/{{Asterix}}'':
29** ''WesternAnimation/AsterixAndCleopatra''
30** ''WesternAnimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix''
31* ''Franchise/LuckyLuke'':
32** ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeDaisyTown''
33** ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons''
34[[/index]]
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36!!Tropes & Trivia in his works:
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38* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/{{Morris}} and Goscinny created a gangster comic book story in 1956, ''[[https://bluesonline.weebly.com/uploads/6/1/1/2/6112056/8822524_orig.jpg Du raisiné sur les bafouilles]]''. They intended to turn it into a series, but ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (and ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' as well for Goscinny a few years later) took too much of their time to materialize it.

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