Tembo Tabou
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Tembo 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. The story was initially serialised in Le Parisien Libéré
, and later in Spirou
, before it was published, along with the Marsupilami
story La Cage, as a hardcover album in 1974.
and Fantasio
find themselves on another expedition travelling upstream an African river, in search of vanished American author Oliver Gurgling Thirstywell. Events become increasingly more strange when they discover red elephants, befriend a pygmy tribe, learn of Marsupilami
's love of eating warrior ants, and confront a gang of "protection racket" thugs who cultivate meat-eating plants.
The story The Cage cronicles an awful day at work for intrepid poacher Bring M. Backalive, obsessed with capturing a living sample of a baby Marsupilami, who learns the cost of angering a Marsupilami father.
and QRN sur Bretzelburg
.
The story was later published in Sweden in book form, included in the collected series of Franquin's Spirou,
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...
and Greg, drawn by Franquin and Jean Roba
Jean Roba
Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.-Biography:...
, is the twentyfourth album of the 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...
series, and the twentieth under Franquin's authorship. The story was initially serialised in Le Parisien Libéré
Le Parisien
Le 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...
, and later in Spirou
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
, before it was published, along with the Marsupilami
Marsupilami
Marsupilami is a fictional 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...
story La Cage, as a hardcover album in 1974.
Story
In Tembo Tabou, SpirouSpirou (character)
Spirou is the main character of the Spirou et Fantasio and Le Petit Spirou comic strips. The character was originally created by Robert Velter for the launch of Le Journal de Spirou in 1938....
and Fantasio
Fantasio
Fantasio is a fictional character from the Spirou et Fantasio comic strip. He was introduced in 1944 by Jijé, who was then drawing Spirou's adventures. Fantasio is Spirou's best friend and co-adventurer, a graphic reporter with an uncontrolled imagination and a mop of blond hair...
find themselves on another expedition travelling upstream an African river, in search of vanished American author Oliver Gurgling Thirstywell. Events become increasingly more strange when they discover red elephants, befriend a pygmy tribe, learn of Marsupilami
Marsupilami
Marsupilami is a fictional 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...
's love of eating warrior ants, and confront a gang of "protection racket" thugs who cultivate meat-eating plants.
The story The Cage cronicles an awful day at work for intrepid poacher Bring M. Backalive, obsessed with capturing a living sample of a baby Marsupilami, who learns the cost of angering a Marsupilami father.
Background
The title story of this album was produced in the period between the making of Spirou et les hommes-bullesSpirou et les hommes-bulles
Spirou et les hommes-bulles , written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventeenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
and QRN sur Bretzelburg
QRN sur Bretzelburg
QRN sur Bretzelburg , written by Franquin and Greg, drawn by Franquin with assistance by Jidéhem, is the eighteenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series...
.
Trivia
In the 70s, Swedish publishing house Carlsen Comics deemed the story's contents to be racially offensive, and the album was never published in Sweden. However, it was published in Denmark by Interpresse.The story was later published in Sweden in book form, included in the collected series of Franquin's Spirou,