Line #23 Creator/Peyo

Context Creator / Peyo

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1	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peyo2.jpg]]
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3	Pierre Culliford (June 25, 1928 – December 24, 1992), known as [[PenName Peyo]], was a Belgian comics artist.
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5	He remains best known for the creation of ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' (''Les Schtroumpfs''). He made other comic book series, but they were all overshadowed in popularity by the little blue men, particularly [[MorePopularSpinoff the one they originated in]], ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit''.
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7	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2HM0_nRPMg A 23 minute long documentary about him]] and his career was aired in 1976 titled "Et Peyo demande : Passe-moi le Schtroumpf" ("And Peyo asks: Pass me the smurf?") exclusively in Belgium.
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9	A second French language documentary about Peyo called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=616LJKdc0eM "Du Monde de Peyo à la Planète Schtroumpf"]] ("From Peyo's World to Planet Smurf") was created in late 2017, which deeps even further into his life and comic career. The doc was later uploaded to the [=Youtube=] channel "The World of Peyo" on December 9, 2021.
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11	!!His works include:
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13	* ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit''
14	* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs''
15	* ''ComicBook/BenoitBrisefer'' (also known as ''Steven Strong'' and ''Benny Breakiron'')
16	* ''ComicBook/{{Pussycat}}'' (''Poussy'' in its original French)
17	* ''Pierrot And The Lamp''
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20	!!Tropes & Trivia applying to his works:
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22	* CreatorBacklash: He was quite sorry that the Smurfs became so popular he couldn't concentrate as much on his other series.
23	* MagnumOpusDissonance: Peyo's favourite work, and actually his original main one, was ''ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit'' (''Johan and Pirlouit'' in its original French title). But, one day, in one of this series' albums, appeared a certain band of lilliputian blue humanoids... They were intended to be one-shot characters, but quickly became [[invoked]]{{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s. And from then, ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'' (''Les Schtroumpfs'') became the single most remembered work of Peyo (outside French-speaking countries at least).

Context Creator / Peyo