The Marsupilami Volume 4 - The Pollen of Monte Urticando

• Created in 1952 in Spirou & Fantasio, the character is still extremely popular – 30 titles, more than 3.5 million of copies sold. • Published in English for the first time • Adapted in two different series for American TV (28 episodes) and French TV (130 episodes). • Also adapted for the big screen in 2012 by Alain Chabat; one of the year’s biggest successes in France.

Rites of passage and the struggle for survival – life is rough for the little Marsupilamis …Deep inside the Palombian jungle lays Monte Urticando, and ancient, nigh inaccessible volcano where millennia old cactuses grow. Every 15 years they flower, and the pollen temporarily drives away most of the dangerous predators. For the Marsupilamis, though, it’s also the signal for a strange and cruel tradition: it’s time for the young Marsus to learn how to fend for themselves, away from the protection of their parents. Will they learn to work together to survive?