- La Queue du Marsupilami
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publisher=Marsu Productions
date=1987
series="Marsupilami "
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origdate=1987
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writers=Greg
artists=FranquinBatem Vittorio Leonardo (colors)
colorists=Vittorio Leonardo
nextissue= "Le Bébé du bout du monde ",1988 "La queue du Marsupilami", written by Greg and and drawn by Franquin and his collaborator
Batem , is a comic album relating the adventures of the fictional characterMarsupilami . This album is the number 1 in the series of Marsupilami albums, published byMarsu Productions .History
With the album "La queue du Marsupilami", a new series is launched by Franquin entirely dedicated to the adventures of Marsupilami, who only appeared as a secondary character in the
Spirou and Fantasio comics series. This album sold more than 600.000 copies [http://www.marsupilami.com/site/en/index.php?pg=alb] . From 1987, one album was published each year. This first album was reedited three times, in 1991, 1997 and 2007 [http://www.bedetheque.com/serie-163-BD-Marsupilami.html#274] . The creation of this new series was also forced by legal reasons: when Franquin left the publishing companyDupuis to start on his ownMarsu Productions , he brought his own creationsMarsupilami andGaston Lagaffe along with him, but had to leave the older characters Spirou and Fantasio at Dupuis. Thus, the characters could no longer have common adventures. [http://www.sceneario.com/bd_8493_marsupilami_(le)_tome_1.html] .tory
In the Palombia jungle, Bring M. Backalive, a hunter who seeks personal glory, searchs for a marsupilami, an animal that nobody had never captured. The hunter's attempts are occasions for some gags. The tone is largely humoristic and the hunter rather a comic character than a dangerous man. The story is also an opportunity to discover the way of life and the several abilities of the marsupilamis.
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External links
* [http://www.marsupilami.com/site/index1_en.htm Official website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Paris/cafe/2877/marsupil/marsupil.html Marsupilami] on Weborgers
* [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/m/marsupil.htm Marsupilami] on the Internationalhero website fr_icon
* [http://www.bdcentral.com/Marsupilami/ Marsupilami] on BDcentral fr_icon
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