tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221608027689754679.post1277827107280218120..comments2024-03-22T05:36:02.491-07:00Comments on Sunday Comics Debt: Titled SmurferiesDeBThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05711985474864185922noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221608027689754679.post-76202188832662067182013-05-02T07:08:00.799-07:002013-05-02T07:08:00.799-07:00The last one, with Jokey painting himself black an...The last one, with Jokey painting himself black and posing as a Black Smurf, appeared in the American Random House comic book "Romeo And Smurfette" with Jokey painting himself green, which is the copy that I have before the Papercutz reprint changed it to purple.Victor Georgehttp://imaginarium.bluebuddies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221608027689754679.post-37295462693950711252012-03-01T15:54:34.434-08:002012-03-01T15:54:34.434-08:00I found the comic cover with the flower in questio...I found the comic cover with the flower in question - it was for Free Comic Book day, which was why I couldn't find it on the Amazon website.DeBThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05711985474864185922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221608027689754679.post-37691648230591547332012-02-08T12:10:59.158-08:002012-02-08T12:10:59.158-08:00Thanks for the interest in Smurf trivia. Earlier,...Thanks for the interest in Smurf trivia. Earlier, I would've recommended http://smurfology.blogspot.com/ as a source for Smurflore, but they've been revamping their site since October of last year, and it hasn't updated since. As far as I know, the artwork in the Marvel series was consistently terrible for all three issues. The quality varies between the longer stories and the one-page gags, so it's easier to tell which were the Americanized ones, and which were the originals. I'm not familiar enough with the American credits to know just how much of the art Dan Decarlo was responsible for. As I mentioned before, the art for the covers was practically identical to the first panel of the story inside.<br /><br />On a rather ironic note, one of the first stories in the Marvel books, SmurfPlane, was later remade into a (better) version in the 15th Smurf album. The latter also had a better ending than the American version, which had Gargamel attempting to go after the SmurfPlane with a flying machine of his own design, which collapsed upon first use.<br /><br />As for the one page gags, I think the Smurfette-related ones were in the original Smurf & the Egg book, but I KNOW that most of them were taken from the 8th Smurf book, Smurf Stories, and have been leaked out sporadically through the PaperCutz versions. Interestingly enough, the original cover for that book, which had Art Smurf fixing up a gloomy Smurf's dark thoughts by turning them into flowers seems to have been modified for a future book in the Previews catalogue so that the thought balloon now points towards Smurfette instead. As if it would be totally effeminate for a Smurf to like pretty flowers.<br /><br />If Peyo wasn't responsible for the overall artwork, but still had his signature, it's likely that they were done by Gos, who went on to do Le Scrameustache, a Cat-alien creature with a helmet that could temporarlily turn anyone to stone with it's raybeam. In later volumes, another alien race, the Galaxians, humanoid green creatures with red antennas were introduced, and they had a very Smurf-like cultural influence about them, down to elderly rulers and class-divided labour. (There were more females though, so it wasn't completely gender-specific)<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScrameustacheDanielBThttp://sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221608027689754679.post-8582599544478692412012-02-06T08:40:35.836-08:002012-02-06T08:40:35.836-08:00I very much enjoyed reading your comparisons betwe...I very much enjoyed reading your comparisons between the Papercutz/Marvel smurf comics. Regarding the Marvel Smurf comics, you mentioned Dan DeCarlo was the penciler, but does that mean he did the cover artwork AND the inside multi-page stories? And for ALL three Marvel issues (thus all six multi-page stories)?<br /><br />I only ask this because on the GCD website comics.org, it lists DeCarlo as a penciler for only issue #1. The other issues it lists Peyo as the penciler.<br /><br />To further complicate, on comicbookrealm.com, it lists DeCarlo as Cover Artist ONLY for all three books, and Peyo as penciler, script writer and inker for all three books.<br /><br />I'm an avid Smurf fan, and I've been trying for a long time to sort out the mystery of three Marvel Smurf comic multi-part questions:<br /><br />1. Who wrote each of the six multi-page stories (two in each issue)? And if they were not originally written specifically and only for Marvel, were they taken from Peyo's earlier French publications? From which albums?<br /><br />2. Were the 1-pg gags original Peyo drawings (with script and titles altered)? Can every 1-pg gag be found in a previously released French Smurf comic album, or were they spread out amongst all the French Smurf publications over the years? How many 1-pg gags were there in total?<br /><br />3. I noticed some stories or 1-pg gags did not have the 'Peyo' signature at the title/end panels, but some did. What determines if his stamp is present? Amount of alteration? Or, are they are all supposed to have the signature, but for whatever reason, some were forgotten?<br /><br />Any help on all this would be appreciated greatly!!! It was finding your blog recently that revealed new information, and based on the details of all your smurf blog articles, I'm thinking you would be my best source to finally get answers to my inquiries.<br /><br />I will also provide my e-mail address to you for reply, if answering everything on this blog comment section is not ideal. It's zackmak@hotmail.com<br /><br />Regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com