00- Asterix Introduction and Character Information (pdf)

INTRUDUCTION TO THE MAIN ASTERIX COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS
Asterix is a famous French Comic book, that has been translated into 100+ languages and dialects! (pretty impressive hah?). The first Asterix adventure (Asterix the Gaul) appeared in a magazine called Pilote and from then on, 32 other official Asterix comics have been published. Rene Goscinny wrote the books while Albert Uderzo illustrated them until the death of Goscinny aged 51. Uderzo then carried on the series. As well as the comic books, there have been many spin-offs including movie books, game books, Dogmatix books etc. Asterix is so popular, he even has his own theme park and movies.

MAIN PLOT
The series is about a village of Gauls that have managed to hold out from the Roman invaders because of their Druid Getafix's Magic Potion. The series concentrates on two Gauls Asterix and his sidekick Obelix (who fell into the magic potion got unlimited super-human strength when he was a baby)and have many adventures together.