Roman Odysseys

Roman Odysseys (in portuguese: Odisseias Romanas) is a series of comic book albums created by the Brazilian cartoonist and history teacher Bráulio Romão Serqueira, who wrote under the pen name Groselho. The series is considered the most popular Brazilian production in the world, having notable fandoms in the United States, Italy, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and also in various parts of the African continent. The series and its derivatives (cartoons and toys), for cultural reasons, were censored until early 90s in Northern Europe, which saw as an "unfavorable image" how the Vikings and other Nordic peoples were portrayed in the albums as well as in the cartoon based on these albums produced between 1982-1987, over time, Nordic countries also joined countries with a strong Roman Odysseys fandom.

The series accompanies 5 protagonists: Gnaeus, Octavia, Marcus, Ateia and Festinia, who go on adventures through the Roman Empire and through other localities and groups of ancient peoples, such as African, Nordic, Asian, Celtic-speaking peoples, and even Tribal groups of American continent.

The series first appeared in Paulistinha, a youth supplement of the São Paulo-based Brazilian newspaper O Paulista.The series success led, in 1933, to Paulistinha becoming a monthly magazine and ceasing to be a supplement, where Roman Odysseys remained the magazine's flagship until 1945, at the same time Groselho became editor-in-chief.

In 1945, Groselho resigned from Paulistinha magazine and a year later created his own individual company, Groselho Quadrinhos, which was responsible for publishing all editions of Roman Odysseys until 1995, when Hasbro, a company which Groselho Quadrinhos was a subsidiary of, from 1977, declared the company completely closed.

Since 1995, the Roman Odysseys comic books have been produced by Platinum Studios, in partnership with Hasbro.