Bamboo Baby Blues [Paperback]

Readers of Spirou already know the Marsupilami  that lovable creature with the nature-defying tail. Here, in his own series, we follow the Marsupilamis life in his natural habitat. And his adventures are as funny as ever!A plane carrying two Chinese government envoys goes down in the Palombian jungle. A crate is parachuted out just before the crash. It contains a baby panda, official gift of China to a neighbouring country. The young survivor is found and taken in by the Marsupilamis family, but they soon face a serious problem: their new charge only eats bamboo  the only local source of which lies inside the nearby native village&Andr? Franquin was as important and influential throughout his career as Herg?, moulding and training dozens of artists through his long years at Spirou magazine. Creator of the Marsupilami and of Gomer Goof, he was in charge of Spirou & Fantasio for 20 years. Extraordinary prolific author of the golden age of BD  250 title  Greg is best known for creating the outrageous Achille Talon and the poetic Olivier Rameau. A Belgian artist and colourist, Batem was chosen by Franquin to illustrate the solo adventures of his favourite animal, the Marsupilami.