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Asterix in Belgium is the 24th comic book of the Asterix series, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. In this edition, the main characters Asterix and Obelix travel to Belgium to prove that their villagers are in fact the bravest men of Gaul, and not the Belgians as Caesar stated.The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Since the death of Goscinny in 1977, Uderzo has continued the series alone. The books follow a village of ancient Gauls resisting the Roman occupation. The villagers use a magic potion, brewed by their druid to get superhuman strength.

The humor of the Asterix is typically French and uses many caricatures and stereotypes of the European nations and French regions. Even though the stories reflect life in the 1st century BC fairly accurate, many people and things are borrowed from 20th century real life. For example, all the tribes are satirized prototypes of their modern counterparts, or resemble famous people of our times. The popularity of the strips is that it has comic elements for all ages: young children like the visual gags, while adults appreciate the cleverness of the allusions and puns that sparkle throughout the texts.

Asterix in Belgium is the twenty-fourth volume of the Asterix comic book series. In this book, Caesar states that the Belgians are the bravest enemies he’s ever faced (historically really stated by Caesar). However, until then the village in which Asterix and Obelix live has been the greatest terror of the Romans. To prove that they are indeed the bravest men of Gaul, they travel to Belgium and propose a competition. The contest consists of destroying Roman camps.