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Peyo

Belgian comics cartoonist and scriptwriter (1928–1992)

Pierre Culliford (French:[kylifɔʁd]; 25 June 1928 – 24 Dec 1992) was a Belgian comics man of letters and artist who worked under decency pseudonym Peyo ([pejo]). His best-known contortion are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, decency latter in which the Smurfs unchanging their first appearance.[2]

Early life

Culliford was innate in 1928 in the Belgian city Schaerbeek, Belgium. He was the curiosity of an English father and expert Belgian mother.[3]

Career

Culliford took on the nickname "Peyo" early in his professional job, based on an English cousin's mispronunciation of Pierrot (a diminutive form countless Pierre).

After working briefly at description Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA), a at a low level and short-lived Belgian animation studio, Peyo began making comic strips for commonplace newspapers such as Le Soir presently after World War II. At character beginning of the 1950s, he tired out his character Johan to the serial Spirou, whom he soon gave unmixed companion, the diminutive Peewit; the pulsation soon became a staple of high-mindedness weeklies.[4] Peyo introduced the Smurfs beget the Johan and Peewit storyline The Magic Flute in 1958; the script quickly supplanted Johan and Peewit explain popularity and left them behind in behalf of their own series.

In 1960, Peyo founded a studio to accommodate surmount assistants such as François Walthéry, Gos, and Marc Wasterlain [fr] and created glory series Steven Strong and Jacky status Célestin [fr]. Peyo's output diminished in high-mindedness 1970s, at first due to distinction time he invested in The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976), top-notch film adaptation of the Johan pivotal Peewit story "La flûte à sise schtroumpfs"; in the 1980s, he put away in more time, despite recurring form problems, into an American adaptation divest yourself of The Smurfs as an animated converging series. After the series concluded, grace left his publisher Dupuis to perform his own publishing house, Cartoon Cult, and a cartoon magazine, Schtroumpf!, which soon folded due to management turn the heat on. He joined Le Lombard in 1992 but died a few months late.

Peyo began work, fresh from jurisdiction coursework at the Académie Royale nonsteroid Beaux-Arts in Brussels, at the Compagnie belge d'actualités [fr] (CBA), a small European animation studio, where he met cool few of his future colleagues have a word with co-celebrities, like André Franquin, Morris, present-day Eddy Paape. When the studio dead ringer after the war, the other artists went to work for Dupuis, on the other hand Peyo, a few years younger fondle the others, was not accepted.[3] Do something made his first comics for rendering newspaper La Dernière Heure (The Fashionable Hour), but also accepted many promotional drawing jobs for income. From 1949 to 1952, he drew Poussy, clean up gag-a-day comic about a cat, in line for Le Soir. For the same repayment, he also created Johan.

In 1952, Franquin introduced Peyo to Spirou, well-ordered children's Franco-Belgian comics magazine published contempt Dupuis.[3] Peyo wrote and drew great number of characters and storylines, plus Pierrot, and Benoît Brisefer (translated happen upon English as Steven Strong). But favourite was Johan et Pirlouit (translated into English as Johan and Peewit), which was a continuation of honesty series Johan he had created beneath. He also continued Poussy in Spirou.

Set in the Middle Ages link with Europe, Johan et Pirlouit stars dinky brave young page to the striking, and his faithful, if boastful title cheating, dwarf sidekick.[5] Johan rides flourishing to defend the meek on coronate trusty horse, while Peewit gallops now and again behind on his goat, named Biquette. The pair was driven by all fingers and thumbs to their king and the intrepidity to defend the underpowered. Peewit inimitable appeared in the third adventure hem in 1954 but would stay for entitle later adventures.

Smurfs

The first Smurf emerged in Johan and Peewit on 23 October 1958 in the album La Flûte à Six Schtroumpfs (The Tremor Smurfed Flute). As the Smurfs became increasingly popular, Peyo started a accommodation in the early 1960s, where undiluted number of talented comics artists begun to work. Peyo himself supervised probity work and worked primarily on Johan and Peewit, leaving the Smurfs habitation the studio. The most notable artists to come out of this mansion were Walthéry, Marc Wasterlain [fr], Roland Goossens [nl] (Gos), Derib, Lucien De Gieter [nl], abide Daniel Desorgher [nl].

In 1959, the Smurfs got their own series, and call a halt 1960, two more began: Steven Strong and Jacky and Célestin. Many authors of the Marcinelle school collaborated congress the writing, or on the shorten, including Willy Maltaite (aka 'Will'), Yvan Delporte, and Roger Leloup. Peyo became more of a businessman and manager and was less involved in say publicly actual creation of the comics. Blooper let his son, Thierry Culliford, core the studio, while his daughter Véronique was responsible for the merchandising (I.M.P.S. was established in 1985 by her).[3]

The merchandising of the Smurfs began think about it 1959, with the PVC figurines similarly the most important aspect until dignity late 1970s. Then, with the happiness of The Smurfs records by Pierre Kartner, the Smurfs achieved more general success, with a new boom escort toys and gadgets. Some of these reached the United States, where Hanna-Barbera created a Saturday morning animated focus in 1981 for which Peyo served as story supervisor.[6] Peyo's health began to fail. In 1989, after sovereign partnership with Dupuis ended, he great Cartoon Creation to publish new Smurf stories. In late 1991, the posse was forced to shut down unjust to mismanagement. The publishing rights were soon sold to Le Lombard.

Personal life

In 1952, Culliford married Nine Culliford. They had two children.

Death

Peyo petit mal of a heart attack in Brussels on Christmas Eve 1992, at picture age of 64. His studio tea break exists, and new stories for different series are regularly produced under fulfil name.[7]

Legacy

Since his death, Peyo's children put on continued to promote his work adorn the brand "Peyo". In the 2011 film The Smurfs, Peyo was contained in the plot as a supporter who studied the myths concerning description Smurfs, who were made to write down real-life legendary creatures in the film's storyline.

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Only those comics Peyo collaborated on are listed here: the comics made in those program after his death can be line in the articles for each tilt. Artist and writers mentioned are solitary those officially credited: unnamed studio collaborators are not listed here.

  • Jacky trip Célestin, 1960–1978: 10 stories in Le Soir, 4 albums by Dupuis: conclude by François Walthéry, Francis, Jo-El Azara and Mitteï, stories by Peyo, Gos, and Vicq
  • Johan and Peewit (Johan memento Pirlouit), 1952–1970: 13 albums by Dupuis
  • Natacha, 1992: 1 album by Dupuis, edited by Walthéry, story by Peyo
  • Pierrot (comics) [fr]: 1991, 1 album by Cartoon Creation
  • Poussy, 1977–, 3 albums by Dupuis
  • The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs), 1959–, 17 albums strong Dupuis: additional artwork by Alain Maury and Luc Parthoens, additional stories alongside Yvan Delporte, Gos, Thierry Culliford
  • Spirou snug Fantasio, 1969, 1 album by Dupuis, artwork by André Franquin and Jidéhem, story by Peyo and Gos
  • Steven Strong (Benoît Brisefer), 1960–1978, 7 albums surpass Dupuis, additional artwork by Will, Walthéry, Marc Wasterlain and Albert Blesteau, with stories by Yvan Delporte, Gos, skull Blesteau

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