The incredibly popular European comic series, “Asterix,” arrived on Netflix on April 30 in the form of a five-part animated series titled “Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight,” featuring the ...

The plucky Gallic rebels, created by illustrator Albert Uderzo and writer Rene Goscinny in 1959, have a vast following thanks to the original comic books that have sold around 400 million copies.