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Asterix

Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois [asteʁiks lə ɡolwa], "Asterix the Gaul"; also known as Asterix and Obelix in some adaptations or The Adventures of Asterix) is a French comic album series about a Gaulish village which, thanks to a magic potion that enhances strength, resists the forces of Julius Caesar's Roman Republic Army in the time…

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Genre
Comedy · Satire
Publication date
29 October 1959 – present (original); 1969–present (English translation)
Publisher
Dargaud, Éditions Albert René, Hachette for canonical volumes in French; others for non-canonical volumes (1976–1996) in French; Hodder, Hachette and others for non-canonical vo…
Artist(s)
Albert Uderzo (1959–2009) · Didier Conrad (2013–present)
Formats
Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Pilote.
Title(s)
Title(s)Full list

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Asterix

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Asterix

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related to Ethnic stereotypes · 121
Asterix → Africans, Aftermath, Akkadians, American-style, Assyrians, Asterix's, Babylonians, Belgian, Belgians, Berber, Bertie Wooster, Bismarck, Bitter, British Isles, Britons, But, Chariot Race, Cimbres, Corsicans, Danes
related to In popular culture · 74
Asterix → Action Comics Issue, Although, Ansteorra, Asterisk, Asterix/Asterisk, Asteroids, Astérix-1, Bashful, BCE, Belin, Brussels, Burt, Bélixo, Coincidentally, Come, Creative Anachronism's Kingdom, DC Comics, Despite, During, Dutch
related to Character names · 54
Asterix → Alaric, All, Artifis, Bacon, British, Cenotaf, Certain, Chief Vitalstatistix, Dog, Dogmatix, Dubbelosix, Edifis, Egyptian, English, Even, Exlibris, French, Gauls, German, Germany
related to List of titles · 53
Asterix → Actress, Banquet, Belgium, Big Fight, Black Gold, Britain, Caesar's Gift, Cauldron, Chariot Race, Chieftain's Daughter, Chieftain's Shield, Class Act, Cleopatra, Co, Conrad, Corsica, Didier Conrad, Fabcaro, Falling Sky, Gaul
related to Further reading · 42
Asterix → Adventures, An Analysis, Astérix, Black, Chapter, Christina Meyer, Comics, Creatividad, Crossroads, Disappointing Crossing, Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Colloquium, Gabilliet, Gaul, Graphic Narratives, In Daniel Stein, ISBN, Jean-Paul, Luis, March, MigrationsTosina Fernández
related to Films · 37
Asterix → Albert Uderzo, Asterix Conquers America, Asterix Versus Caesar, Big Fight, Britain, Caesar, China, Cleopatra, Deux Romains, Dogmatix, DVD, Gaul, Gaule, Gladiator, God Save Britannia, Gods, Golden Sickle, Goths, Great Crossing, Julius Caesar
related to English translation · 26
Asterix → American, Beric, Big Ed, Bill Cosby, Bold, British, Cleopatra, Company, English, Gaul, Goscinny's, In, Lawrence Hughes, Learn, Legionary, Little Fred, London's Jewish Museum, Look, Ranger, Roman-occupied Britain
related to Synopsis and characters · 26
Asterix → Armorica, Armorican, Banquet, BC, Brittany/Normandy, Dogmatix, Erquy, Except, Following Asterix, For, France, French, Gallic Wars, Gaul, Getafix, He, His, Idéfix, Julius Caesar, Obelix
related to history · 22
Asterix → Astérix, Big Fight, But Goscinny, Despite, From, Gaul, Gaulish, Georges Dargaud, Goscinny, Hence, However, In, Obelix, October, Oumpah-pah, Pilote, Prior, The, Their, Tintin
related to Humour · 18
Asterix → English, European, French, French-specific, Hiccups, Ils, In, Italian, Latin, Much, Obelix's, Romains, Roman, Some, Sono, SPQR, The, These Romans

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obelix series french album uderzo gaul based english gauls astérix roman names animated first translated volumes albert also goscinny comics

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AsterixArtist(s)Albert Uderzo (1959–2009)1.00infobox
AsterixArtist(s)Didier Conrad (2013–present)1.00infobox
AsterixFormatsOriginal material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) Pilote.1.00infobox
AsterixGenreComedy1.00infobox
AsterixGenreSatire1.00infobox
AsterixPublication date29 October 1959 – present (original); 1969–present (English translation)1.00infobox
AsterixPublisherDargaud, Éditions Albert René, Hachette for canonical volumes in French; others for non-canonical volumes (1976–1996) in French; Hodder, Hachette and others for non-canonical vo…1.00infobox
AsterixTitle(s)Title(s)Full list1.00infobox
AsterixTranslatorsEnglish: Anthea Bell, Derek Hockridge (1969–2013); Anthea Bell (2013–2016); Adriana Hunter (2017–present)1.00infobox
AsterixWriter(s)René Goscinny (1959–1977)1.00infobox
AsterixWriter(s)Albert Uderzo (1980–2009)1.00infobox
AsterixWriter(s)Jean-Yves Ferri (2013–2021)1.00infobox
AsterixWriter(s)Fabcaro (2023–present)1.00infobox

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