Asterix around the World - the many Languages of Asterix

Welcome at Asterix around the World

A site which is dedicated to the 34 comic albums made by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, and the 100+ languages and dialects these albums are translated into. Furthermore you can find caricatures, album summaries and other interesting information. Check our menu to find out more...

Latest news: 06 June - The Picts are coming!

The French magazine LivresHebdo for the professional bookshops has written an introduction for the new story. A footnote lists all 23 languages that are appearing on the 23 of october with the new book. Two languages follow a little later in december. Good news is the return of a Scottish Gaelic edition, but also a new language in asterix' universe, Scots, will make an entrance. (Scots is not Celtic). Can't wait! (6 June 13)

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List with 100+ translations. Click on a language for detailed info
Detailed Album Descriptions. Summary, Allusions and Details
Concise Overview. Translations, publishers and translated titles
Complete Printable Guide! Extensive list with more than 120 pages
Missing cover pictures We still miss a few cover pictures, please send yours!

Who is Asterix?

Asterix has become an institution in Europe, and a worldwide best seller. This heroic comic book character lives around 50 BC in a fictional Gaulish village in northwest Armorica. Together with his oversized, clumsy but good-hearted friend Obelix, he outwits Julius Caesar and his Roman Legions while preventing them from conquering their village. A recurring plot in most albums concerns the attempts by the Romans to steal the secret recipe of a potion that gives the drinker superhuman strength.

Asterix and Latraviata