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.

  • JohnnyEnzymeOPMEnglish
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    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
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        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
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          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
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              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.