Asterix is back for his 37th comic adventure! This time, battling his way across Italy in a chariot race.

Asterix has been translated into more than 100 languages – there’s been dozens of movies and cartoon series too!

The latest edition, ‘Asterix et la Transitalique’ (Asterix and the Chariot Race), is set in ancient Italy. In the book, Asterix meets a tribe called the Italics who are also fighting to remain independent from Rome.

The last three editions have been written by Jean-Yves Ferri and drawn by Didier Conrad.

“We had Italy in mind and then I had the idea of a chariot race, a sort of rally from ancient times, a trip across the peninsula leading from one city to another,” said Ferri.

The new Asterix features a new villain, Coronavirus, a mysterious, masked chariot racer who will stop at nothing to win.

Asterix and the Chariot Race will have a print run of five million copies!

Written by Todd Hancock / https://twitter.com/toddcastpodcast

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