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THE TWELVE TASKS OF ASTERIX - THE TWELVE TASKS OF ASTERIX: An original brown ink concept drawing by animator Harold Whitaker, unsigned, on a 15 x 5 sheet of drawing paper, n.p., n.d. (mid-1970s). The drawings were created for the animated feature film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976), and show a series of images depicting a large strongman going through the process of lifting a barbell. Together with a second, smaller drawing intended as an overlay to the final image in the larger series, being a more accomplished image of the strongman having successfully raised the barbell to his chest. A few light, minor tape stains, otherwise VG Harold Whitaker (1920-2013) British animator whose credits include Animal Farm (1954). The Twelve Tales of Asterix (1976) was the third animated feature film in the Asterix franchise and the only film to be based on an original screenplay. Today it is considered a cult classic.