The Smurfs Vol. 25


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Celebrating over 60 years of SMURFS, Papercutz is all in continuing its long winning streak of SMURFS graphic novels. With an all-new animated TV series in the works, Papercutz continues to double-down and publish THE SMURFS comics that started it all. Here in “The Gambling Smurfs” we see the consequences of what happens after the Smurfs visit the Human world and are inspired to try their little blue hands at games of chance. It starts as just a fun new hobby, but when the stakes are raised, the Smurfs fall into a vicious cycle of playing, betting, and losing, and playing again. Has the Smurfs Village become the new Sin City? It’s no big surprise that Gargamel is also around to take advantage of this unfortunate situation. Has Gargamel’s luck finally changed? Have the Smurfs finally lost?




We Are the Smurfs: Better Together! (We Are the Smurfs Book 2)


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The zany, Smurf-tacular tales continue in the second volume in this graphic novel series for young readers! The Smurfs comic series focuses on emotional learning, social responsibility, and overall Smurf-iness. Featuring three complete stories in each volume, these full-color graphic novels are full of kid-friendly humor and tell all-new, action-packed adventures. A great option for newly independent readers, comics fans, and reluctant readers!




The Smurfs Tales Vol. 3


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A very special collection of stories featuring all the Smurfs you love plus the Smurfs from The Lost Village movie! Join Smurfette, and Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf along with Smurfstorm, Smurfblossom, Smurfwillow and all the Smurf girls from Smurfy Grove as they thwart the wicked plans of the sorcerer Gargamel. And, in an all-new adventure, when Gargamel manages to grant the gift of speech to a crow, he hopes the crow will be his ticket that leads to the Smurfs Village. But, what unfolds will be something to crow about! These modern tales of The Smurfs are beautifully illustrated in full-color and are simply a Smurftastic sight to behold!




We Are the Smurfs: Welcome to Our Village! (We Are the Smurfs Book 1)


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An early-reader graphic novel series focusing on social and emotional responsibility from the beloved Smurfs brand—now in paperback! This new Smurfs comic series focuses on emotional learning, social responsibility, and overall Smurf-iness! Join Papa Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Smurfette, and all the others as they tackle day-to-day problems and get into wacky hijinks! Except for Scaredy Smurf, who is too afraid of everything to have fun. And Clumsy Smurf, whose two left feet get him into more troubles than he can count. And Greedy Smurf, whose love for food causes Gargamel to capture everyone in the village. But no matter the problem, you can always count on the Smurfs to figure out a solution! Now in paperback, this full-color early-reader graphic novel features three complete stories and back matter dedicated to helping children explore and better understand their emotions. A great option for newly independent readers and comics fans everywhere!




The Smurfs Tales Vol. 1


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On the occasion of the all-new animated TV series starting on Nick this September, an all-new series of Smurfs graphic novels! The Smurfs are back in new stories in English for the first time! First, when Papa Smurf’s stork gets wounded in a storm, he must rely on the kindness of a local farmer to nurse the stork back to flying condition. A different kind of storm arrives in the shape of Johnny, the nephew of the farmer. The boy is as aggressive as his uncle is friendly. Making his way to the Smurfs Village, Johnny leaves a path of destruction in his wake, putting the whole village in jeopardy. Plus, tales of the Smurfs on vacation! Plus, there’s plenty of medieval action and adventure from the king’s page (and loyal ally to the Smurfs) Johan his silly sidekick, the mischievous jester Peewit, go off on an adventure featuring Papa Smurf. Plus, even more smurfs comicstrips to add some blue and brighten any day.




The Smurfs Anthology Vol. 1


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When the Belgian cartoonist Peyo created a village of cute little woodland creatures for his heroes Johan and Peewit to discover, he couldn't have known that they would wildly outgrow those humble origins to become a worldwide phenomenon all on their own. More than 50 years later, The Smurfs continue to delight us all with their silliness, bravery, heroism, and heart, and now we finally have a definitive collection of Peyo's original comics to see where it all began. Newly remastered and presented in original publication order, along with a Smurfy collection of historical notes and photographs, this volume introduces us to Smurfette and features a Johan and Peewit story never before seen in the U.S.




The Smurfs Tales Vol. 2


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Fresh from their new animated series, join Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and rest of the lovable blue smurfs for two new classic adventures. First, Brainy Smurf gets a bit more smarter (if possible) when he uncovers a mysterious book that contains all the answers. But does it have the answer to how he can became popular with the other smurfs? This book—THE SMURF TALES-- will tell all! Second, Smurfette steps in for Papa Smurf and takes charge of all of Smurfs Village in his absence. When the other smurfs don’t take her seriously, Smurfette must assert her leadership and protect the village from the wicked sorcerer Gargamel. Plus, from the world of Peyo, the super strong French boy Benny Breakiron, attends the Bodoni Circus to discover trouble under the big top. This adventure has never been published before in English!




The Smurfs & Friends Vol. 2


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The Smurfs’ eternal arch foe, the evil wizard Gargamel, is the center of attention in several Smurf-stories: “Gargamel and the Crocodile,” features Gargamel’s attempts to raise a pet crocodile, much to Azrael’s chagrin; Gourmelin, “Gargamel’s Twin Brother” also stops by for a visit; a very hungry fellow returns and demands Gargamel to feed him in “The Ogre and the Smurfs;” a very noisy bird keeps makes Gargamel’s life difficult in “The Smurfs and the Booglooboo;” then there’s “Gargamel’s Nephews” who look like three pint-size Gargamels, who stir up some trouble when they visit their uncle; and just when you think you’ve met all of Gargamel’s look-alike relatives, “Sagratamabarb” shows up and wants to move next door to his cousin Gargamel! And if all that wasn’t enough, there are dozens of gag-filled Smurfs comic strips, another adventure of Johan, in which the gallant court page must battle “The Master of Roucybeuf,” and an action-packed Benny Breakiron epic where the tiny, super-powered French boy encounters “Madame Adolphine,” a seeming harmless little old lady, who apparently is behind a major criminal caper!




The Smurfs & Friends Vol. 1


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An all-new collection featuring The Smurfs, and their friends! In this first volume Benny Breakiron returns in "The Red Taxi," Johan & Peewit embark on a never-before-seen adventure, and the Smurfs return with comic strips galore. This is a collection Peyo fans will not want to miss, and that will look great on any bookshelf.




Aging and Popular Music in Europe


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Opening up the dialogue between popular music studies and aging studies, this book offers a major exploration of age and popular music across Europe. Using a variety of methods to illustrate how age within popular music is contingent and compelling, the volume explores how it provokes curation and devotion across a variety of sites and artists who record in several European languages, and genres including waltz music, electronica, pop, folk, rap, and the French ‘chanson.’ Visiting the many ways in which age is problematized, revered, and performed within Europe in relation to popular music, case studies analyze: French touring shows of popular music stars from the 1960s; André Rieu’s annual Vrijthof concerts in the Netherlands; Kraftwerk and Björk’s appearances at renowned art museums as curated objects; queer approaches to popular music space and time; British folk music inheritances; pan-European strategies of stardom and career longevity; and inheritance and post-colonial hauntings of race and identity. The book works with the notion of travelling, across borders, genres, sexualities, and media, highlighting the visibility of the aging body across a variety of European sites in order to establish popular music through the lens of age as a positive methodology with which to approach popular music cultures, and to offer a counter-narrative to age as decline. This book will appeal to scholars of popular music, popular culture, media studies, cultural studies, aging studies, and cultural gerontology.