Disney Marsupilami

Marsupilami resembles mostly some sort of yellow monkey with black spots (Some specimens are known to have a form of melanism, causing them to be completely black, like the Black panther.). The species originates from the tropical forests of Palombia. Though resembling a monkey; the Marsupilami as many unique traits; they're egg-laying mammals, similar to monotremes, have a bellybutton, are able to breath underwater and each adult has a 7 metre long tail. This tail has many funtions, its can be curled on itself into a ball, which the Marsupilami uses to "punch" enemies and or predator; or it can be coiled in a spring, which the creature uses to make 30 metres high jumps.

Marsupilami

Another feature of the Marsupilami is its strength, the creature is easily capable of pulverising rocks with a good strike of its tail. Marsupilamis are omnivorous and build clam-shaped nests made of vines and branches, and filled with feathers plucked from local birds and parrots. He first appeared on television in the Raw Toonage and then spun off onto his own show. Marsupilami's supporting characters included Maurice the Gorilla, Stuie the Elephant, Eduardo the Jaguar, Norman the Poacher, and other characters. These stories were made by Disney, but the real Marsupilami of Franquin has never met a monkey or elephant. Later another tv-series came up that didn't follow the Disney-franchise and showed a Marsupilami that was more equal to the character in the comic strips.

Marsupilami

Marsupilami

Marsupilami

Marsupilami is a fictional comic book animal created by André Franquin, first published on January 31, 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 afterwards. 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.

Marsupilami

Marsupilami

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 millions albums of the Marsupilami series are claimed to have been sold by Marsu Productions.

Marsupilami

Two albums of Spirou and Fantasio featuring Marsupilami, number 15 and 16, were translated to English by Fantasy Flight Publishing in 1995, although they are currently out of print. In 2007, Egmont's subsidiary Euro Books translated albums number 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 for the Indian market.

Marsupilami

Marsupilami