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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.
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.
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. 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 was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian comics artist Peyo (the pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958, wherein they were known as Les Schtroumpfs.
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...
May 24, 2016 · Pierre Culliford, known by his pen name Peyo, was born in 1928 in the right place — Brussels (Schaerbeek), a comic book capital. Most famous for inventing the tiny blue superstars that are The Smurfs, Peyo also drew a wide range of other series.
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).
Nov 2, 2023 · Uplifting tribute to Pierre Culliford aka “Peyo”, creator of Johan & Peewit, Benny Breakiron & The Smurfs. Excerpts from 2011 documentary “From the World of Peyo to Planet Smurf”, produced ...
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-).
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