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Asterix (French: Astérix) is a fictional character the titular hero of the French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix.The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars. Asterix was created in 1959 by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo. Since then thirty-five books in the series have been released with Uderzo taking over writing duties after the death of Goscinny in 1977.