Éditions Albert René is a French publishing house created in 1979 by cartoonist Albert Uderzo, two years after the death of his collaborating scriptwriter René Goscinny.[1] The company Hachette Livre owns 100% of the publishing house since 2011.[2] Éditions Albert René control the publication of the Astérix series (from the album Asterix and the Great Divide, 25th album in the series), Jehan Pistolet, Oumpah-Pah and the other joint works of Uderzo and Goscinny.[3] [4]