French Jean-Yves Ferri (R) and designer Didier Conrad (L), the creators of the new m "Asterix chez les Pictes" (Asterix and the Picts) pose after a press conference in Paris on October 2, 2013, for the release of the book, new adventures of Asterix (model a left), a diminutive moustachioed warrior battling the Roman occupation of his native Gaul, or ancient France.AFP PHOTO / BERTRAND GUAY