by a Thinker, Sailor, Blogger, Irreverent Guy from Madras

Doodle celebrates 50 years of Asterix


October 29, 2009 is the 50th anniversary of the remarkable comics Asterix.  Google has decided to celebrate with a Doodle depicting Asterix and Obelix on its homepage - though not pictured in Google's India homepage!

In the Doodle, Asterix is shown punching a Roman soldier through the Google logo, while Obelix gazes on carrying a pile of Roman helmets, and a boar.  There is no Dogmatix, though.

The Adventures of Asterix, are a series of comics drawn by the French illustrator Alberto Uderzo and written by Rene Goscinny. The comic initially appeared in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote, on October 29th 1959.  The first book was released in 1961, titled “Asterix the Gaul”.

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After Goscinny's death in 1977, Uderzo continued to write and illustrate the books on his own, though the cover credits still read "Goscinny and Uderzo".

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