Obelix ban he regards as being tremendously unfair. Other characteristics are his simplemindedness, his love and care for his dog Dogmatix, his anger when someone refers to him as being ""fat"", his enthusiasm for hunting and eating wild boars and beating up Romans. His catchphrase is: ""Ils sont fous ces romains"", which translates into "These Romans are crazy!", although he considers nearly every other nationality to be just as strange. The character was portrayed by actor Gérard Depardieu in every Asterix live-action movie. He is a large man who does not see himself as fat, preferring to call himself ""well covered""
Brussels' Comic Book Route Brussels' Comic Book Route The Brussels' Comic Book Route (or also "The comic strip route in Brussels") is a path composed by several comic strip murals which deck the walls of several buildings throughout the inner City of Brussels as well as the neighborhoods of Laeken and Auderghem. The large comic strip murals show motifs of the most famous and popular Belgian comics, for instance "The Adventures of Tintin", "Lucky Luke", "Gaston", "Marsupilami" and "Gil Jourdan". The project began in 1991 by initiative of the local authorities of the city of Brussels in collaboration with the Belgian Comic Strip Center.