 Several of the characters under Marsu management are however closely associated with this series, and "Marsupilami", "Gaston Lagaffe", and "Le Petit Noël" are to varying degrees spin-off series.The first publication, "La Queue du Marsupilami" in 1987 with art by Batem and stories by Greg, launched its new series, which by 2007 had passed 20 issues.