Toto l'Ornithorynque (thing)

French comic (or "bande dessinée") written by Eric Omond and drawn by Yoann, and edited by Delcourt. It stages the adventures of Toto (a duck-billed platypus) and his friends Wawa the koala, "Chichi l'échidné" (a spiny anteater), "Riri la chauve-souris" (a bat) and "Fafa la phalangée" (a flying...something - the only recurring female character), in the mysterious Australian forests.

Four albums have been edited as of May 2003:

• Toto et l'Arbre Magique (Toto and the Magic Tree) in 1997.
• Le Maître des Brûmes (The Master of the Fogs) in 1998.
• Toto l'Ornithorynque et les Prédateurs (Toto the Platypus and the Predators) in 1999.
• Toto l'Ornithorynque et le Bruit qui Rêve (Toto the Platypus and the Sound that Dreams) in 2001.

It's mostly targeted at a young audience, but the beautiful drawings and quirky jokes make it a good read for grown ups as well.