In the US the Smurfs are mainly known for the mass produced saturday morning cartoon series, but the original comics included a handful of truly classic masterpieces. Here's an article about "King Smurf", which is arguably one of the greatest comic book stories ever created.
Among other things the article says: "I really do truly love that this comic is aimed squarely at kids. There's no respect for anything at all in here. Not military service, not heads of state, not the fundamentals of democracy... it's great! It's awesome, noisy slapstick paired up with bizarre fits of witty sophistication, all in a crispy pretzel cone of rampant anti-authoritarianism. How could the cartoon get so fucking saccharine? Smurfs have teeth! Shit out in the woods? It bites you."
Sadly the book hasn't been published in English since 1978. Go hunt on ebay!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
"King Smurf"
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I loved this book as a kid! If you flipped it over there was a story about a Smurf going to the moon and meeting the "Swoofs" of the moon. They were just the smurfs dressed up like cavemen thought! Great stories!!
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