Asterix and Obelix Comic

The Adventures of Asterix (French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic strips 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). The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote 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 Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. The protagonist, the titular character, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix 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 in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages, and it is popular in most European countries. Asterix is less well known in the United States and Japan.

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 based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Astérix, is themed around the series.

Synopsis and Character

The main setting for the series is an unnamed coastal village in Armorica, a province of Gaul (modern France), in the year 50 BC. Julius Caesar has conquered nearly all of Gaul for the Roman Empire, 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, Getafix.

The main protagonist, and hero of the village, is Asterix, 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, who has permanent superhuman strength, as he fell into the cauldron of the potion as a baby. Obelix is often accompanied by Dogmatix, 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, Corsica etc), neighbouring nations (Belgium, Spain, Britain, Germany etc), and far away lands (North America, Middle East, India etc).

The series employs science-fiction and fantasy elements in the more recent books, for instance the use of extraterrestrials in Asterix and the Falling Sky and the city of Atlantis in Asterix and Obelix All at Sea.

and I have all of this comic series in ebook format

  1. Asterix the Gaul (1959)
  2. Asterix and the Golden Sickle (1960)
  3. Asterix and the Goths (1961-62)
  4. Asterix the Gladiator (1962)
  5. Asterix and the Banquet (1963)
  6. Asterix and Cleopatra (1963)
  7. Asterix and the Big Fight (1964)
  8. Asterix in Britain (1965)
  9. Asterix and the Normans (1966)
  10. Asterix the Legionary (1966)
  11. Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield (1967)
  12. Asterix at the Olympic Games (1968)
  13. Asterix and the Cauldron (1968)
  14. Asterix in Spain (1969)
  15. Asterix and the Roman Agent (1970)
  16. Asterix in Switzerland (1970)
  17. The Mansions of the Gods (1971)

 

  18. Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (1971)
  19. Asterix and the Soothsayer (1972)
  20. Asterix in Corsica (1973)
  21. Asterix and Caesar's Gift (1974)
  22. Asterix and the Great Crossing (1975)
  23. Obelix and Co. (1976)
  24. Asterix in Belgium (1979)
  25. Asterix and the Great Divide (1980)
  26. Asterix and the Black Gold (1981)
  27. Asterix and Son (1983)
  28. Asterix and the Magic Carpet (1987)
  29. Asterix and the Secret Weapon (1991)
  30. Asterix and Obelix All at Sea (1996)
  31. Asterix and the Actress (2001)
  32. Asterix and the Class Act (2003)
  33. Asterix and the Falling Sky (2005)