André Franquin

The disasters Gomer keeps causing at the Spirou office (and in town, and out of town, and for the Army...) sometimes drive his neighbours and co-workers to regrettable excesses. They shout at him, lock him up, occasionally try to strangle him. Yet he rarely even resents it. Watch out, though! Gomer is also a friend to all creatures big and small, and anyone going after one of his furry or feathered companions is in for a nasty surprise!

Spirou and Fantasio are famous - among other things, as the official discovers of that legendary creature, the Marsupilami, one of which often accompanies them on their adventures. So when one of their conferences is cancelled in favour of a documentary film ffrom an unknown author, they are understandably irritated... until, that is, they realise the film is the very first to record the family life of wild Marsupilamis!

Gomer is absolutely peerless when it comes to disrupting life at Spirou Magazine, much to his boss Prunelle's and long-suffering Mr De Mesmaeker's chagrin. But don't you go underestimating him! The truth is that his laziness, his talent for invention and even his love of animals - not to mention his antiquated lemon of a car - are perfectly capable of spreading chaos anywhere, in any season. You can't even imagine what he can do when it snows!

Gastons nyuppfunna musikinstrument Gastofonen, vars mäktiga vibrationer raserar allt som finns i närheten, hans synnerligen kreativa matlagning (som helst sker på arbetstid) och hans uråldriga, avgasbolmande Fiat 509 är några av ingredienserna i den tredje samlingen om kontorets olycksfågel nummer ett. I Mossberg får Gaston också en ny chef att driva till vansinne, inte minst då han saboterar en lång rad nya försök att få direktör Gyllenhammer att underteckna kontrakten.Denna samlingsutgåva i sex delar innehåller samtliga Gaston-serier i kronologisk ordning, med ny färgläggning och textning och i nyöversättning av Björn Wahlberg. I varje volym ingår också ett fylligt extramaterial som berättar bakgrundshistorien om Gaston och hans värld.Den belgiske serieskaparen André Franquin (1924-1997) var en av seriehistoriens främste tecknare och humorister. Han är mest känd för sina serier med Gaston, Spirou och Marsupilami.

Deep inside the Palombian jungle lays Monte Urticando, andancient, 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?