Dogmatix the Legionary" he makes clear his loathing for Panacea with whom Obelix had fallen in love. He shows the same attitude to Influenza in "Asterix and Caesar's Gift" and Melodrama in "Asterix and the Great Divide". However, despite his loyalty to his master, Dogmatix has been shown to side with Asterix in arguments on various occasions, such as in "Asterix and the Soothsayer" and "Obelix and Co." His friendship with Pepe in "Asterix in Spain " and "Asterix in Corsica" causes Obelix to become jealous. Likewise, Dogmatix is unimpressed by Obelix's attraction towards Panacea in the earlier stages of "Asterix
Comic book characters. Balloons are usually convex spatial containers of information that are related to a character using a tail element. The tail has an origin, path, tip, and pointed direction. Key tasks in the creation of comic books are writing, drawing, and coloring. Comics as a print medium have existed in America since the printing of "The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck" in 1842 in hardcover, making it the first known American prototype comic book. Proto-comics periodicals began appearing early in the 20th century, with historians generally citing Dell Publishing's 36-page "Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics" as the first true