Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix (, ) is a series of French comic books written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo ( Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977 ).

Prior to creating the Asterix series, Goscinny and Uderzo had previously had success with their series Oumpah-pah, which was published in the Tintin magazine.

The Asterix comic series has been translated into Breton.

* The idea of the Suez Canal is mentioned in the Asterix comic book series, Asterix and Cleopatra by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

In the Asterix comic series set in Gaul, wild boar are the favourite food of Obelix whose immense appetite means that he can eat several roasted boar in a single sitting.

In the channel's first years, shows that aired during its broadcast day included Welcome to Pooh Corner and You and Me Kid along with several foreign animated series and movies including Asterix, The Raccoons, Paddington Bear, and the Australian western Five Mile Creek ; the original late night schedule featured reruns of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

* Panacea, a character in the Asterix series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

The greatest and most enduring success however was mainly for some series started in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960 ( including Lucky Luke, The Smurfs, and Asterix ), and the even older Tintin, while many more recent series have not made a significant commercial impact outside the French and Dutch speaking countries, despite the critical acclaim for authors like Moebius.

Drake and Billy Smith appear in À l ' ombre des derricks (" In the Shadow of the Oil Rigs "), an episode of the Franco-Belgian comics Western series Lucky Luke, published in 1960, written by René Goscinny ( co-creator of Asterix ) and drawn by Morris.

Young énarque Jacques Chirac was, for instance, lampooned in an album of the Asterix series.

* Asterix comic series often mentions costs in sestertii.

He also translated one volume of the Asterix series into Viennese language, Da Legionäa Asterix, which was released in 1999.

* Asterix series by René Goscinny ( stories ) and Albert Uderzo ( illustrations ), of which some titles are set substantially in Rome.

Asterix and the Great Divide is the twenty-fifth volume of the Asterix comic book series.

The team set out to draw the first album ( similar format as Tintin and Asterix ) in a series of the adventures of the Norse gods, based on the Elder Eddas.

Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan.

* Lisa Simpson is delighted at the sight of a rack with Tintin and Asterix comics in a comic book store, depicted in The Simpsons episode " Husbands and Knives ".

* Alea Jacta Est ( Asterix for grown-ups ) Each Asterix book is examined in detail

This is notable because, according to the comic, the Gaulish village where Asterix lives is in the Armoric peninsula, which is now Brittany.

* Jean Richard, due to his involvement with a zoo and a circus, is caricatured as a trainer of lions on page 40 of the comic Asterix and the Laurel Wreath.

The marble's pose is parodied in the comic book Asterix and the Laurel Wreath.

* Brutus is an occasional supporting character in Asterix comics, most notably Asterix and Son in which he is the main antagonist.

In the latter film, he is portrayed as a comical villain by Belgian actor Benoît Poelvoorde: he is a central character to the film, even though he was not depicted in the original Asterix at the Olympic Games comic book.

Because of Jacques Chirac's long career in visible government positions, he has often been parodied or caricatured: Young Jacques Chirac is the basis of a young, dashing bureaucrat character in the 1976 Asterix comic strip album Obelix and Co., proposing methods to quell Gallic unrest to elderly, old-style Roman politicians.

* A viking in the Asterix story Asterix and the Great Crossing ( 1975 ) is named Haraldwilssen, and shares his physical features

This style of music is sometimes used to comedic effect in mass media such as film, where intense or dramatic scenes may be interrupted or interspersed with such anodyne music while characters use an elevator ( e. g. The Blues Brothers, Dawn of the Dead, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and Spider-Man 2 ).

Benigni played one of the main characters in Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar as Detritus, a corrupted Roman tax collector who wants to kill Julius Caesar, thereby seizing control of the Roman Republic.

He has also featured in 2003 film Brother Bear as the voice of one of the Love Bears and also provided the voice as Cryptograf in 2006 film Asterix and the Vikings.

Another original experiment with speech bubbles was exclusive to one album, Asterix and the Roman Agent.

In the part where Pschoanalytix's nurse introduces the conditions of his patients to Asterix and Obelix, there is one whom she says is impersonating someone but nobody knows who.

* René Goscinny, in his comic book Asterix and the Big Fight uses the phrase in a lighter note, when one of the Roman Legionaries is being punished by his superior.

Asterix and his friend Obelix set out for Lutetia ( present-day Paris ) to buy a new one from Obelix's cousin, the skilled sicklesmith Metallurgix.

* This is the first time Asterix and Obelix have a mystery to solve also the first and one of the rare times Asterix uses his sword.

Soon after, the two legionaries spot the two tied-up Romans and mistake them for Asterix and Obelix, ' a fat one and a little one '.

* The Goths are one of a handful people ( far more so than the Romans ) who are portrayed as villains in the Asterix series.

* In the original French version, the camp centurion in this story ( Gracchus Nenjetépus ) is the same as that of the previous volume, Asterix the Gladiator — the only time a centurion appears in more than one album.

* This is one among a minority of Asterix books where the bard Cacofonix is not tied up and gagged at the feast.

* Orinjade is one of the few to express a liking for Cacofonix's music, the others being Justforkix of Asterix and the Normans and Pepe of Asterix in Spain.

* just as in Asterix in Britain the notoriously terrible British cuisine is referenced, when the British recruit is the only one to appreciate the horrible food served at mealtime at the Roman garrison.

* The fight at the end of the story is one of the rare times Asterix is seen using his sword, although he always carries it with him.

His role is minor in most of the stories, significant mainly as a ' bone ' of contention between Asterix and Obelix as to whether he should be allowed to accompany them on their adventures.

" is a reference to oil spills, most notably the Amoco Cadiz which sank in 1978 in front of the coast of Brittany, where the home village of Asterix is located, according to the series.

Those first four albums are all concept albums of a sort and along with the self-titled Asterix album are the most sought after today.

In most Asterix books, Obelix is not permitted to drink the Magic Potion, but Getafix makes an exception due to an extraordinary requirement ( the need to force open a solid stone door inside a pyramid which apparently, even Obelix's regular level strength is incapable of doing ).