Tonight at the Annecy Animation Festival, IMPS — “The Smurfs‘” global ... will be brought to life in new TV shows inspired by the original “Johan & Peewit” and “Benny Breakiron ...

Alongside the Smurfs, early Peyo characters will be revived using modern animation with new stories inspired by the original Johan & Peewit and Benny Breakiron comic books. Two new series are in ...

The Smurfs characters were introduced to readers in a Johan & Peewit story in 1958, the success of which led Peyo to create a spin-off dedicated to them. “It’s been an honour to be able to build such ...

Smurfs is based on the characters and works of Belgian comics writer and artist Pierre Culliford – known by his pseudonym Peyo. He is also known for the comic book series Johan and Peewit ...

I actually had a little picture book called The Purple Smurf, based on an episode of the cartoon ... flutes are made by the Smurfs, so Peewit and his friend Johan end up meeting the Smurfs ...

The Smurfs made their debut in 1958 as sprites who make a magic flute in Culliford’s series Johan and Peewit. In French, they were called “les Schtroumpfs,” a reference to a dinner during ...

Envisaged as secondary characters for a single cartoon album, the blue gnomes widely known as the Smurfs will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with a movie deal and an invasion of new ...

Cartoonist Pierre Culliford, who wrote under the pseudonym Peyo, struck gold with the incidental creation of the Smurfs in 1958, as he initially had only invented them as supporting characters in his ...

Interestingly enough, Peyo introduced the Smurfs as a supporting act in a “Johan & Peewit” story called “The Smurfs & the Magic Flute” in 1958. “Readers from the weekly magazine in which ...