Uderzo created Asterix in 1959 with the writer Rene Goscinny.

Comic book hero Asterix, the indomitable Gaul who with his friend Obelix, has been keeping the Romans at bay, turns 50 this week and the cr...

Comic book characters like Prince Valiant or Tarzan are much older than Asterix the Gaul. The diminutive warrior’s first adventure appeared...