These warriors have resisted the Roman occupation with their fierce bravery but they also have a little help from a magic potion brewed with secret ingredients by their village druid. The situationĪ small village of Gaul warriors hold on strong against the mighty Roman Empire who have taken over Gaul entirely except for this tiny village.
Picture this – the village elder is called Geriatrix, the pet dog is called Dogmatix, the village bard is called Cacofonix and we could go on and on! Keep reading because we are about to list our all-time favourite Asterix characters from the series soon in this article! 2. Not just because of their brilliant characterization but their names too. Reading an Asterix and Obelix comic and meeting all the characters is a laugh riot. Asterix characters and their genius names! Top three reasons why readers love Asterix and Obelixġ.
The series features a village full of Gaulish warriors who resist the Roman occupation and fight against the empire of Julius Caesar.
Ask any 90s child and they will tell you how they found these books stashed away in a cupboard or a shelf in the house and how they gingerly leafed through one and got hooked! The Asterix series first appeared in 1959 and since then 38 volumes have been released.
The Asterix books have become a mainstay in the publishing industry, with more than 370 million copies sold worldwide.Īs well as being translated into more than 100 languages, the books have inspired a dozen movies and cartoon series, making it a global phenomenon.Reading Asterix and Obelix is a rite of passage. So the idea was to use certain expressions like teenagers do,” said Ferri, the scriptwriter.Īsterix’s 38 th adventure, printed in 5 million copies, will be released on Thursday. We don’t have a lot of documentation about that. “In terms of the vocabulary it was quite amusing because I had to create a sort of teenage language for the time. In the latest edition, Asterix and Obelix must protect Adrenaline, who is being hunted down by the Romans, while also being confronted by the intergenerational gap between them and the young chieftain’s daughter. Most of the time they are young attractive women who seduce Obelix and their role stops there,” Conrad said.
“We didn’t want to develop a character who would be based on her seductive side as we usually do with female characters in Asterix. The last three editions of Asterix have been written by Jean-Yves Ferri and drawn by Didier Conrad, sticking closely to the original format. With her long red braided hard, black trousers, gold headphones and grumpy teenage disposition, Adrenaline will keep Asterix and his oversized sidekick Obelix chasing after her to ensure her safety as she explores adolescent rebellion.
In a move to update the books, which have been entertaining readers since 1959 and spawned multiple movie spinoffs, the action in the new edition revolves around a character called Adrenaline, the teenage daughter of famous Gaulish king Vercingetorix.