by René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478380541
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«Asterix el gladiador» is the adventure and humor comic by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, published by Ediciones del Prado in paperback (48 pp., in Spanish).
The bard Asurancetúrix is sold as a slave and sent to Rome to become a gladiator, so Asterix and Obelix go to rescue him. The adventure takes place in the Roman circus, with disguises, tricks and fights, and the series' characteristic humor.
It is part of the Asterix the Gaul series; in the Ediciones del Prado collection it appears as number 23. The French original, Astérix gladiateur, dates from 1964.
For readers of classic European comics and for Asterix fans looking for humorous adventures set in ancient Rome.
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.
