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Peyo
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Pierre Culliford (; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, in the latter of which the Smurfs made their first appearance.
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Pierre Culliford, known by the pseudonym Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, screenwriter, cartoonist, and film director. Born in Schaerbeek on June 25, 1928, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and worked for Spirou. He was a member of the Marcinelle school and worked in the fields of painting and comics, speaking French.
His notable works include The Smurfs, Johan and Peewit, Benoît Brisefer, and Poussy. He died in Brussels on December 24, 1992, from a myocardial infarction.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 1992
- Works
- 319
Top works
- Smerf finansista
- Smerf finansista
- Smerf naczelnik
- Spirou und Fantasio-Sonderband
- De Fluit met Zes Smurfen
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Brussels, Belgium
Pierre Culliford (French: [kylifɔʁd]; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo([pejo]). His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, in which the Smurfs first appeared. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peyo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Du monde de Peyo à la planète Schtroumpf2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Belgium
- Active from
- 1928
- Active to
- 1992
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5,319
- Total plays
- 29,709
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Peyo">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Peyo
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A circular economy use of recovered sludge cellulose in wood plastic composite production: Recycling and eco-efficiency assessment
· 2019 · cited 85x
- Effects of dietary phosphorus and calcium level on growth and skeletal development in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fry
· 2009 · cited 64x
- Comparative life cycle environmental and economic assessment of anaerobic membrane bioreactor and disinfection for reclaimed water reuse in agricultural irrigation: A case study in Italy
· 2021 · cited 64x
- Comparison of Glucose and Lipid Metabolic Gene Expressions between Fat and Lean Lines of Rainbow Trout after a Glucose Load
· 2014 · cited 56x
- Postprandial Regulation of Growth- and Metabolism-Related Factors in Zebrafish
· 2013 · cited 51x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Comics creator.image
- Peyo (1990) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg
- Comics creator.caption
- Peyo in 1990
- Comics creator.birth_name
- Pierre Culliford
- Comics creator.birth_place
- Brussels, Belgium
- Comics creator.death_place
- Brussels, Belgium
- Comics creator.write
- y
- Comics creator.art
- y
- Comics creator.children
- 2
- Comics creator.signature
- Peyo signature.svg
- Comics creator.notable works
- The Smurfs Johan et PirlouitBenoît BriseferPoussy
- Comics creator.areas
- Writer, artist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Schaerbeek
- Place of death
- Brussels
- Occupation
- cartoonist
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels
- Employer
- Spirou
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- Poussy
- Field of work
- comics
- Movement
- Marcinelle school
- Image
- Peyo (1990) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- Commons category
- Peyo
- date of birth
- 1928-06-25
- date of death
- 1992-12-24
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- birth name
- Pierre Culliford
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Peyo
- topic's main category
- Category:Peyo
- name in native language
- Pierre Culliford
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Smurfs
- Personal life, death, and legacy
- Awards and honours
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
Pierre Culliford (; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic book series The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit, in the latter of which the Smurfs made their first appearance.
==Early life== Culliford was born in 1928 in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek, Belgium. He was the son of an English father and a Belgian mother.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peyo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.