Asterix

The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by Réne Goscinny (story) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). The storyline follows a village in Gaul 50 B.C., the only village that has not been conquered by the Romans, thanks to a magic potion which gives superhuman strength brewed by the village druid. The story centers around the Gaulish warrior Asterix and his friend Obelix.

The 33 original books were originally written in French, but have been translated into numerous other languages, including English, Dutch, German, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, modern Greek, Turkish, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Serbian and Croatian.

Besides the 33 primary books, there have been films and games.

History of the series

Astérix was originally a serialised story in the French magazine Pilote. Asterix the Gaul, the first story in the series, was originally published as a book in 1961. Since then, stories were released each year. After Goscinnys death in 1977, Uderzo continued the series on a less frequent basis. Asterix and the Falling Sky, the last book to date, was released in 2005.