by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo · Orion · tapa dura · ISBN 9780752866260
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«Asterix at the Olympic Games» is the adventure comic by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, published by Orion in hardback (48 pages, in English).
In this adventure, Asterix and Obelix go to the Olympic Games in Athens to compete against the best athletes of antiquity. The ban on the magic potion, considered an artificial stimulant, forces the Gauls to seek other routes to victory. Humour, racing and satire of sport in classical Greece.
Twelfth album in the Asterix series. The original French edition, «Astérix aux Jeux olympiques», was published in 1968.
Children's and young adult audience, with an estimated reading level from age 8.
René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his childhood in Argentina where he attended French schools and later lived in the United States for a short period of time. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series Lucky Luke.
