Original: Asterix or The Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic books written by RenÃ Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo (Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977).
Simplified: Asterix is a French comic book, created by RenÃ Goscinny (words) and Albert Uderzo (pictures). Goscinny died in 1977 and Uderzo continues to draw and write the series by himself.