
Created in 1959 by the French team Ren Goscinny and Albert Udrazo, Asterix is a tiny but indomitable Gaul warrior. With the help of a little magic potion that gives his superhuman abilities, he and his friend Obelix defy the all conquering Romans in a series of hilarious comic book adventures.
When Uderzo recently sold his Asterix copyright to publishing giant Hachette, his outraged daughter Sylvie declared that she would fight for the little man, "it is as if the gates of the Gaulish village have been thrown open to the Roman Empire." No news yet of whether she has found any magic potion !

