Asterix: Asterix and The Class Act

The latest action-packed adventure from our indomitable Gauls, Asterix and the Griffin, is out now! Vintage Asterix! Fourteen short stories including tales of: - The day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight) - How Obelix goes back to school - Fashion in Ancient Gaul - How Dogamatirx helps the village cockerel win a duel - And how he is adopted as a Roman mascot - Asterix as you've never seen him before - Obelix's adventures under the mistletoe - The bid for the very first Gaulish Olympics - The birth of an idea - the story of the creation of Asterix And much, much more.

Albert Uderzo has been illustrating Asterix for 37 years, and has written the most recent titles since Goscinny's death. He enjoys racing sports cars and owns a large number of Ferraris. He was the recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest honour, for services to the arts. Asterix is a best seller in 70 languages Rene Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, and spent most of his childhood in Argentina, before eventually moving to Paris in 1951. He died in 1977.