Four unique drawings by the maker of Asterix the Gaul have sold for about €400,000 to profit Paris emergency clinics.

Albert Uderzo, who developed the fearless saint who joyously took on the attacking Roman armies, kicked the bucket from cardiovascular breakdown connected to the coronavirus in March at 92 years old.

His widow, Ada, said the cause sell-off on Tuesday was a method of expressing gratitude toward "our new saints who have opposed the intruder", a reference to the infection that has killed in excess of 28,000 individuals in France.

The four unique kid's shows sold for €390,000 (£347,000), the closeout house Artcurial told AFP.

Uderzo co-made Asterix with scriptwriter René Goscinny and propped the epic up after his companion's inopportune demise in 1977.

He proceeded to make a whole exhibition of characters adored of kids and grown-ups over the world.

The drawings – which included pictures from the generally ongoing experiences Asterix and the Secret Weapon and Asterix and Obelix All at Sea – were given to the Paris medical clinics' trust by the craftsman's widow and little girl.

Ada Uderzo and her little girl Sylvie needed "to get together with the entire country in paying tribute to French emergency clinic staff" for their work during the pandemic, the sale house said.

More than 380m Asterix books have been sold worldwide in 111 dialects, with films, TV arrangements, computer games, and a French amusement park committed to the comic and its characters.