The year is 50 BC. All of Gaul is occupied by the Romans. All of Gaul? No — one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders.
René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Asterix is one of the most widely read comic series in history — translated into over 110 languages, with more than 300 million albums sold worldwide, and a cast of characters so vivid and so funny that they have never needed updating. Asterix, the small but extraordinarily clever warrior. Obelix, his enormous, menhir-carrying, wild-boar-consuming best friend who fell into the magic potion as a baby and has never quite recovered. Getafix the druid, whose recipe for superhuman strength is the village's greatest secret. And Dogmatix, the tiny dog who weeps for every fallen tree.
What Goscinny and Uderzo built across thirty-eight albums — and what their successors have continued — is a comedy so layered it works simultaneously for children who love the slapstick and adults who recognise the political satire, the linguistic wordplay and the gentle mockery of every nationality including the Gauls themselves. The Romans are not evil. They are simply overwhelmed. One cannot help but feel for them.
Our Asterix collection brings together officially licensed figures, gifts and accessories for fans of the little village that has been holding out for over sixty years.
These Romans are crazy.
