Smurfs and Friends

Smurfs and Friends book cover
PEYO PALS SMURFS FRIENDS A PREFACE TO BY MATT MUrrAY SMUrFoLoGIST Welcome Blue Believers to this new Smurfs anthology THE SMURFS AND FRIENDS a veritable variety pack of illustrated antics from Peyo As a Smurfologist I’ve often been asked What is a Peyo Well the answer to that my fellow fans is presented in the pages of this very collection that we’re about to explore and enjoy Peyo was an artist an editor a marketing marketing mogul and ultimately a brand which remains a creative force behind THE SMURFS and a number of other cartoon creations that enjoy a level of global success success and popularity to this very day For the record Peyo was originally just a man Pierre Culliford to be precise born on June 25th 1928 in Brussels Belgium When an English cousin couldn’t pronounce Pierrot Pierre’s family nickname the French equivalent of Petey Pierre was given a new moniker which he would carry into his professional life Peyo Under that name he created a few comic strips including including the medieval swashbuckler Johan of which the first major arc is presented here for the first time in English as well as the funny animal panel cartoon POUSSY aka PUSSYCAT available in its own collection collection from Papercutz He was considered moderately successful until he spun-off a group of magical blue gnomes called les Schtroumpfs from the pages of Johan into their own comic strip It was those characters also known as the Smurfs which would make Peyo a household household name first in Belgium then Europe and eventually all over the world as his signature appeared on countless products and productions from toys to breakfast cereals cereals television shows to feature films record albums to sticker albums It was the overwhelming popularity of THE SMURFS that would allow Peyo to grow from a single man into a studio of artists and an office of merchandisers that operated operated under his direct supervision and behind his iconic monograph Working with assistants co-writers and fellow fellow artists Peyo created a number of other comics including including the boys adventure strip Jacky et Celetstin the super hero comedy Benoit Brisefer aka BENNY BREAKIRON which like Johan has its first major storyline featured in this collection and Pierrot He adapted his work for animation at first in black and white short films and then for the 1976 feature film La flute a six Schtroumpfs 3
Smurfs and Friends

Smurfs and Friends

THE SMURFS & FRIENDS VOL. 1: An all-new collection featuring The Smurfs, and their friends! In this first volume Benny Breakiron returns in “Bodoni Circus,” Johan & Peewit embark on a never-before-seen adventure, and the Smurfs return with comic strips galore. This is a collection Peyo fans will not want to miss, and that will look great on any bookshelf.

About This Book

By: Peyo, James Vance
Illustrated by: Susan Schade, Jon Buller
Published by: Papercutz
8-12Age Range
- AR
190Pages
Overcoming ChallengesSubject
-Lexile
2-3 hoursReading Time
-Guided Reading
-Fountas & Pinnell
-DRA