This time the Gauls, Asterix and Obelix, deal with a stranger who gives them and their fellow villagers a good shake-up. But can this 40th volume retain and win fans? The French comic book series ...

For Dominique Bazay, Netflix's director of original animation, the news of the classic novel series coming to life on the small screen is one that works for both the streamer and for lifelong fans who ...

New adventures take comic figures Asterix and Obelix to cold Sarmatia. In an interview, author Jean-Yves Ferri reveals why everything is different this time around. Freezing cold, a fearsome ...

Alain Chabat, director of the 2002 live-action film 'Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra,' will direct the limited series based on the iconic comic books. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

Last year's Asterix comic book, The Chieftain's Daughter, was the best-selling comic book in the world. And while Asterix fans settled down for the good long wait until the next, it appears they won't ...

Asterix fever is hitting the French capital this week. As the doughty little Gaul and his man-mountain of a friend Obelix mark their 50th birthday, the whole of Paris seems to be celebrating with them ...

Albert Uderzo, the French comic book artist and scriptwriter best known for his work on 'Astérix,' has died at the age of 92. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor Albert Uderzo, the French comic ...

A little-reported ceremony took place a few days ago outside a nondescript apartment block in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. An old man unveiled a plaque to mark the birthplace of one of France's ...

Four original drawings by the creator of Asterix the Gaul sold Tuesday for nearly 400,000 euros to benefit Paris hospitals. Albert Uderzo, who invented the plucky hero who gleefully took on Roman ...

Astérix and his red-haired best friend Obélix make a return in this brand new adventure and the last story that Albert Uderzo was able to supervise. The wait is over for Astérix fans, as the Gaulish ...

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