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Pierre Culliford (French:; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, the latter in which the Smurfs first appeared.
Aug 28, 2018 · Peyo was a sociable child who loved sports and storytelling. Every Sunday, after lunch, he would stage a play for his family. These productions always had historic themes, inspired by Hergé's Tintin or the U.S. comics in Mickey and Robinson. Yet there was something sinister in the Culliford home.
Peyo was a Belgian comic artist, famous worldwide as the creator of 'The Smurfs' (1958- ). These funny blue dwarfs, known in French as 'Les Schtroumpfs', first appeared as secondary characters in Peyo's medieval adventure comic 'Johan et Pirlouit' ('Johan and Peewit, 1946-2001).
Peyo. Pierre Culliford (known as Peyo) was born in Brussels on 25 June 1928. He started his working life at the age of 15. He began as a cinema projectionist, and then went to work in an animation studio. The studio closed down and Peyo decided to focus on cartoon comic strips.
The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs; Dutch: De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic series, created by cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford). The titular creatures were introduced as supporting characters in an already established series, Johan and Peewit in 1958, and starred in their own series from 1959.
Pierre Culliford (June 25, 1928 – December 24, 1992), known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip from which the 1981 cartoon adaptation is based.
Dec 8, 2021 · For millions of viewers, Peyo is the creator of the Smurfs, the little blue goblins who conquered the world in 1980 through television cartoons, and today through feature...
This unusual therapist is bringing joy to patients…. In the most unexpected way Peyo is a 14-year-old stallion…. Living a normal horse’s life Just like any other horse, he loves to run and ...
Johan and Peewit ( French: Johan et Pirlouit, pronounced [ʒoˈan e piʁˈlwi]) is a Belgian comics series created by Peyo. Since its initial appearance in 1947, it has been published in 13 albums that appeared before the death of Peyo in 1992. Thereafter, a team of comic book creators from Studio Peyo continued to publish the stories.
Pierre Culliford (pen name:Peyo) was a Belgian comics writer and artist. He contributed to several series, but his main claim to fame is creating the sword-and-sorcery series "Johan and Peewit" (1947-2001) and its spin-off, the adventure comedy series "The Smurfs" (1963-).
