Les Voleurs du Marsupilami

Spirou et Fantasio #5

by André Franquin

Nom : Spirou. Professions : groom au Moustic-Hôtel, puis coureur d'aventure. Age : né le 21 avril 1938 à Marcinelle (Belgique). Signes particuliers : vêtu d'un costume rouge à boutons dorés et coiffé d'un calot. Le jeune Spirou fait ses débuts dans la vie active au sein de l'hebdomadaire du même nom, sous le crayon du dessinateur français Rob-Vel. Détail amusant : en wallon, spirou signifie écureuil. Et dès 1939, il prend sous sa protection un petit écureuil baptisé Spip… Mais le mot désigne aussi un garçon plutôt vif et débrouillard. Tout le portrait de Spirou, justement. Très vite, d'ailleurs, il délaisse son métier d'origine pour se lancer dans la course à l'aventure, tellement plus palpitante. En 1943, Rob-Vel cède la place à Jijé, qui donne à Spirou un compagnon haut en couleurs, un certain Fantasio. Un phénomène, celui-ci. Esprit fantasque et bouillonnant, reporter et inventeur à ses heures, fumeur de pipe, volontiers gaffeur et infatigable râleur. Bref, une authentique personnalité. Trois ans plus tard, Jijé passe le relais à un jeune inconnu, André Franquin. Avec lui, Spirou va acquérir un statut de vedette de la bande dessinée. Franquin imagine toute une galerie de personnages secondaires savoureux. Des méchants inoubliables comme Zantafio - cousin et double maléfique de Fantasio - ou Zorglub. Des gentils plein de poésie, comme le délicieux Comte de Champignac - Hégésippe Adélard Ladislas de son prénom. Et, bien sûr, le génial Marsupilami. En 1968, Franquin passe la main. Différents auteurs se succèdent jusqu'au duo actuel, Tome et Janry, qui hérite de la série en 1981. Et qui anime en parallèle depuis 1987 les délicieuses frasques de jeunesse du Petit Spirou. Et puis, en 1998, coup de théâtre. Dans Machine qui rêve, Spirou range au placard sa tenue de groom. Tome et Janry décident de traiter le personnage de manière réaliste. Le résultat est surprenant. A soixante ans, l'ex-garçon d'hôtel retrouve une seconde jeunesse et démarre une nouvelle vie… --Gilbert Jacques

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Fiction, Humor, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

58 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1954

Reviews

[Diz · Rating 2 out of 5]

In this story, Spirou and Fantasio solve the mystery of a missing rare animal. Some of the scenes are really well done. For example, I'm not a soccer fan, but there is a soccer scene that helped me feel the appeal and fun of soccer. That's quite an accomplishment. However, there is a problematic scene in which Spirou and Fantasio use magic pills in a circus act to change skin color. It starts off OK as Fantasio changes to blue and green, and then various animal patterns. However, it also includes reface and blackface. The redface is pretty bad because he holds a feather above his head. The blackface is not good either as the audience is shown to be the most shocked at that color change.

[StrictlySequential ArtNarrative · Rating 4 out of 5]

+ 3 pages recounting title's 75 years through 22 creators

[Bernard Convert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lu non pas dans cette édition récente banale mais dans l'EO française de 1955 dont un magicien de la restauration vient de me refaire un magnifique "dos cartonné carré orange" comme à l'origine. Le voici comme neuf malgré ses 63 ans. Allez zou cinq étoiles. Franquin est un dieu de la BD.

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a 1975 hardback reprint in French, from Dupuis. Originally serialised and published as a book in the early 50s, this is a straightforward adventure story.

Having discovered a new species, the Marsupilami, in an earlier adventure and brought it back to Belgium to a zoo, Spirou and Fantasio are upset to find that the animal has been abducted, and they endeavour to get it back. That’s it.

There’s an interesting gallery of secondary characters, but nothing much else. Fun, but nothing special.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun little adventure. Not as exciting as some of the other ones, like Mesozoic. Also, it begins in the middle, without a proper introduction of the characters or the origin of the marsupalami. That’s because it’s actually the 5th Spirou book written by Franquin, though the first published by Cinebook. (For some reason they decided to start the series with 4 volumes from the later & lesser Tome & Janry run)

The story has two parts: first, a mystery. Finding the Marsupiilami. Then, a jailbreak, freeing him from captivity. There are many hijinks, though the tale never reaches a satisfying climax, remaining low key throughout.

Narrative is mostly real-time, which can get tedious, but captions are also employed several times, compressing and clarifying events. Captions explain how the Marsupilami becomes panicked by the laughing crowd, for instance.

[nAeEMak نعیمک]

این جلد یکی از قدیمی‌ترین کتاب‌های اسپیرو بود که خواندم و قبل از تغییرات به‌روز شده بود. خب، ظاهر شخصیت‌ها کمی زمخت و البته جالب بود. شکلی از کچ‌وکوله بودن و صاف نبودن که از نظر هنری برای من این تفاوت نسبت به امروز جالب‌تر بود. برای اولین بار هم «پلنگ دم‌دراز» را دیدم. ایده و شکل داستان اما نسبت به نسخه‌های جدید‌تر خیلی بد بود. شوخی‌های قدیمی و بی‌نمک یا پلان‌هایی که بی‌ربط است و پرش‌هایی که ناگهانی است و انگار جایی ناقص مانده. برای همین برایم جالب بود که بعد از خالقان اصلی واقعاً نسخه‌ها بهتر شدند و نمی‌دانم اگر مثلاً «تن‌تن» هم چنین اتفاقی برایش می‌افتاد چه می‌شد؟ البته اسپیرو در نسخه‌های جدیدتر هم برای من کمتر از دیگر کمیک‌های بلژیکی محبوب است اما این سد را شکست که کمیک‌ها حتماً باید در همان نسخه‌های اصلی باقی می‌ماندند و الان خیلی دوست دارم نسخه‌های جدیدتر که اگر اشتباه نکنم به اسم «اسپیرو جونیور» هستند را زودتر بخوانم.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great artwork, but the story is pretty loose plot-wise. Wild animal loose or kidnapped or stolen or exploited or...Bunch of angles that goes in many directions. The extra characters are not well defined. Even the marsupilami is never explained as to importance. Overall a disappointing tale.

Bottom line: I don't recommend this book. 5 out of 10 points.

[Halvor Harnæs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tidlig Sprint. Persongalleriet er fortsatt lite og historien virker som en samling av småhistorier slått sammen som en jakt etter Spiralis. Men absolutt godkjent.

[Pascal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un classique, relu avec plaisir...

[Sanna-Mari · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hieman tylsä seikkailu, jossa Pikon ja Fantasion toistuvat mokat Marsupilamin pelastamisessa ovat yksinkertaisuudessaan turhauttavia.

[HAL Cyborg paw Monostone · Rating 4 out of 5]

Veldig artig lite eventyr. Jeg er veldig glad i Spiralis, så det blir sjeldent feil når han er med.

[Marcos Kopschitz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neste álbum, uma sequência ao anterior ( Spirou e os herdeiros ), reaparecem o Marsupilami e o Conde de Champignac, e aparecem outros como o jogador de futebol Valentin Mollet e o dono de circo Zabaglione. É o quinto álbum de Spirou e Fantasio, já em uma fase de mais desenvolvimento da arte e dos personagens, embora ainda antiga.

Talvez em uma antecipação de consciência ecológica (a história tem 64 anos!), Spirou e Fantasio se arrependem de ter tirado o Marsupilami de seu habitat e tê-lo internado em um zoológico, onde ele está, naturalmente, triste em uma jaula. Decidem libertá-lo e devolvê-lo à selva na Palômbia. Mas antes, o Marsupilami é roubado e vai parar em um circo.

O vilão principal é o dono do circo, o Grande Zabaglione. Circo é coisa de outra época, principalmente com animais exóticos (elefantes, leões, tigres etc.), o que hoje é combatido, se não já proibido, em vários países. É até difícil imaginar se falar de circo para meninos de hoje será algo cem por cento compreensível. Pelo menos, estão aí muitos livros, filmes e séries para dar o tom, se a geração tablet não puder ir ver um circo de antigamente. Enfim, mesmo este estereótipo de que o dono do circo é um vilão malvado e escravizador já remonta ao Pinóquio de Carlo Collodi, visualmente celebrizado pelo Stromboli do desenho de Disney. Não por acaso, o vilão aqui leva esse nome italiano…

Situações e detalhes interessantes:
1. A cidade onde vão encontrar o circo é Magnana (“mañana”?), dando a entender que seria em outro país – não identificado, mas os heróis vão de carro e passam por uma fronteira, então, poderia ser algo como uma mistura de França e Espanha.
2. Justamente na passagem pela fronteira há uma situação engraçada, causada por uma “operação tartaruga” dos funcionários da alfândega.
3. A história tem boas partes que se passam em ambientes de zoológico, de futebol e de circo, este último incluindo Spirou e Fantasio se passando por artistas de circo chamados “Cama e Leão”.


Referências

1. Informações sobre todos os álbuns
Site da Editora Dupuis, em francês
Em www.dupuis.com
Passe o mouse em “Catalogue”, clique em “Séries”, clique na letra “S”, clique em “Spirou et Fantasio”, a segunda das várias de Spirou.

2. Tudo sobre o personagem, outras séries e produtos relacionados
No site oficial de Spirou, em francês
Em www.spirou.com

3. “Grandes personagens dos quadrinhos – Spirou e Fantasio”
Artigo de Pedro Bouça em seu blog “Euroquadrinhos”
Longo, bastante ilustrado, com imagens muito bem garimpadas e amplamente informativo sobre a história, evolução, roteiristas, artistas, editores e editoras envolvidos na história de Spirou.
https://euroquadrinhos.wordpress.com/...


> Autor: André Franquin (1924), roteiro e desenho – com uma ideia de Jo Almo (pseudônimo de Geo Salmon)
> Lançamento original na Bélgica: na revista, 1952. Em álbum, 11 / 9 / 1954, pela Editora Dupuis, a mesma até hoje
> Lançamento no Brasil:fevereiro de 2016, pela SESI-SP Editora, por seu selo “SESI-SP Quadrinhos”
> Tradução: Fernando Paz


A série de Spirou

Nº de ordem, ano de publicação original em álbum, título em português, título do original em francês

1. (1950) 4 aventuras de Spirou... e Fantasio (Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio) *** R
2. (1951) Um feiticeiro em Champignac (Il y a un sorcier à Champignac) *** R
3. (1952) Os chapéus pretos (Les chapeaux noirs *** R
4. (1953) Spirou e os Herdeiros (Spirou et les héritiers) *** R
5. (1954) O roubo do Marsupilami (Les Voleurs du Marsupilami) *** R
6. (1956) O chifre do rinoceronte (La Corne du rhinocéros)

VEJA TAMBÉM os volumes já lançados no Brasil na série “O Spirou de...” aqui:

5. (2009) O mensageiro verde-cinza, 2016 (Le Groom vert-de-gris)


*** R – Álbuns já resenhados, leia a resenha

[Simon Chadwick · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you visit continental Europe there’s a good chance you’ll come across a distinct looking cartoon character; in looks sitting somewhere between a large monkey and a leopard, with large emotive eyes, small floppy ears, and a tail that just goes on and on and on. I’ve never really known who or what he was until a visit to the Belgium Comic Strip Centre a couple of years ago where I learned he was the Marsupilami and he has a rich and lengthy history upon the printed page.

So I was rather pleased to see that the latest Spirou and Fantasio book was a story where the Marsupilami took centre stage. I was finally going to find out what all the fuss was about.

The Marsupilami Thieves is a very early Spirou and Fantasio story, but considering it’s 60 years old you wouldn’t credit it for its lively pace and madcap shenanigans. What’s immediately clear is that this isn’t even the first appearance of the Marsupilami as the heroes continuously reference an earlier adventure, but within the context of the tale (or tail) that’s really neither here nor there. Since discovering the Marsupilami it has resided in the zoo, a fact that breaks the hearts of Spriou and Fantasio and is something they are determined to rectify. After visiting him behind his bars they return home only to learn the distressing news that in the interim the Marsupilami has died. They race back to the zoo but nobody can find a trace of the body, so a thorough search of the zoo grounds is launched until, late into the evening, a mysterious figure makes a break for it under the cover of darkness and a somewhat crazed pursuit takes place. Although the body thief escapes, a clue is left behind as to his location.

However, when Spirou and Fantasio arrive they discover a struggling mother and her children. She acknowledges that the thief could well have been her husband but they are under hard times. They take pity on her, but are still determined to track him and the Marsupilami down, so with fresh evidence they depart for Magnana and a month long search. Eventually they find him, and learn that the Marsupilami is not dead at all, but has been taken by a despicable circus owner as his latest attraction. The Marsupilami’s extraordinary tail allows it to perform some outrageous stunts, and it soon wows the crowd, but despite the roaring success of the performance it is as much a prisoner at the circus as it was at the zoo. All Spirou and Fantasio need to do is break him out - no small task.

This really is a brilliant little book, jammed to the gunnels with humour and adventure. Not as anarchic as the recent Tome and Janry offerings, and certainly not as anarchic as Franquin’s later work, but it’s still a well-paced, well executed page turner. The icing on the cake, though, is the Marsupilami. An absolute gift for a cartoonist, here’s a creature that’s both loveable and utterly different, and with a tail that offers endless opportunities for the storyteller. It’s strange that a character of this strength has made such little impact in the English-speaking world, so maybe that can now be rectified.

I was already enjoying the Spirou and Fantasio books, but if we can have some more Marsupilami too then that would be just perfect.

[Saskia Marijke Niehorster · Rating 4 out of 5]

On this book Marsupliami is still living at the Zoo. It is up to Spirou et Fantasio to get him out, but their plans are shattered when they find out Marsupilami died. They come to claim his body, but it cannot be found. They follow the body thief only to discover it is not dead, Marsupilami is now working at a circus. With the help of Champignac's count they come across a "circus Performance" that lets them be part of the circus. It reminded me of the book "Put me in the Zoo" by Robert Lopshire. Cute and Clever.

[Carles Muñoz Miralles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una gran historia de aventuras que permite a Franquin crear escenas cargadas de humor (la persecución del ladrón del Marsupilami, que dura su buena docena de páginas es de antología, con un mismo gag repetido una y otra vez, pero que en ningún momento se hace cansino). Con el cierre de este díptico del Marsupilami, Franquin coloca ya la serie de Spirou al nivel de los grandes del cómic francobelga.

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

#Program BUBU

Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 1 Oktober 2010.

[Saoirse · Rating 5 out of 5]

J'ai beaucoup aimé ce tome. On retrouve le marsupilami, il y a beaucoup d'humour, la fin est mignonne.

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nopeasti tässä sarjassa kaikki loksahti paikalleen. Jopa tekstauksen Semic sai toimimaan tässä. Kerrassaan hyvä suoritus.

[JOAN BASSETS · Rating 5 out of 5]

llegit en català

[Alain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun!