Smurfs and Friends

Smurfs and Friends — page 3 — Luc Parthoens with Jeroen de Connick providing the art What you are about to enjoy is the first English translation translation of that story which Papercutz is publishing here as The Flute Smurfers It’s interesting to point out that like other pop culture culture prequels we have come to experience over the years e g Star Wars Episodes I through III which like Flute Smurfers were made decades after the story they precede that this comic not only takes into account any unanswered questions from the original tale like why the Smurfs made the flute and its original intent but it places characters that had not been fully developed or created yet into the context of the overreaching story either as key players or in cameo parts For the record beyond Papa none of the other Smurfs are addressed by proper names in The Magic Flute as they would be in later stories so technically they could have been in that comic but we’ll never know for sure either way keep an eye out for Brainy Grouchy Lazy and the Smurf’s ally Feathers Now some of these little callbacks and Easter Eggs can be a bit troublesome to some Smurfologists out there in that allusions to other stories from the Smurfs canon may draw into question the existence of an overall continuity continuity and proper timeline in the comics One example is a quick reference to Les Schtroumpfs which came out after The Magic Flute implying that it may have also happened before Johan encountered the smurfs Another happens earlier when Papa passes a portrait of a baby Smurf leaving one to wonder if it’s the Baby Smurf who wouldn’t appear until the twelfth album of collected SMURFS comics As we have in THE SMURFS ANTHOLOGY series series we at Papercutz ask you to check those kinds of questions and concerns at the door and just enjoy this for what it is another in a long line of fun stories from our friends at studio Peyo one which continues and enhances the long legacy of THE SMURFS 6

Smurfs and Friends — page 4 — Une histoire des Schtroumpfs de Papon LES SCHTROUMPFEURS DE FLÛTE

Smurfs and Friends — page 5 — THE FLUTE SMURFERS Lazy Smurf I'm just about Smurfed up with you It's always the same with you While others are smurfing you're goofing off Papa Smurf said he wanted us to resmurf the roof of his laboratory before day's end YAWN All right all right We can still Smurf a little nap can't we HEY LOOK OUT

Smurfs and Friends — page 6 — What are they smurfing up there Hey you two I asked you to repaint my laboratory not to smurf it into pieces A stork has landed on your roof Papa Smurf It has a message Smurfed to its foot A message My friend the sorcerer Alderie has written to me He's asking me to smurf him a magic flute to cure one his patients who's ill with a Monotone Melancholy It's been a long time since anyone smurfed such a request to us What's a Monotone Melancholy Papa Smurf

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