Asterix comics uses lots of puns, caricatures and other humour, as well as the phrase “These Romans are crazy!”.The main characters in the Asterix books are Asterix, the hero Obelix, Asterix’s friend and Dogmatix, Obelix’s dog, and there have been approximately 400 other characters throughout the series.
Asterix is French comic series that has been translated into 100 languages, and the English translation has been very popular.Asterix books are also known as the ‘Adventures of Asterix’, Astèrix and Astèrix le Gaulois.