Marsupilami
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Marsupilami is a fiction
al comic book
species created by André Franquin
, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine
Spirou
. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book
series Spirou et Fantasio
until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character dropped out soon afterward. In the late 1980s, the Marsupilami got its own successful spin-off
series of comic albums, Marsupilami, written by Greg, Yann and Dugomier and drawn by Batem, launching the publishing house Marsu Productions
. Later, two animated shows featuring this character, as well as a Sega Genesis video game and a variety of other merchandise followed. The asteroid
98494 Marsupilami
is named in its honour
.
The name is a portmanteau of the words marsupial
, Pilou-Pilou (the French name for Eugene the Jeep
, a character Franquin loved as a kid) and ami, French for friend.
Marsupilami's adventures had been translated to several languages, like Dutch
, German
, Spanish
, Portuguese
and several Scandinavian languages. More than three million albums of the Marsupilami series are claimed to have been sold by Marsu Productions
.
One album of Spirou and Fantasio featuring Marsupilami, number 15, was translated to English by Fantasy Flight Publishing in 1995, although it is currently out of print. Plans on releasing number 16 ended halfway through the translation process, due to bad sales. In 2007, Egmont's subsidiary Euro Books translated albums number 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 for the Indian market.
is mostly concerned with a documentary-within-the-comic about the life of a family of marsupilamis still living in the wild in Palombia
. The spin-off comics later drawn by Batem star those, and the title of the series now refers to the - also unnamed - father in this family, and not to Spirou's original Marsupilami.
In these series, Marsupilami's wife is referred to as Marsupilamie (a female version of the name) but their three young are named, respectively, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo. Mars le noir (Mars the Black) is another specimen, which first appears in the album Mars le Noir. A former captive marsupilami, he first finds it hard to live again in the forest. After failing to seduce Marsupilamie, he becomes jealous of Marsupilami and nearly gets into a fight with him. Later, he meets a black female marsupilami, named Vénus, who becomes his mate. In Baby Prinz, another specimen, an elderly male who lives in a zoo, is featured. Altogether, that comes to eight specimens in Palombia, plus Spirou and Fantasio's pet. Marsupilamis can come in colours of yellow, yellow with black spots, dark blue, white, white with black spots, and dark blue with yellow spots. Only the yellow, yellow with black spots and dark blue marsupilami's show up in cartoon.
These albums of Spirou and Fantasio feature the Marsupilami
n jungle along with a mate and children. The family first featured in 1957 in the Spirou adventure Le nid des Marsupilamis
(French for "The Nest of the Marsupilamis"), in which Seccotine, a journalist and rival to Fantasio, made a documentary about the life of the marsupilamis in the wild: courting, starting a family and feeding and protecting the youngsters from predators.
By the late 1960s, Franquin decided to pass the Spirou et Fantasio strip on to a new artist Jean-Claude Fournier
. Franquin held the rights to the Marsupilami and would not agree to let the creature appear in any more of the Spirou et Fantasio stories. Fournier came up with a story called Le faiseur d'or
("The Gold Maker") in which the Marsupilami played an important part. Franquin agreed to this last appearance, provided that he draw the pictures of the creature himself. Since then, however, the Marsupilami has never re-appeared in his strip of origin (though he can be seen as a stuffed toy in the Spirou adventure Virus
, published in 1982).
In 1987, Franquin launched the Marsupilami series with the new publishing house, Marsu Productions
, with Greg and Batem. This series featured the Marsupilami family which had appeared living in the wild in Le nid des Marsupilamis
. Later, Greg abandoned the series, and other collaborators were chosen by Franquin, such as Yann, Fauche and Adam. The first published album of the series is La Queue du Marsupilami
. In 2002, an album #0 was published, consisting of short stories featuring the Marsupilami, drawn by Franquin before 1987.
Disney
's version of the Marsupilami first appeared on television in Raw Toonage
in 1992, and was then spun off into his own eponymous show on the CBS
network. Marsupilami's supporting characters included Maurice the gorilla
, Stewart the elephant
, Eduardo the jaguar
, Leonardo the lion
, Norman the poacher
, and other characters. The original Marsupilami stories by Franquin never encountered a gorilla
or elephant
, since these species are native to Africa
, while the marsupilami in the comic was said to come from South America
(However, in the album "Le dictateur et le champignon", the Marsupilami escapes from his cell on a boat with a gorilla). Another change is Marsupilami can speak in difference to his comic counterpart that can only mimic sound like a parrot. In this version, Marsupilami is voiced by Steve Mackall
.
Schnookums and Meat
was a secondary segment on this show.
There were twenty-three episodes in the series, and the series lasted one season. Reruns of the show were aired on both Disney Channel
and Toon Disney
.
Animators Tony Bancroft
and Mike Surrey is in the character design ending credits.
. Produced by Cactus Animation, Marathon Production & Marsu Productions, this series more closely followed the character in the original comic.
In this first season, Marsupilami lived adventures alone or with his family (his wife Marsupilamie and their three young, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo). For example, in one episode he saved a group of circus animals, got them back to the city and saved the circus from closing. In another, he had to go to the city again to save one of his young, captured by their constant enemy, the hunter Bring M. Backalive.
version), Marsupilami and his family become best friends with a human family, the Du Jardin, that comes to live near them. Amanda is a Marsupilami researcher, while her husband Jean-Pierre is a computer technician that works from home and they have two children, Teo (Leo in the Disney Channel version) and toddler Zoe. Leo and Marsupilami become best friends and they have lots of adventures, with both new friends and old enemies, like Backalive.
A fifth season is in preparation.
This series has been broadcast in 36 countries, among them Germany (Super RTL
), Belgium (RTL TVI), Canada (Télé-Quebec
), Estonia (ETV
), Spain (Antena 3
, Disney Channel
, Toon Disney
and TV3
), Finland (MTV3
), Cyprus (CyBC
), Greece (Alter Channel
), Ireland (RTÉ
), Italy (Italia 1
), Portugal (Prisvideo), Switzerland (TSR
), Russia (THT Network), Hungary (Minimax
), Slovenia (RTV
), Morocco (2M Soreheads), Turkey (Yumurcak TV
), Mexico (TV Azteca
), Brazil (Rede Globo
), Venezuela (RCTV
), Indonesia (RCTI
and B Channel), Malaysia (TV3
and TV9
), the Africa Pansat (CFI), and Latin America (MVS
), the Near East and Middle East (TV5
), (E-Junior
), Vietnam (HTV7
), Thailand (United Broadcasting Corporation), South Korea (EBS
) Iceland (Uppeldi EHF), and South Africa (SABC).
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
al comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
species created by André Franquin
André Franquin
André Franquin was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best known comic strip creations are Gaston and Marsupilami, created while he worked on the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age.-Franquin's beginnings:Franquin was...
, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine
Franco-Belgian comics magazines
Belgium and France have a long tradition in comics. They have a common history for comics and magazines.In the early years of its history, magazines had a large place on the comics market and were often the only place where comics were published. Most of them were kids-targeted.In the 1970s,...
Spirou
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book
Franco-Belgian comics
Franco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...
series Spirou et Fantasio
Spirou et Fantasio
Spirou et Fantasio is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comic strips. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European humorous adventure comics like Tintin and Asterix...
until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character dropped out soon afterward. In the late 1980s, the Marsupilami got its own successful spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
series of comic albums, Marsupilami, written by Greg, Yann and Dugomier and drawn by Batem, launching the publishing house Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin...
. Later, two animated shows featuring this character, as well as a Sega Genesis video game and a variety of other merchandise followed. The asteroid
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
98494 Marsupilami
98494 Marsupilami
98494 Marsupilami is an asteroid. It was discovered by Jean-Claude Merlin on October 27, 2000. Its provisional designation was '. It is named after the Marsupilami.-External links:* *...
is named in its honour
Meanings of asteroid names
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.
The name is a portmanteau of the words marsupial
Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central...
, Pilou-Pilou (the French name for Eugene the Jeep
Eugene the Jeep
Eugene the Jeep is a character in the Popeye comic strip. A mysterious animal with magical abilities, the Jeep first appeared in the March 16, 1936, appearance of Thimble Theatre strip...
, a character Franquin loved as a kid) and ami, French for friend.
Marsupilami's adventures had been translated to several languages, like Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and several Scandinavian languages. More than three million albums of the Marsupilami series are claimed to have been sold by Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin...
.
One album of Spirou and Fantasio featuring Marsupilami, number 15, was translated to English by Fantasy Flight Publishing in 1995, although it is currently out of print. Plans on releasing number 16 ended halfway through the translation process, due to bad sales. In 2007, Egmont's subsidiary Euro Books translated albums number 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 for the Indian market.
Appearance
The marsupilami is a black-spotted yellow monkey-like creature. Male marsupilamis have an incredibly long, strong, flexible and prehensile tail which can be used for almost anything. Female marsupilamis have a much shorter tail, but still long compared to real animals. Unlike the males, the females also walk on the tips of their toes. When the animal rebounds, he makes a funny noise: "Boing". Males also have eyes that are not completely separate while females have two separate eyes. Female marsupilamis also have a totally different voice than the males. Males say "houba" most of the time, while females say "houbii", which means the same thing as houba, but sounds more feminine.Specimens
"The Marsupilami" refers originally to the individual captured and then adopted by Spirou and Fantasio, which they never bothered to name because he was the only known specimen. The Spirou et Fantasio album Le nid des MarsupilamisLe nid des Marsupilamis
Le nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, were serialised in Spirou, before the release in a hardcover album in 1960....
is mostly concerned with a documentary-within-the-comic about the life of a family of marsupilamis still living in the wild in Palombia
Palombia
Palombia is a fictitious South American country from the Belgian Spirou et Fantasio and Marsupilami comic book stories. The name is a portmanteau of Paraguay and Colombia. In French, Palombie is especially a word game between Colombie, Colombe and Palombe.-Overview:Palombia is a small country in...
. The spin-off comics later drawn by Batem star those, and the title of the series now refers to the - also unnamed - father in this family, and not to Spirou's original Marsupilami.
In these series, Marsupilami's wife is referred to as Marsupilamie (a female version of the name) but their three young are named, respectively, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo. Mars le noir (Mars the Black) is another specimen, which first appears in the album Mars le Noir. A former captive marsupilami, he first finds it hard to live again in the forest. After failing to seduce Marsupilamie, he becomes jealous of Marsupilami and nearly gets into a fight with him. Later, he meets a black female marsupilami, named Vénus, who becomes his mate. In Baby Prinz, another specimen, an elderly male who lives in a zoo, is featured. Altogether, that comes to eight specimens in Palombia, plus Spirou and Fantasio's pet. Marsupilamis can come in colours of yellow, yellow with black spots, dark blue, white, white with black spots, and dark blue with yellow spots. Only the yellow, yellow with black spots and dark blue marsupilami's show up in cartoon.
Spirou and Fantasio
- 4. Spirou et les héritiersSpirou et les héritiersSpirou et les héritiers, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fourth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and a great leap in the expansion of the Spirou universe...
(Spirou and the Heirs, 1952). First appearance of the Marsupilami. - 5. Les voleurs du MarsupilamiLes voleurs du MarsupilamiLes voleurs du Marsupilami, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, resuming development of the Spirou universe where the previous Spirou et les héritiers left off...
(The Marsupilami Robbers, 1952, after an idea by Jo Almo). This story picks up exactly where Spirou et les héritiers ends. - 7. Le dictateur et le champignonLe dictateur et le champignonLe dictateur et le champignon, written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. After serial publication in Spirou, the story was released as a hardcover album in 1956.-Story:...
(The Dictator and the Mushroom, 1953) - 8. La mauvaise têteLa mauvaise têteLa mauvaise tête, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eighth album in the Spirou et Fantasio series. After serial publication in Spirou the complete story was published, along with the Marsupilami short story Touchez pas aux rouges-gorges, in a hardcover album in 1957.-Story:In A Head for Crime,...
(The Wrong Head, 1954) (Only in a short story at the end) - 9. Le repaire de la murèneLe repaire de la murèneLe repaire de la murène, written and drawn by Franquin, is the ninth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, adding underwater adventure to the Spirou universe...
(The Murena's Hideout, 1955). - 10. Les pirates du silenceLes pirates du silenceLes pirates du silence, written and drawn by Franquin, is the tenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La Quick Super, were serialised in Spirou, before both were published in one hardcover album in 1958....
(Pirates of Silence, 1956, with RosyMaurice RosyMaurice Rosy , is a Belgian comics writer who also worked as artistic director of Spirou during its golden period.-Biography:...
(writing) and WillWill (comics)Willy Maltaite known by the pseudonym Will, was a comics creator and comics artist in the Franco-Belgian tradition...
(backgrounds)); followed by La Quick Super (1956) - 11. Le gorille a bonne mineLe gorille a bonne mineLe gorille a bonne mine, written and drawn by Franquin, is the eleventh album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story and Vacances sans histoires , were serialised in Spirou, before the hardcover album release in 1959.The title literally means roughly The Gorilla's in Good Shape, but the...
(Gorilla's in Good Shape, 1956); followed by Vacances sans histoires (Uneventful Holidays) - 12. Le nid des MarsupilamisLe nid des MarsupilamisLe nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, were serialised in Spirou, before the release in a hardcover album in 1960....
(The Marsupilamis' Nest, 1957); followed by La foire aux gangsters (Gangsters at the Fair) - 13. Le voyageur du MésozoïqueLe voyageur du MésozoïqueLe voyageur du Mésozoïque, written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the thirteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
(The Traveller from the Mesozoic, 1957); followed by La peur au bout du fil (Fear at the End of the Line, 1959, with Greg (writing)) - 14. Le prisonnier du BouddhaLe prisonnier du BouddhaLe prisonnier du Bouddha, written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the fourteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
(The prisoner of the Buddha, 1959, with Greg (writing) and JidéhemJidéhemJean De Mesmaeker known by the pseudonym Jidéhem, is a Belgian comics artist in the Marcinelle school tradition. A creator of his own series Sophie, and Ginger, and noted for his work with Starter and Uhu-man, he is perhaps best known for his collaborations and assistance to the work of André...
(backgrounds)) - 15. Z comme ZorglubZ comme ZorglubZ comme Zorglub, written and drawn by Franquin, is the fifteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych...
(Z is for Zorglub, 1960, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). First appearance of Zorglub. - 16. L'ombre du ZL'ombre du ZL'ombre du Z, written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the second part of Franquin's Zorglub diptych...
(The Shadow of Z, 1960, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). Concludes a diptych. - 17. Spirou et les hommes-bullesSpirou et les hommes-bullesSpirou et les hommes-bulles , written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventeenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
(Spirou and the Bubble Men, 1959); followed by Les petits formats (The Small Formats, 1960); both with Roba (art). These stories, along with Tembo Tabou, first appeared in a newspaper, Le Parisien LibéréLe ParisienLe Parisien is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs. It was established as Le Parisien libéré by Émilien Amaury in 1944, and the name was changed to the current one in 1986...
. - 18. QRN sur BretzelburgQRN sur BretzelburgQRN sur Bretzelburg , written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the eighteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
(Q.R.N. over Bretzelburg, 1963, with Greg (writing) and Jidéhem (backgrounds)). A longer version was published in 1987 in a limited printing. - 19. Panade à ChampignacPanade à ChampignacPanade à Champignac is the nineteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The story, written and drawn by Franquin, was serialised along with Bravo les Brothers in Spirou, before publication as a hardcover album in 1969.-Story:...
(Babysitting in Champignac, 1968; with PeyoPeyoPierre Culliford , known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.-Biography:...
and Gos (writing)); followed by Bravo les Brothers (Hurray for the Brothers, 1967; with Jidéhem (backgrounds)) - 20. Le faiseur d'orLe faiseur d'orLe faiseur d'or, written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to follow the Spirou retirement of André Franquin...
(The gold maker, 1970) - 24. Tembo TabouTembo TabouTembo Tabou, written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin and Jean Roba, is the twentyfourth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the twentieth under Franquin's authorship...
, (1958, with RobaJean RobaJean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
(art)); followed by short stories
Marsupilami
As well as the Marsupilami who lived with Spirou and Fantasio in many of the strips drawn by Franquin, there was another who still inhabited the wild PalombiaPalombia
Palombia is a fictitious South American country from the Belgian Spirou et Fantasio and Marsupilami comic book stories. The name is a portmanteau of Paraguay and Colombia. In French, Palombie is especially a word game between Colombie, Colombe and Palombe.-Overview:Palombia is a small country in...
n jungle along with a mate and children. The family first featured in 1957 in the Spirou adventure Le nid des Marsupilamis
Le nid des Marsupilamis
Le nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, were serialised in Spirou, before the release in a hardcover album in 1960....
(French for "The Nest of the Marsupilamis"), in which Seccotine, a journalist and rival to Fantasio, made a documentary about the life of the marsupilamis in the wild: courting, starting a family and feeding and protecting the youngsters from predators.
By the late 1960s, Franquin decided to pass the Spirou et Fantasio strip on to a new artist Jean-Claude Fournier
Jean-Claude Fournier
Jean-Claude Fournier , known simply as Fournier, is a French cartoonist best known as the comic book artist who handled Spirou et Fantasio in the years 1969-1979.-Biography:...
. Franquin held the rights to the Marsupilami and would not agree to let the creature appear in any more of the Spirou et Fantasio stories. Fournier came up with a story called Le faiseur d'or
Le faiseur d'or
Le faiseur d'or, written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentieth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to follow the Spirou retirement of André Franquin...
("The Gold Maker") in which the Marsupilami played an important part. Franquin agreed to this last appearance, provided that he draw the pictures of the creature himself. Since then, however, the Marsupilami has never re-appeared in his strip of origin (though he can be seen as a stuffed toy in the Spirou adventure Virus
Virus (Spirou et Fantasio)
Virus, written by Tome and drawn by Janry, is the 33rd album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the first to come from this creative team, carrying on the series after the work of previous authors...
, published in 1982).
In 1987, Franquin launched the Marsupilami series with the new publishing house, Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions
Marsu Productions, or simply Marsu, is a publishing house and licensing and merchandising company located in Monaco, managing Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns, chiefly from the comics universe of André Franquin...
, with Greg and Batem. This series featured the Marsupilami family which had appeared living in the wild in Le nid des Marsupilamis
Le nid des Marsupilamis
Le nid des Marsupilamis, written and drawn by Franquin, is the twelfth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story, and another, La foire aux gangsters, were serialised in Spirou, before the release in a hardcover album in 1960....
. Later, Greg abandoned the series, and other collaborators were chosen by Franquin, such as Yann, Fauche and Adam. The first published album of the series is La Queue du Marsupilami
La Queue du Marsupilami
La queue du Marsupilami, written by Greg and drawn by Franquin and his collaborator Batem, is a comic album relating the adventures of the fictional character Marsupilami...
. In 2002, an album #0 was published, consisting of short stories featuring the Marsupilami, drawn by Franquin before 1987.
- 0. Capturez un MarsupilamiCapturez un MarsupilamiCapturez un Marsupilami!, written and drawn by André Franquin, is a comic album containing adventures and short gags of the Marsupilami. Although not collected in one album until 2002, the contents are the earliest works of the original artist, from publications in Risque Tout and Spirou, and...
(Capture a Marsupilami, 6/2002) (Short-Story collection). Art and story by Franquin. - 1. La Queue du MarsupilamiLa Queue du MarsupilamiLa queue du Marsupilami, written by Greg and drawn by Franquin and his collaborator Batem, is a comic album relating the adventures of the fictional character Marsupilami...
(The tail of Marsupilami, 10/1987). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Greg. - 2. Le Bébé du bout du monde (The baby of the end of the world, 6/1988). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Greg.
- 3. Mars le Noir (Mars the Black, 3/1989). Art by Batem and Franquin, story by Yann.
- 4. Le Pollen du Monte Urticando (The pollen of Mount Urticando, 11/1989). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 5. Baby Prinz (10/1990). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 6. Fordlandia (11/1991). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 7. L'Or de Boavista (The Gold of Boavista, 10/1992). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 8. Le Temple de Boavista (The temple of Boavista, 10/1993). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 9. Le Papillon des cimes (The butterfly of the summit, 10/1994). Art by Batem, story by Yann.
- 10. Rififi en Palombie (4/1996). Art by Batem, story by Xavier Fauche and Eric Adam.
- 11. Houba Banana (7/1997). Art by Batem, story by Xavier Fauche and Eric Adam.
- 12. Trafic à Jollywood (7/1998). Art and story by Batem.
- 13. Le Défilé du jaguar (The fashion show of the jaguar, 9/1999). Art by Batem, story by Kaminka and Marais.
- 14. Un fils en or (A golden child, 6/2000). Art by Batem, story by Bourcquardez and Saive.
- 15. C'est quoi ce cirque !? (What's this circus!?, 9/2001). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier.
- 16. Tous en Piste (Everyone to the ring, 6/2003). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier.
- 17. L'orchidée des Chahutas (The orchid of the Chahutas, 6/2004). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier.
- 18. Robinson Academy (6/2005). Art by Batem, story by Dugomier.
- 19. Magie Blanche (White magic, 11/2006). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
- 20. Viva Palombia (6/2007). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
- 21. Red monster (4/2008). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
- 22. Chiquito Paradiso (4/2009). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
- 23. Croc Vert (5/2010). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
- 23. Opération Attila (20/5/2011). Art by Batem, story by Colman.
Other
- L'Encyclopédie du Marsupilami, published in 1991 is an "Encyclopedia" about how the Marsupilami works, not a comic book. Text is by Cambier and Verhoest, art by Batem and Franquin.
- Gaston et le Marsupilami was published by Dupuis in 1978. This album groups all the short stories featuring both Gaston LagaffeGaston LagaffeGaston is a comic strip created in 1957 by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin in the comic strip magazine, Spirou. The series focuses on the every-day life of Gaston Lagaffe, a lazy and accident-prone office junior...
and Marsupilami, previously published in SpirouSpirou (magazine)Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
. All these strips were then published in the album Capturez un MarsupilamiCapturez un MarsupilamiCapturez un Marsupilami!, written and drawn by André Franquin, is a comic album containing adventures and short gags of the Marsupilami. Although not collected in one album until 2002, the contents are the earliest works of the original artist, from publications in Risque Tout and Spirou, and...
. - In December 2006, an illustrated book series featuring the marsupilami as the main character was created in the Bibliothèque Rose Collection, published by HachetteHachette (publishing)Hachette Livre, , is a French publisher, the flagship imprint of Lagardère Publishing. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as a bookshop and publishing company. Hachette has its headquarters in the 15th arrondissement of Paris....
. Scenarios are taken from the animated series Mon ami Marsupilami. - Several Marsupilami cameos and tributes have been produced in Franco-Belgian comicsFranco-Belgian comicsFranco-Belgian comics are comics that are created in Belgium and France. These countries have a long tradition in comics and comic books, where they are known as BDs, an abbreviation of bande dessinée in French and stripverhalen in Dutch...
; among the earliest in JijéJijéJijé was a Belgian comics artist, best known for being a seminal artist on the Spirou et Fantasio strip and the creator of one of the first major European western strips, Jerry Spring.-Biography:Born Joseph Gillain in Gedinne, Namur, he completed various art studies Jijé (13 January 1914 – 20...
's series Blondin et Cirage, in the volume Les soucoupes volantes (1956), where the characters Blondin and Cirage find the creature Marsupilami Africanis, a slightly different species than the South American Marsupilamus Fantasii.
Disney animation
The Walt Disney Company
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's version of the Marsupilami first appeared on television in Raw Toonage
Raw Toonage
Disney's Raw Toonage is a half hour Disney animated cartoon series that aired on the CBS network in the fall of 1992.-History and production:...
in 1992, and was then spun off into his own eponymous show on the CBS
CBS
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network. Marsupilami's supporting characters included Maurice the gorilla
Gorilla
Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
, Stewart the elephant
Elephant
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, Eduardo the jaguar
Jaguar
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, Leonardo the lion
Lion
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, Norman the poacher
Poaching
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, and other characters. The original Marsupilami stories by Franquin never encountered a gorilla
Gorilla
Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
or elephant
Elephant
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, since these species are native to Africa
Africa
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, while the marsupilami in the comic was said to come from South America
South America
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(However, in the album "Le dictateur et le champignon", the Marsupilami escapes from his cell on a boat with a gorilla). Another change is Marsupilami can speak in difference to his comic counterpart that can only mimic sound like a parrot. In this version, Marsupilami is voiced by Steve Mackall
Steve Mackall
Stephen "Steve" Mackall is a Canadian-American cartoon voice actor. He is best known for the voice of Marsupilami in the cartoon, Disney's Marsupilami ....
.
Schnookums and Meat
The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show
The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and aired in 1995...
was a secondary segment on this show.
There were twenty-three episodes in the series, and the series lasted one season. Reruns of the show were aired on both Disney Channel
Disney Channel
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and Toon Disney
Toon Disney
Toon Disney was an American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. A spinoff of Disney Channel, it mostly aired children's animated series and some live action programming. Its format had similarities to those of Cartoon Network and Nicktoons...
.
Animators Tony Bancroft
Tony Bancroft
Anthony Bancroft is an American animator and film director who frequently colloberates with Disney. He is founder and owner of Christian animation company Toonacious Family Entertainment. Tony currently serves as the Executive VP Creative Development and Production for Mirch Animation.-Life and...
and Mike Surrey is in the character design ending credits.
Season 1 - Marsupilami (2000)
A second series, this time produced in France, premiered in March 2000 and ran for 26 episodes in France's Canal JCanal J
Canal J is a French television network dedicated to children's programming. It is available through digital terrestrial television service 'TNT' and is aimed at children aged between 4 and 16 years old.-History:...
. Produced by Cactus Animation, Marathon Production & Marsu Productions, this series more closely followed the character in the original comic.
In this first season, Marsupilami lived adventures alone or with his family (his wife Marsupilamie and their three young, Bibi, Bibu and Bobo). For example, in one episode he saved a group of circus animals, got them back to the city and saved the circus from closing. In another, he had to go to the city again to save one of his young, captured by their constant enemy, the hunter Bring M. Backalive.
Season 2 - Mon ami Marsupilami (2003)
In the 15 episode second season, called Mon ami Marsupilami (translated as My friend Marsupilami in the Disney ChannelDisney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
version), Marsupilami and his family become best friends with a human family, the Du Jardin, that comes to live near them. Amanda is a Marsupilami researcher, while her husband Jean-Pierre is a computer technician that works from home and they have two children, Teo (Leo in the Disney Channel version) and toddler Zoe. Leo and Marsupilami become best friends and they have lots of adventures, with both new friends and old enemies, like Backalive.
Seasons 3-5 - Houba Houba Hop! (2009-present)
The third series, started in 2009, features young Hector and his aunt Diane, who are going to live in the jungle for one year to study its fauna and flora. They become the best friends with the Marsupilami family. Their main enemies are megalomaniac industrialist and jungle-hater Felicia Devort, who plans to level out the Palombian jungle and build the Devort City megalopolis in its place, and her two henchmen, Stroy and Blouprint. Their old enemy, hunter Bring M. Backalive, also appears.A fifth season is in preparation.
This series has been broadcast in 36 countries, among them Germany (Super RTL
Super RTL
Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children...
), Belgium (RTL TVI), Canada (Télé-Quebec
Télé-Québec
Télé-Québec is a French language public educational television network in the Canadian province of Quebec. Known legally as Société de télédiffusion du Québec , it is a provincial crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec...
), Estonia (ETV
Eesti Televisioon
Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...
), Spain (Antena 3
Antena 3 (Spain)
Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....
, Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
, Toon Disney
Toon Disney
Toon Disney was an American cable television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company. A spinoff of Disney Channel, it mostly aired children's animated series and some live action programming. Its format had similarities to those of Cartoon Network and Nicktoons...
and TV3
TV3 (Catalonia)
TV3 is the primary television channel of Catalan public broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya, a subsidiary of the CCMA. TV3 broadcasts programs only in Catalan, with an optional dual track in the original language for some foreign-language series and movies...
), Finland (MTV3
MTV3
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), Cyprus (CyBC
CYBC
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), Greece (Alter Channel
Alter Channel
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), Ireland (RTÉ
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
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), Italy (Italia 1
Italia 1
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), Portugal (Prisvideo), Switzerland (TSR
Télévision Suisse Romande
Télévision Suisse Romande is a TV network with 2 channels: TSR 1 and TSR 2. They are the main French language channels in Switzerland, part of SRG SSR idée suisse...
), Russia (THT Network), Hungary (Minimax
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), Slovenia (RTV
Radiotelevizija Slovenija
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), Morocco (2M Soreheads), Turkey (Yumurcak TV
Yumurcak TV
Yumurcak TV is a Turkish television own and operated by Samanyolu Yayıncılık A.Ş.....
), Mexico (TV Azteca
TV Azteca
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), Brazil (Rede Globo
Rede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
), Venezuela (RCTV
RCTV
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), Indonesia (RCTI
RCTI
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and B Channel), Malaysia (TV3
TV3 (Malaysia)
Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad or TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 as Malaysia’s first commercial television station. It is part of Media Prima Berhad group of companies. It now transmits opened broadcasting business private 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2010...
and TV9
TV9 (Malaysia)
TV9 is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. TV9 began broadcasting on 22 April 2006, as a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad. It formerly existed as Channel 9, which began airing on 9 September 2003 and ceased transmission on 1 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the...
), the Africa Pansat (CFI), and Latin America (MVS
MVS
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), the Near East and Middle East (TV5
TV5MONDE
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), (E-Junior
E-Junior
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), Vietnam (HTV7
Ho Chi Minh City Television
Ho Chi Minh City Television is the official televised channel of Ho Chi Minh City. HTV broadcasts in three channels: entertainment & advertisement service and gameshow on HTV7, information, propaganda-trend, official and analog-digital on HTV9, and HTV4. HTV also has several specific cable and...
), Thailand (United Broadcasting Corporation), South Korea (EBS
Educational Broadcasting System
Educational Broadcasting System or EBS is the only educational television and radio network covering South Korean territory. Established as KBS 3TV in the 1980's, and became an independent corporation in 2000...
) Iceland (Uppeldi EHF), and South Africa (SABC).
Fame
- A wax statute of a marsupilami was manufactured and exhibited at the Grévin Museum, a museum displaying realistic statues of famous personalities, along with two other famous Franco-Belgian comics characters, Tintin and Asterix.
- Many commercial products have been created by several companies: clothes (Avance Diffusion), shoes (Léomil), clocks, watches, decoration, dishes (Tropico), figurines (Pixi and Plastoy), cuddly toys (Nounours), socks (Agofroy), schoolbags (HasbroHasbroHasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
), school products (Oberthur), linen (MCT), puzzles (Jumbo), underwear (United Labels). - Marsupilami appears on a stamp created by the French PosteLa Poste (France)La Poste is the mail service of France, which also operates postal services in the French Overseas Departments of Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana, and the territorial collectivities of Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Mayotte...
in 2003 (n° 3569). - The official website www.marsupilami.com claims to have more than 25,000 subscribers.
- The Marsupilami is a fairground attraction in Asterix and the Big FightAsterix and the Big FightAsterix and the Big Fight is a French comic book, the seventh in the Asterix comic book series. It was written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo. Its original French title is Le Combat des chefs and it was first published in serial form in Pilote magazines, issues 261-302, in 1964...
.