I’m not too familiar with these characters and this series, but I understand André Franquin originally created a marsupilami character as part of his work on Spirou, then took the rights with him when he left, spinning them in to a new series of the same name. After his death, other creators worked on a new volume of series, such as Batem, as seen above. [Lambiek]

Note their incredibly long tails, which are like a super-powered fifth limb. I kind of wish I had one of those, as silly as it might look.

  • NacktmullEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Huba Huba! They indeed got their own series, which is aimed at children and younger teenagers. I enjoyed it a lot when I was a kid. Being centred around animal characters and with almost no text/dialogues, the series developed a distinguished style of storytelling, that is approachable for all ages and always resonates on a positive keynote.

    The pictured male Marsupilami is probably the black cub from the litter of the famous Marsupilami that had adventures with Spirou and Fantasio. The land where the Marsupilamis live is called Palumbia/Polombia by the way. Huba Huba Hop!

    Edit: I just found out Marsupilami was sold out to Disney and is now a soulless animated Disney show. Let´s act like only the original comics exist, please!

    • JohnnyEnzymeOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      thanks for the context; i need to take a closer look at this series

      btw, there is evidently a new marsupilami series called ‘La Bête,’ by Zidrou and Pé. from what i understand, it takes the characters in to a more serious, modern direction, with not as much clowning fun as in the earlier series–

      https://www.google.com/search?q=La+Bête+Zidrou+Pé+marsupilami&tbm=isch

      you might also be interested by the story of how franquin got revenge on disney–

      http://web.archive.org/web/20200120133332/https://www.pipelinecomics.com/comic-book-artist-franquin-sues-disney-and-wins/

      • NacktmullEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        there is evidently a new marsupilami series called ‘La Bête

        I had no idea! The drawing style looks really good

        However, I have to get used to the serious and more mature keynote, because for me Marsupilami is a childhood memory defined by being light and wholesome.

        you might also be interested by the story of how franquin got revenge on disney–

        Sweet satisfaction!

        • JohnnyEnzymeOPMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          However, I have to get used to the serious and more mature keynote, because for me Marsupilami is a childhood memory defined by being light and wholesome.

          Yeah, makes total sense. I also like the drawing style, as it looks amazingly like an animal that should really exist, like a cross between spotted hyena and some kind of monkey.

          Btw, I like the image compositions you make, such as above. Are you using a tool to do that? I have another post to make in which I need to line up 5-6 images in to a single image, and doing it by hand in GIMP would be a pain.

          • NacktmullEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I´m embarrassed to tell you but the image I posted above is one image file that a one minute search brought up and I know nothing about making image compositions.

            • JohnnyEnzymeOPMEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Oof, I tried searching for “online composition tools,” but they all seem to be meant for stitching together panorama photos to produce a larger panorama photo.

              Finally I hit on searching for “online gallery image tool” which led me to this one. Good enough!

              • NacktmullEnglish
                2·
                1 year ago

                I tested it with random images. That´s definitely good enough for me. Thank you for the hint, might come in handy.