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Asterix

The Adventures of Asterix is a series

List of Asterix volumes

This is a list of all Asterix volumes, including the 33 official albums and various tie-ins....
of French

France

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
s written by René Goscinny

René Goscinny

Ren? Goscinny was a Polish-French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Ast?rix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the early issues of the comic book series Lucky Luke with Morris ....
and illustrated by Albert Uderzo

Albert Uderzo

Albert Uderzo is a French comic book artist, and Script . He is best known for his work on the Asterix series, but also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, also in collaboration with Ren? Goscinny....
(Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977). The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote
Pilote

Pilote was a Franco-Belgian comics magazines published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major Franco-Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Ast?rix, Blueberry , Achille Talon, and Val?rian and Laureline....
on 29 October 1959. As of 2008, 33 comic books in the series have been released.

The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gaul

Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
s as they resist Roman

Roman Empire

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The Adventures of Asterix is a series

List of Asterix volumes

This is a list of all Asterix volumes, including the 33 official albums and various tie-ins....
of French

France

Comic strip

René Goscinny

Albert Uderzo

Gaul

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid

Druid

A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celts societies of Western Europe, Great Britain and Ireland. They were suppressed by the Ancient Rome and disappeared from the written record by the second century CE....
, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. The protagonist, the titular character, Asterix

Asterix (character)

Obelix

Obelix a fictional character from the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix ' best friend....
have various adventures. In many cases, this leads them to travel to various countries around the world, though other books are set in and around their village.

The Asterix series is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics

Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessin?e in French language and stripverhalen in Dutch language....
in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages, and it is popular in most Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an countries. Asterix is less well known in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

The success of the series has led to the adaptation of several books into films; eight animated, and three with live actors. There have also been a number of games

List of Asterix games

This is a list of Asterix games of all varieties ....
based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Astérix

Parc Astérix

Parc Ast?rix is a theme amusement park in France, based on the stories of Asterix . Situated approximately 35 km north of Paris and 32km from Disneyland Resort Paris, in Plailly in the d?partement of Oise, it opened in 1989....
, is themed around the series.

History

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah
Oumpah-pah

Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge is a comics series created by comics artist Albert Uderzo and comic book creator Ren? Goscinny, best known as the creators of Asterix....
, which was published in the Tintin

Tintin (magazine)

'Le journal de Tintin' , 'Kuifje' , was a weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazines of the second half of the 20th century. Subtitled "The Journal for the Youth from 7 to 77", it has been one of the major sources of creation in the Franco-Belgian comics scene and published some famous series such as Blake and Mortimer, Alix...
magazine.

Astérix was originally serialised in the magazine Pilote
Pilote

Pilote was a Franco-Belgian comics magazines published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major Franco-Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as Ast?rix, Blueberry , Achille Talon, and Val?rian and Laureline....
, in the very first issue published on 29 October 1959. In 1961 the first book was put together entitled Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
. From then on, books were released generally on a yearly basis.

When Goscinny died, Uderzo continued the series alone, though on a less frequent basis. Although Uderzo declared he didn't want anyone to continue the series after his death, which is similar to the request Herge

Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi , better known by the pen name Herg?, was a Belgian comics writer and artist. "Herg?" is the French pronunciation of "RG", his initials reversed....
made regarding his The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin is a series of comic strips created by Belgium artist Herg?, the pen name of Georges Remi . The series first appeared in French in a children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper on 10 January 1929....
, his attitude has now changed. This has provoked a family row. In a letter published in the french newspaper Le Monde
Le Monde

Le Monde is a France daily evening newspaper with a circulation of 371,803. It is considered the French newspaper of record, and is generally well respected, often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-Francophone countries....
, Uderzo's daughter, Sylvie, has attacked her father's decision for selling the family publishing firm and the rights to produce new Astérix adventures after his death. She is reported as saying the co-creator of Astérix, "France’s comic strip hero, has betrayed the Gaulish warrior to the modern-day Romans - the men of industry and finance”.

List of titles

Here is a list of the main thirty three comics in the series.

Numbers 1 - 24 and 32 are by both Goscinny and Uderzo. Numbers 25 - 31 and 33 are solely the work of Uderzo. Years stated are for their initial release.

1. Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
(1959)

2. Asterix and the Golden Sickle
Asterix and the Golden Sickle

Asterix and the Golden Sickle is the second volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 42-74 in 1960....
(1960)

3. Asterix and the Goths
Asterix and the Goths

Asterix and the Goths is the third volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first published in 1963 in French language and translated into English language in 1974....
(1961-62)

4. Asterix the Gladiator
Asterix the Gladiator

Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 126-168 in 1962....
(1962)

5. Asterix and the Banquet
Asterix and the Banquet

Asterix and the Banquet is the fifth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 172-213 in 1963....
(1963)

6. Asterix and Cleopatra
Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 215-257, in 1963....
(1963)

7. Asterix and the Big Fight
Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. It was written by Ren? Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo....
(1964)

8. Asterix in Britain
Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain is the eighth in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 307-334 in 1965, and was published in album form in 1966....
(1965)

9. Asterix and the Normans
Asterix and the Normans

Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, written by Ren? Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 340-361, in 1966....
(1966)

10. Asterix the Legionary
Asterix the Legionary

Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the List of Asterix volumes by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote magazine, issues 368-389, in 1966....
(1966)

11. Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield
Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield

Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield is the eleventh volume in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, written by Ren? Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo....
(1967)

12. Asterix at the Olympic Games
Asterix at the Olympic Games

Asterix at the Olympic Games is the 12th comic book album in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. Serialized in Pilote issues 434-455 in 1968 , it was translated into English language in 1972 ....
(1968)

13. Asterix and the Cauldron
Asterix and the Cauldron

Asterix and the Cauldron is the thirteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 469-491 in 1968 and translated into English language in 1976....
(1968)

14. Asterix in Spain
Asterix in Spain

Asterix in Spain is the fourteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 498-519 in 1969 and translated into English language in 1971....
(1969)

15. Asterix and the Roman Agent
Asterix and the Roman Agent

Asterix and the Roman Agent is the fifteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It first appeared as a serial in Pilote issues 531-552 in 1970 and was translated into English language in 1972....
(1970)

16. Asterix in Switzerland
Asterix in Switzerland

Asterix in Switzerland is the sixteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 557?578 in 1970 and translated into English language in 1973....
(1970)

17. The Mansions of the Gods
The Mansions of the Gods

The Mansions of the Gods is the seventeenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 591-612 in 1971 and translated into English language in 1973....
(1971)

18. Asterix and the Laurel Wreath
Asterix and the Laurel Wreath

Asterix and the Laurel Wreath is the eighteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 621-642 in 1971 and translated in to English language in 1974....
(1971)

19. Asterix and the Soothsayer
Asterix and the Soothsayer

Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972....
(1972)

20. Asterix in Corsica
Asterix in Corsica

Asterix in Corsica is the twentieth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 687-708 in 1973....
(1973)

21. Asterix and Caesar's Gift
Asterix and Caesar's Gift

Asterix and Caesar's Gift is the twenty-first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
(1974)

22. Asterix and the Great Crossing
Asterix and the Great Crossing

Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
(1975)

23. Obelix and Co.
Obelix and Co.

Obelix and Co. is the twenty-third volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . The book's main focus is on the attempts by the Gaul-occupying Romans to corrupt the one remaining village that still holds out against them by instilling capitalism....
(1976)

24. Asterix in Belgium
Asterix in Belgium

Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo .It is noted as the last Asterix story Goscinny worked on....
(1979)

25. Asterix and the Great Divide
Asterix and the Great Divide

Asterix and the Great Divide is the twenty-fifth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. It was first published in 1980....
(1980)

26. Asterix and the Black Gold
Asterix and the Black Gold

Asterix and the Black Gold is the twenty-sixth volume of Asterix List of Asterix volumes, originally published in 1981. It is the second book to be published after the death of Ren? Goscinny and is thus both written and drawn by Albert Uderzo....
(1981)

27. Asterix and Son
Asterix and Son

Asterix and Son is the twenty-seventh volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, created by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
(1983)

28. Asterix and the Magic Carpet
Asterix and the Magic Carpet

Asterix and the Magic Carpet is the twenty-eighth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first published in 1987....
(1987)

29. Asterix and the Secret Weapon
Asterix and the Secret Weapon

Asterix and the Secret Weapon is the twenty-ninth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, the fifth by Albert Uderzo alone. It parodies feminism and military secrets....
(1991)

30. Asterix and Obelix All at Sea
Asterix and Obelix All at Sea

Asterix and Obelix All at Sea is the thirtieth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Albert Uderzo. The album was dedicated to Uderzo's grandchild, as well as United States actor Kirk Douglas....
(1996)

31. Asterix and the Actress
Asterix and the Actress

Asterix and the Actress is the thirty-first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Albert Uderzo ....
(2001)

32. Asterix and the Class Act
Asterix and the Class Act

Asterix and the Class Act is officially the thirty-second album of the Asterix comic book series, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo , published in 2003....
(2003)

33. Asterix and the Falling Sky
Asterix and the Falling Sky

Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Albert Uderzo . It is the newest book, having come out on October 14, 2005 around the world....
(2005)

Asterix Conquers Rome
Asterix Conquers Rome

Asterix Conquers Rome first published in 1976, was the comic book adaptation of the animated Asterix film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix and "unofficially" the twenty-third Asterix volume to be published....
is a comic book adaptation of the animated film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is an animation feature film based on the Asterix comic book series. Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of the series, wrote the story and directed the film themselves; with co-direction by Pierre Watrin and the screenplay co-written by Pierre Tchernia, a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo....
. It was released in 1976 making it technically the 23rd Asterix volume to be published. But it has been rarely reprinted and is not considered to be canonical

Canon (fiction)

Canon, in terms of a fictional universe, is any material that is considered to be "genuine," or can be directly referenced as material produced by the original author or creator of a series....
to the series. The only English translation ever to be published was in the Asterix Annual 1980.

Synopsis and Characters

The main setting for the series is an unnamed coastal village in Armorica

Armorica

Armorica or Aremorica is the name given in ancient times to the part of Gaul that includes the Brittany peninsula and the territory between the Seine and Loire River rivers, extending inland to an indeterminate point and down the Atlantic coast....
, a province of Gaul

Gaul

France

Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
has conquered nearly all of Gaul for the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
, however the little Armorican village has held out because the villagers can gain temporary superhuman strength by drinking a magic potion brewed by the local village druid

Druid

A druid was a member of the priestly and learned class in the ancient Celts societies of Western Europe, Great Britain and Ireland. They were suppressed by the Ancient Rome and disappeared from the written record by the second century CE....
, Getafix.

The main protagonist, and hero of the village, is Asterix

Asterix (character)

Asterix is a fictional character, created in 1959 as the titular hero of a Asterix of France comic books by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . Uderzo has continued the series since Goscinny's death in 1977....
, who is usually entrusted with the most important affairs of the village, because of his cunning. He is aided in his adventures by his rather unintelligent friend Obelix

Obelix

Obelix a fictional character from the French comic book series Asterix. He works as a menhir sculptor and deliveryman, and is Asterix ' best friend....
, who has permanent superhuman strength, as he fell into the cauldron of the potion as a baby. Obelix is often accompanied by Dogmatix

Dogmatix

Dogmatix is a fictional character, a tiny white dog who belongs to Obelix in the Asterix comics. Dogmatix is a pun on the words dog and Dogma. In the original French his name is Id?fix, itself a pun on the French expression id?e fixe , a term used to describe a dominant theme in music, literature or philosophy, associated with the 1...
, his little dog.

Asterix and Obelix (and sometimes other members of the village), go on various adventures both within the village, and in far away lands. Places visited in the series include parts of Gaul (Lutetia

Lutetia

Lutetia was a town in pre-Roman and Roman era Gaul. The Gallo-Roman city was a forerunner of the re-established Merovingian town that is the ancestor of present-day Paris....
, Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is the Mediterranean islands#By area in the Mediterranean Sea . It is located west of Italy, southeast of the France mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
etc), neighbouring nations (Belgium

Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, Britain

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
etc), and far away lands (North America

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Middle East

Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
, India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
etc).

The series employs science-fiction and fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
elements in the more recent books, for instance the use of extraterrestrials in Asterix and the Falling Sky
Asterix and the Falling Sky

Asterix and the Falling Sky is the thirty-third volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Albert Uderzo . It is the newest book, having come out on October 14, 2005 around the world....
and the city of Atlantis

Atlantis

Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias .In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC....
in Asterix and Obelix All at Sea
Asterix and Obelix All at Sea

Asterix and Obelix All at Sea is the thirtieth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Albert Uderzo. The album was dedicated to Uderzo's grandchild, as well as United States actor Kirk Douglas....
.

Humour

Various forms of humour are made use of in the series. (citation needed)

Translations

The 33 main books or albums (one of which is a compendium of short stories) have been translated into more than 100 languages and dialects. Besides the original French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, most albums are available in Estonian

Estonian language

Estonian is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1.1 million people in Estonia and tens of thousands in various ?migr? communities....
, English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic languages spoken by over 22 million people as a first language, and about 5 million people as a second language."1% of the EU population claims to speak Dutch well enough in order to have a conversation." Outside the European Union the number of second language speakers of Dutch is very small. Most native...
, German

German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
, Danish

Danish language

Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language....
, Icelandic

Icelandic language

Icelandic is a North Germanic languages, the language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese language and Norwegian dialects such as Telemark dialect and Sognam?l....
, Norwegian

Norwegian language

Norwegian is a North Germanic languages language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. It is also spoken as a second language among Norwegian-Americans in the United States of America, especially in the central northern states....
, Swedish

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
, Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
, Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
, Catalan

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance languages, the national language and official language of Andorra, and a official language in the Autonomous Communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencian Community and in the city of Alghero in the Italy List of islands in the Mediterranean of Sardinia....
, Basque

Basque language

Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain and the adjoining region of South-Western France....
, Portuguese

Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
(and Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by virtually all the 189 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....
), Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
, Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
, Polish

Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
, Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
, modern Greek

Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
, Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
, Slovenian

Slovenian language

Slovene or Slovenian is a South Slavic languages spoken by approximately 2.4 million speakers worldwide, the majority of whom live in Slovenia....
, Bulgarian

Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European languages, a member of the Slavic languages linguistic group.Bulgarian demonstrates several linguistic innovations that set it apart from all other Slavic languages except Macedonian language, such as the elimination of grammatical case, the development of a suffixed definite article , the lack of a verb infin...
, Serbian

Serbian language

name=Serbian|nativename=|pronunciation=['sr?pski?]|familycolor=Indo-European|map=|states=See below under "Official status", besides that in Croatia and as an immigrant's language spread over Central Europe and Western Europe, as well as Northern America...
and Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian language is a South Slavic languages which is used primarily in Croatia, by Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in neighbouring countries where Croats are Indigenous peoples, in Italian region of Molise, and parts of the Croats diaspora....
. Beyond modern Europe, some albums have also been translated into languages as diverse as Esperanto

Esperanto

is the most widely spoken constructed language international auxiliary language in the world. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto, the pseudonym under which L....
, Indonesian

Indonesian language

Indonesian is the official national language of Indonesia. It is based on a version of Malay language from the Riau islands in western Indonesia, today called Riau Indonesian....
, Mandarin

Mandarin (linguistics)

Mandarin , is a category of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and south-western China. When taken as a separate language, as is often done in academic literature, the Mandarin language has more native speakers than any other language....
, Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China....
, Japanese

Japanese language

IPA: [n?iho?go] is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages....
, Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-European languages language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages....
, Afrikaans, Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
, Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a Standard language register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English language, for administration of the central government....
, Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, Frisian

West Frisian language

West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside of the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian language and North Frisian language, which are spoken in Germany...
, Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
and Ancient Greek

Attic Greek

Attic Greek is the prestige dialect of Ancient Greek that was spoken in Attica, which includes Athens. Of the ancient dialects, it is the most similar to later Greek, and is the standard form of the language studied in courses of "Ancient Greek"....
.

In France, in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
and especially in Germany

Germany

Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
s and dialect

Dialect

A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class....
s, such as Alsatian

Alsatian language

Alsatian is a Low Alemannic German dialect spoken in most of Alsace, a region in eastern France which has passed between French and Germany control many times....
, Breton

Breton language

The Breton language is a Celtic languages spoken by some of the inhabitants of Brittany in France....
and Chtimi (Picard

Picard

Picard may refer to* the Picard language, a Langue d'o?l and one of the languages of France...
) in France, Swabian

Swabian German

Swabian is one of the Alemannic German dialects of High German languages, spoken in the region of Swabia. Swabia covers much of Germany's southwestern Bundesland of Baden-W?rttemberg and the southwest of the Bundesland Bavaria....
and Low German

Low German

Low German or Low Saxon is any of the regional language varieties of the West Germanic languages spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands....
in Germany, Kashubian

Kashubian language

Kashubian or Cassubian is one of the Lechitic languages, a subgroup of the Slavic languages.Kashubian is assumed to have evolved from the language spoken by some tribes of Pomeranians called Kashubians, in the region of Pomerania, on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea between the Vistula and Oder River rivers....
and Silesian in Poland and Savo

Savo

Savo may refer to:* Savo Island near Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands* Savonian dialects of the Finnish language* Savonia or , a historical province of Finland...
, Karelia

Karelia

Karelia , the land of the Karelians, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Finland, Russia, and Sweden. It is currently divided between the Russian Republic of Karelia, the Russian Leningrad Oblast, and Finland ....
, Rauma

Rauma, Finland

Rauma is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of ca. inhabitants on the west coast of Finland, north of Turku, and south of Pori....
and Helsinki slang

Helsinki slang

Helsinki slang or slangi is a local variation of the Finnish language mainly used in the capital Helsinki.Helsinki slang is based on colloquial Finnish ....
dialects in Finland. Also, in Portugal, a special edition of the first volume, Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
, was translated into local language Mirandese.

In the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
several volumes were translated into Friesian

West Frisian language

Dutch language

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the bigger region known as Frisia. In order to distinguish it from the other Frisian regions, it is commonly specified as Westerlauwer Frisia, Westerlauwer Friesland, West Frisia or West Friesland....
. Also in the Netherlands two volumes were translated into Limburgish

Limburgish language

Limburgish, or Limburgian or Limburgic is a group of Low Franconian varieties, spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, near the common Netherlands / Belgium / Germany border....
, a regional language spoken not only in Dutch Limburg

Limburg (Netherlands)

Limburg is the southern-most of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands of the Netherlands. It is located in the southeastern part of the country and bordered by Belgium to the south and part of the west, Germany to the east, the Dutch province of North Brabant partly to the west, and the province of Gelderland to the north....
but also in Belgian Limburg

Limburg (Belgium)

Limburg is the easternmost province of Flanders , and is located west of the Maas River river. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Li?ge , Flemish Brabant and Antwerp ....
and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine - Westphalia is the westernmost and - in terms of population and economic output - the largest States of Germany of Germany. North Rhine - Westphalia has over 18 million inhabitants, contributes about 22% of Germany's gross domestic product and comprises a land area of 34,083 km? ....
. Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
-language books have been issued in Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in Slovene language: Socialisticna Federativna Republika Jugoslavija The Slovene language name also uses this Gaj?s Latin alphabet version with a slight difference in spelling....
for the Hungarian minority living in Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
. Although not a fully autonomic dialect, it slightly differs from the language of the books issued in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
. In Greece, a number of volumes have appeared in the Cretan Greek

Cretan Greek

Cretan Greek is a dialect of the Greek language, spoken by more than half a million people in Crete and many thousands in the Greek diaspora....
and Pontic Greek dialects and in Ancient Greek

Attic Greek

English Translation

The translation of the books into English has been done by Derek Hockridge

Derek Hockridge

Derek Hockridge was born in 1934 in Wales and brought up in Birmingham. His degree at the University of Wales, Cardiff, was followed by teacher training at St Edmund Hall, Oxford....
and Anthea Bell

Anthea Bell

Anthea Bell is a United Kingdom translation who has translated numerous literary works, especially children's literature, from French language, German language, Danish language and Polish language to English language....
.

Adaptations

The series has been adapted into various media.

Films

Various motion pictures based upon the series have been made.

Two Romans in Gaul, 1967, live-action, in which Asterix and Obelix appear in a cameo.
Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul (film)

Asterix the Gaul is a 1967 Belgium/France animated film, based on the Asterix the Gaul, which was the first book in the highly popular comic series Asterix by Goscinny and Uderzo....
, 1967, animated, based on the book Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
.
Asterix and the Golden Sickle, 1967, animated, based upon the comic book Asterix and the Golden Sickle
Asterix and the Golden Sickle

Asterix and the Golden Sickle is the second volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 42-74 in 1960....
, incomplete and never released.
Asterix and Cleopatra
Asterix and Cleopatra (film)

Asterix and Cleopatra is a Belgian/French animated film released in 1968 in film; it is the second Asterix adventure to be made into a feature film....
, 1968, animated, based on the book Asterix and Cleopatra
Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 215-257, in 1963....
.
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix is an animation feature film based on the Asterix comic book series. Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of the series, wrote the story and directed the film themselves; with co-direction by Pierre Watrin and the screenplay co-written by Pierre Tchernia, a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo....
, 1976, animated, a unique story not based on an existing comic.
Asterix Versus Caesar
Asterix Versus Caesar

Asterix Versus Caesar is the first of the 1980s Asterix films, based on the Asterix comic books, and is often considered as one of the best Asterix-films by fans of the comics and the movies....
, 1985, animated, based on both Asterix the Legionary
Asterix the Legionary

Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the List of Asterix volumes by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote magazine, issues 368-389, in 1966....
and Asterix the Gladiator
Asterix the Gladiator

Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 126-168 in 1962....
.
Asterix in Britain
Asterix in Britain (film)

Asterix in Britain is an animated film released in 1986; the fifth Asterix feature film, and the last from Dargaud Films. It is based on the Asterix in Britain....
, 1986, animated, based upon the book Asterix in Britain
Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain is the eighth in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 307-334 in 1965, and was published in album form in 1966....
.
Asterix and the Big Fight
Asterix and the Big Fight (film)

Asterix and the Big Fight is a 1989 in film animated movie directed by Philippe Grimond and produced in France by Yannick Piel as Ast?rix et le coup du menhir....
, 1989, animated, based on both Asterix and the Big Fight
Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. It was written by Ren? Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo....
and Asterix and the Soothsayer
Asterix and the Soothsayer

Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972....
.
Asterix Conquers America
Asterix Conquers America

Asterix Conquers America is a 1994 in film animated movie directed by Gerhard Hahn. It was produced in Germany as Asterix in Amerika by Gerhard Hahn and J?rgen Wohlrabe, and is the only Asterix film produced outside of France ....
, 1994, animated, loosely based upon the comic Asterix and the Great Crossing
Asterix and the Great Crossing

Asterix and the Great Crossing is the twenty-second volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
.
Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar, 1999, live-action, based primarily upon Asterix the Gaul
Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul is the first volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo ....
, Asterix and the Soothsayer
Asterix and the Soothsayer

Asterix and the Soothsayer is the nineteenth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was originally serialized in Pilote issues 652-673 in 1972....
, Asterix and the Goths
Asterix and the Goths

Asterix and the Goths is the third volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first published in 1963 in French language and translated into English language in 1974....
, Asterix the Legionary
Asterix the Legionary

Asterix the Legionary is the tenth Asterix book in the List of Asterix volumes by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published as a serial in Pilote magazine, issues 368-389, in 1966....
, and Asterix the Gladiator
Asterix the Gladiator

Asterix the Gladiator is the fourth volume of the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo . It was first serialized in Pilote issues 126-168 in 1962....
.
Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, 2002, live-action, based upon the comic book Asterix and Cleopatra
Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra, the sixth book in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes by Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 215-257, in 1963....
.
Asterix and the Vikings
Asterix and the Vikings

Asterix and the Vikings is an animated feature film, produced in France and Denmark, and directed by Stefan Fjeldmark and Jesper M?ller. The story was adapted from the graphic novel Asterix and the Normans, which was written by Ren? Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo....
, 2006, animated, based upon the comic book Asterix and the Normans
Asterix and the Normans

Asterix and the Normans is the ninth book in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes, written by Ren? Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo. It was first published in serial form in Pilote magazine, issues 340-361, in 1966....
.
Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games
Astérix at the Olympic Games (film)

Ast?rix at the Olympic Games is a France movie, adapted from Ren? Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Ast?rix comic series. It was filmed essentially in Spain in the course of the year 2006....
, 2008, live-action, based upon the comic book Asterix at the Olympic Games
Asterix at the Olympic Games

Asterix at the Olympic Games is the 12th comic book album in the Asterix List of Asterix volumes. Serialized in Pilote issues 434-455 in 1968 , it was translated into English language in 1972 ....
.

Parc Astérix

Parc Asterix

Parc Astérix

Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
in 1989.

Influence in popular culture

*The first French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
satellite, which was launched in 1965, was named Astérix-1
Astérix (satellite)

Ast?rix, the first France satellite, was launched on November 26, 1965 by a rocket of type Diamant from Hammaguir in Algeria. It was originally designated A-1, as the French Army's first satellite, but later renamed after the popular French cartoon character Asterix....
in honour of Asterix.

During the campaign for Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
to host the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain in 1992....
Asterix appeared in many posters over the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is an Puddle iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global Cultural icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world....
.
The French company Belin introduced a series of "Asterix" potato chips shaped in the forms of Roman shields
Scutum (shield)

Scutum is the Latin word for "shield", although it has in modern times come to be specifically associated with the rectangular, semi-cylinder body shield carried by Roman legion....
, gourd
Gourd

A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae, or a name given to the hollow, dried shell of a fruit in the Cucurbitaceae family of plants of the genus Lagenaria....
s, wild boar, and bone
Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
s.
Asterix and Obelix appeared on the cover of Time Magazine for a special edition about France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.
The animated series Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is an United States animated television series that aired in the United States in the mid-1980s through the early 1990s....
also concerns an oppressed group in possession of a magic potion capable of conferring superhuman strength and agility.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international football world championship tournament....
final between France and Italy was depicted as a fight between Roman legions and Gaulish villagers in newspapers.
Version 4.0 of the operating system OpenBSD
OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley....
features a parody of an Asterix story.
Action Comics
Action Comics

Action Comics is an USA comic book series which first appearance Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined....
Number 579, published by DC Comics
DC Comics

DC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. A subsidiary of Warner Bros....
in 1986, Written by Lofficier
Jean-Marc Lofficier

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a France author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays....
and Illustrated by Keith Giffen
Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen is an United States comic book illustrator and writer....
featured a homage to Asterix where Superman
Superman

Superman is a Character , a comic book superhero widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio, and sold to DC Comics in 1938, the character first appeared in Action Comics Action Comics 1 and subseque...
and Jimmy Olsen
Jimmy Olsen

James Bartholomew "Jimmy" Olsen is a fictional character who appears mainly in DC Comics? Superman stories. Olsen is a young photojournalist working for the Daily Planet....
are drawn back in time to a small village of indomitable Gauls.
Lisa Simpson
Lisa Simpson

Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child, and eldest daughter, of the Simpson family....
is delighted at the sight of a rack with Tintin and Asterix comics in a comic book store, depicted in The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
episode Husbands and Knives
Husbands and Knives

"Husbands and Knives" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons The Simpsons , and was first broadcast on November 18, 2007. It features guest appearances from Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman and Daniel Clowes as themselves as well as Jack Black as Milo....
.
Obelix made an appearance as one of several imaginary characters in the South Park
South Park

South Park is an United Statesn animation situation comedy, notorious for its toilet humour, surrealism, and often black comedy, which satirizes Subject matter in South Park including religion, politics, violence, abuse, sexuality, and mental disorder....
episode Imaginationland III. (Picture 51 on page: http://www.spscriptorium.com/Season11/ImaginationlandGuests.html)
Obelix is referenced in The King Blues
The King Blues

The King Blues are a Punk rock and Reggae band from London, England. They blend a wide range of styles of music from acoustic to ska. Influences include King Prawn and The Clash....
' 2008 single My Boulder. The song features the lyrics, "If I'm Obelix, You are my boulder".

Sources

BDoubliées
Bedetheque

External links

– General Reference site for English speaking Fans
Each Asterix book is examined in detail
- Cultural allusions
– album-by-album explanations of all the historical references and obscure in-jokes

Asterix

History

List of titles

Synopsis and Characters

Humour

Translations

English Translation

Adaptations

Films

Parc Astérix

Influence in popular culture

See also

Sources

External links