French cartoonist and author Albert Uderzo (C), coauthor with late French author and cartoonist Rene Goscinny, poses with designer French Jean-Yves Ferri (L) and designer and writer Didier Conrad (R) after a press conference in Paris on October 2, 2013 for the release of the new album "Asterix chez les Pictes" (Asterix and the Picts), new adventures of Asterix (model foreground), a diminutive moustachioed warrior battling the Roman occupation of his native Gaul, or ancient France. AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY