''La queue du Marsupilami'', written by

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and drawn by Franquin and his collaborator

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, is a comic album relating the adventures of the fictional character

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. This album is the number 1 in the series of Marsupilami albums, published by

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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

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comics series. This album sold more than 600.000 copies. From 1987, one album was published each year. This first album was reedited three times, in 1991, 1997 and 2007. The creation of this new series was also forced by legal reasons: when Franquin left the publishing company

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to start on his own

, he brought his own creations

and

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along with him, but had to leave the older characters Spirou and Fantasio at Dupuis. Thus, the characters could no longer have common adventures. .

Story

In the Palombia jungle, Bring M. Backalive, a hunter who seeks personal glory, searches 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 including the ejector paws and elongating tails.

References

External links

Official website

on Weborgers

on the Internationalhero website
Marsupilami
on BDcentral Comics by André Franquin 1987 graphic novels Marsupilami {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub