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Smurfs
The Smurfs (originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live somewhere in the woods. more...
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The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world in a series of comic strips, making their first appearance in the Belgian comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou on October 23, 1958. The English-speaking world perhaps know them best through the 1980s animated television series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Smurfs.
History
Johan et Pirlouit
At the time, Peyo created a Franco-Belgian comics series in Le Journal de Spirou titled Johan et Pirlouit (translated to English as Johan and Peewit), set in Europe during the Middle Ages. Johan serves as a brave young page to the king, and Pirlouit (pronounced Peer-loo-ee) functions as his faithful, if boastful and cheating, midget sidekick.
On October 23, 1958, Peyo introduced a new set of characters to the Johan et Pirlouit story La flûte à six trous. This alone caused no great excitement, as the brave duo constantly encountered strange new people and places. This time, they had the mission of recovering a magic flute, which required some sorcery by the wizard Homnibus. And in this manner, they met a tiny, blue-skinned humanoid creature in white clothing called a "Schtroumpf", followed by his numerous peers who looked just like him, with an elderly leader who wore red clothing and had a white beard. The characters proved to be a huge success, and the first independent Smurf stories appeared in Spirou in 1959, together with the first merchandising.
With the commercial success of The Smurf empire came the merchandising empire of Smurf miniatures, models, games, and toys. Entire collecting clubs devote themselves to collecting PVC Smurfs.
Albums
This is the list of the original French-language comic issues. Some of them are anthologies of several stories.
Although they are popular and common to find in bookstores in Europe as well as in the Canadian province of Québec, they are more difficult to find abroad.
01. Les Schtroumpfs noirs (The Black Smurfs), Dupuis, 01/1963, ISBN 2-8001-0108-3;
02. Le Schtroumpfissime (The Smurf King), Dupuis, 01/1965, ISBN 2-8001-0109-1;
03. La Schtroumpfette (The Smurfette), Dupuis, 1975, ISBN 2-8001-0110-5;
04. L'Œuf et les Schtroumpfs (The Egg and the Smurfs), Dupuis, 01/1968, 01/1967 ISBN 2-8001-3969-2;
05. Les Schtroumpfs et le Cracoucass (The Smurfs and the Howlibird), Dupuis, 01/1969, ISBN 2-8001-0112-1;
06. Le Cosmoschtroumpf (The Astrosmurf), Dupuis, 01/1970, ISBN 2-8001-0113-X;
07. L'Apprenti Schtroumpf (The Smurf Apprentice), Dupuis, 01/1971, ISBN 2-8001-0114-8;
08. Histoires de Schtroumpfs (Smurf Stories, an anthology of one-page humorous stories), Dupuis, 11/1972, ISBN 2-8001-0115-6;
09. Schtroumpf Vert et Vert Schtroumpf (Smurf VS. Smurf), Dupuis, 01/1973 ISBN 2-8001-0324-8;
10. La Soupe aux Schtroumpfs (Smurf Soup), Dupuis, 01/1976, ISBN, 2-8001-0510-0;
11. Les Schtroumpfs Olympiques (The Olympic Smurfs), Dupuis, 03/1983 ISBN 2-8001-0769-3;
12. Le Bébé Schtroumpf (Baby Smurf), Dupuis, 10/1984, ISBN 2-8001-1148-8;
13. Les P'tits Schtroumpfs (The Smurflings), Dupuis, 04/1988, ISBN 2-8001-1569-6;
14. L'Aéroschtroumpf (Aerosmurf), Cartoon creation, 01/1990, ISBN 2-87345-000-2;
15. L'Étrange Réveil du Schtroumpf Paresseux (The Strange Awakening of Lazy Smurf), Cartoon creation, 04/1991, ISBN 2-87345-024-x;
16. Le Schtroumpf Financier (Finance Smurf), Le Lombard, 11/1992, ISBN 2-8036-1017-5;
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