Capturez un Marsupilami
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Capturez 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 therefore given the number 0 in the series of Marsupilami albums.
and 15 short gags from 1968–1972
albums, but other stories were previously published in varied forms of Spirou context. This release also collects Franquin's two stories featuring the intrepid poacher Bring M. Backalive, and a story featuring the secondary Spirou et Fantasio character Le Petit Noël
.
The album's title was given by the title of the final story, Capturer un Marsupilami, but the verb tense
is changed from infinitive
to imperative
, "to capture" to "capture!".
This album was first published in Scandinavia
in the 80s (titled as Å fange Spiralis in Norway
, Jag Marsupilami in Sweden
, and Spirillen in Denmark
).
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...
, is a comic album containing adventures and short gags of 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...
. 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
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou magazine is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company...
, and therefore given the number 0 in the series of Marsupilami albums.
Story
- Le Marsupilami descend sur la ville (The Marsupilami Goes to the Village), 1955
- Noël d’un bagarreur (A Warrior's Christmas), 1956
- La bûche de noël (The Work of Christmas), 1957
- Touchez pas aux rouges-gorges (Don't Touch the Robins), 1956
- Les patins téléguidés (The Remote-controlled Rollerskates), 1957
- Le homard (The Lobster), 1957
- Tarzan (previously named Houu Bai), 1977
- La cage (The Cage), 1965 #1420
- Capturer un marsupilami (To Capture a Marsupilami), 1977-1981
and 15 short gags from 1968–1972
Background
For the 50th anniversary of the character, Marsu Productions assembled this album, composed of the majority of Franquin's Marsupilami solo stories. Touchez pas aux rouges-gorges and La cage had been included in Spirou et FantasioSpirou 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...
albums, but other stories were previously published in varied forms of Spirou context. This release also collects Franquin's two stories featuring the intrepid poacher Bring M. Backalive, and a story featuring the secondary Spirou et Fantasio character Le Petit Noël
Le Petit Noël
Noël, or Le Petit Noël, is the main character of an eponymous Belgian comics series, and a secondary character of Spirou et Fantasio. His name means "Christmas" in French...
.
The album's title was given by the title of the final story, Capturer un Marsupilami, but the verb tense
Grammatical tense
A tense is a grammatical category that locates a situation in time, to indicate when the situation takes place.Bernard Comrie, Aspect, 1976:6:...
is changed from infinitive
Infinitive
In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives...
to imperative
Imperative mood
The imperative mood expresses commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests urge the audience to act a certain way. It also may signal a prohibition, permission, or any other kind of exhortation.- Morphology :...
, "to capture" to "capture!".
This album was first published in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
in the 80s (titled as Å fange Spiralis in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Jag Marsupilami in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, and Spirillen in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
).