The Color Of Comics
Monday, June 15th, 2009
Comex Paints claims they can match any color. Even iconic ones (and even more after the click).
The Ephemerist
Thriving in the margins since 2002…
Archive for the 'Smurfs' Tag
Why Marsupilami Rules
Friday, January 16th, 2009
I adore comics that refer to other comics, and preferably in a very disrespectful-but-still-loving way. This page on why the Marsupilami rules the Franco-Belgian comic waves, was published in Spirou 3684, and was created by Tébo (short for Frédéric Thébault), author of Captain Biceps collaborator on In Caca Veritas.
(via Blake, Jacobs & Mortimer)
Smurfs wars !
Monday, October 6th, 2008
Marcello Braga of Brasil has conceived a scenario of what happens to the Smurfs after they finally beat and kill Gargamel and Azrael, and Papa Smurf finally has died of old age. It’s hard-hitting and pocket-sized !
I don’t know whether the Peyo people will buy into the story, but it has a nice Elseworlds ring to it.
Smurf Panini’s !
Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Woohoo ! Best of both worlds…
Smurfs over Liege
Friday, June 6th, 2008
On their year-long Anniversary Tour of Europe, the Smurfs took over Liège today. And even though that’s not far from where I live, the weather was too bad to make the trip, and besides, I had work to do.
We’d bought our Smurfs from Unicef anyhow, as that is the main purpose of this campaign : raising awareness (and money) for that cause. Which brings me to something that has been on my mind since this campaign started. All those lowlives who are selling these charity smurfs on Ebay for $ 50 or more, you should be ashamed of yourselves for more than one reason :
- Chances are you grabbed handfuls of Smurfs from the street in whatever city you live in, leaving nothing for the children who were meant to find them,
- You’re trying to make money from something that you didn’t pay zip for yourself
- The amount of money you ask is totally outrageous, as Unicef sells the same figures for a mere € 10
- You’re actually stealing from the charity that these figures were made for.
So there.
Support the smurfs !
Sunday, March 30th, 2008
The Smurfs are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a tour across Europe. So far, they’ve turned up in Angoulème, Ghent and Scheveningen, and in each of these cities, thousands of lifesize white Smurfs turn up. If you find one, you can take him home, paint him and take part in a competition. But at the same time, these little gnomes also create awareness about Unicef, the Smurfs’ and Studio Peyo’s charity of choice (remember the quite disturbing ad they did together last year).
Check out the mirth and surprise at each of these locations, and especially admire the Astérix smurf that Albert Uderzo painted in Angoulème.
And if you’re not in Europe, or just to lazy to go smurf hunting, why not buy your own ? They’re for sale at the Unicef Shop, they’re like three apples high (which is about 7 inches) and they’re only 10 Euro’s (which is about 15 USD, I gather). So, there’s no reason not to. Get one, paint one, fly.
John And John Get All Topical, Also
Monday, March 17th, 2008
Smurfs galore
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Here’s two recent examples of the Smurf craze that’s sweeping across Europe (or, two examples of attempts to artificially create one). Above is a key chain that was handed out to visitors of the Schleich booth at the 2008 Nürnberg Spielwarenmesse. It’s one of a special series of figurines produced to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the little blue dwarves.
In the mean time, Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn tries to cash in as well, by awarding customers with a little plastic Smurf for every € 15 purchase. These figurines are smaller than the regular Schleich ones, but apart from that, they are quite good, actually.
New Belgian duostamps
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
While waiting to post some christmas cards, I picked up these new Duostamps from my local post office. Duostamps are typically standard value stamps that have a second stamp attached with a certain topical image. In this case, from left to right, the following themes are used :
- The smurfs, with elements from several Smurfs albums (rather shoddily cropped, if you ask me). It would seem that these stamps were issued just in time for the 50th anniversary of Peyo’s characters, which will be celebrated this year.
- A set of five stamps with characters by Hergé, branded with the “Une Vie, Un Oeuvre” logo. These stamps feature Totor, Leo et Lea, Quick et Flupke, Jo et Zette and Tintin, respectively.
- A second set of stamps with Hergé art (featuring Tintin and a portrait of Hergé himself. This set too is branded with the “Une Vie, Un Oeuvre” logo.
These stamps are available from Belgian post offices, and (most probably) also on the De Post Eshop. (Smurfs © Peyo; Totor, Leo et Lea, Quick et Flupke, Jo et Zette and Tintin © Moulinsart)
Advertisers are strange people
Monday, January 15th, 2007
Ok. Here’s a question for you. Would you buy a car because a diminutive blue cartoon character praises it ? OK, fair enough, but would you also buy it if that very same cartoon character attests that he hates the car ?
Hmm (from 2003) …
