Romeo And Smurfette (comic book)

"Romeo And Smurfette" was a trade paperback comic book that was published by Peyo through Random House in America in the early 1980s.

Summary

The comic book consisted of three sections:

Romeo And Smurfette

This was a series of vignettes set around the Smurfs preparing for Smurfette's visit to the Smurf Village, some of which were made part of the cartoon show episode of the same name. This originally appeared in the French version of the comic book story "The Smurf's Apprentice".

Smurfery

This was a series of random one-page vignettes, some of which include Smurfette, concluded with a four-page sketch still set around the romantic theme of the previous section. This originally appeared in the French version of the comic book story "Smurf Soup".

Traveling Smurf

This was the original comic book version of the story that became the cartoon show episode "Dreamy's Nightmare". When one of the Smurfs decides that he's going to leave the village to travel around the world, Papa Smurf tries to get his other little Smurfs to persuade that Smurf to stay, but they were unsuccessful. On the day of his departure, Papa Smurf gave that Smurf a magic whistle that he could use that would transport him straight back to the village should he ever need to. However, that Smurf barely got far on his journey when Gargamel captured him and used the magic whistle he had found on that Smurf to transport himself to the Smurf Village. Papa Smurf used a potion to change Gargamel's behavior to being kind and gentle so that he would not be a threat, then found out that Gargamel had used the magic whistle and left the Smurf he had captured at his castle with Azrael chasing him. Papa Smurf and his little Smurfs join Gargamel as he returns to his castle to keep his cat from harming the captured Smurf, but soon the potion wears off and Gargamel captures all the Smurfs and places them in a chest while he prepares to boil them. Fortunately, one of the Smurfs has the magic whistle, so Papa Smurf has all his little Smurfs join hands together with him while he blew the whistle, causing them to be transported back to the village while Gargamel anguishes over losing them. Papa Smurf asks the traveling Smurf if he intends to set off on another journey, which that Smurf says he has no intentions of doing so, making the other Smurfs rejoice by having a celebration.

Notes

• "Traveling Smurf", which originally was "The Smurf Not Like The Others" (the English translation of its original title), appears in edited form in the children's book story "The Wandering Smurf" which was released by Random House in 1981. It would later appear in the Papercutz book Gargamel And The Smurfs under its original translated title.
• "Romeo and Smurfette" (Fr. Romeos et Schtroumpfette) represents the reappearance of the Smurfette years since her 1966 debut in "La Schtroumpfette" (Eng. The Smurfette).