Smurfs #2: The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, The

Johan et Pirlouit #9

by Peyo, Yvan Delporte (Illustrator)

This graphic novel presents the first comics in which the Smurfs ever appeared! In Medieval times, a court jester named Peeweet who lives in a King’s castle discovers a flute that makes those who listen to it dance until they collapse from exhaustion. When a thief steals the flute, Peeweet must search out the makers of the flute, the Smurfs, to make an even more powerful flute to combat the thief in this wildly funny tale that introduced the Smurfs to millions.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinée, Komik, Fiction, Fantasy, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960

About the author

Pierre Culliford, known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, the second volume of the Papercutz series that reprint the original Smurfs stories in graphic novel format, contains the first appearance of the little blue people. The is actually a Johan and Peewit story that feature the Smurfs in a supporting role, but was repackaged as a Smurfs story began to grow in popularity.

It is not much of an introduction to the Smurfs, since the only Smurf with a distinct personality here is Papa Smurf. They don’t level yet in the lush forest as seen in the cartoon, but in the deserted Cursed Land. There would be more changes as the Smurfs world is fleshed out in more detail in the future volumes.

This being my first Smurfs graphic novel, I am reminded by the charm the original cartoon had on me. I’ve always thought it had vibe similar to Disney cartoons of the era. It was something magical. It was a nice read fit for a lazy afternoon in a coffee shop. I wouldn’t have rescued it from a bargain bin if I wasn’t looking for something to read. It was a nice little book to burn a little time away.

[Matti Karjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vanhan kuninkaan linnassa on tukalat oltavat. Kepposteleva Pirkale on nimittäin innostunut soittamisesta ja laulamisesta, muttei osaa musisoida tippaakaan. Tilanne muuttuu vielä huonompaan suuntaan, kun kiertelevän kauppamiehen myötä hän saa käsiinsä erikoisen kuusireikäisen huilun.

Salaperäinen soittopeli ei pala tulessakaan, mutta pian käy ilmi, että sillä on muitakin maagisia voimia - sen soitto saa nimittäin kenet tahansa tanssimaan hullun lailla, niin että tämä lopulta kaatuu uupuneena maahan. Vääriin käsiin joutuessaan huilu voisi saada aikaiseksi vaikka mitä ikävää. Ilkeä Matias Pussinkääntö onnistuukin petkuttamaan soittimen itselleen.

Niinpä Johannes ja Pirkale tempautuvat mukaan jännittävään seikkailuun. Se vie heidät Taivaanäärelän valtakuntaan saakka, jossa asustavat merkillisesti puhuvat siniset olennot...

Vuonna 1958 ilmestynyt "Kuusismurffinen huilu" (Otava, 2009) on jäänyt historiaan smurffien ensiesiintymisen ansiosta, mutta sen lisäksi se on edelleen mitä erinomaisinta lastensarjakuvaa niin tarinansa kuin piirroksensa puolesta!

[StrictlySequential · Rating 2 out of 5]

Children's Book Style = No Phylactere

and barely any art- none being sequential. Only 1-3 panels per page with too many (huge) words that choke the whole thing.

This edition has "Johan et Pirlouit" named "John and William". How Britishly boring. "William" annoyed me tremendously- and not in the endearing way that was intended.

[Al Capwned · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story in which the Smurfs firsted appeared, if I'm not mistaken. Pretty cool and interesting in a somehow unexpected way.

[Katie Solt · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is was a cute book

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

'mari kita mensmurf bahasa smurf dengan para smurfs!'.
ini dia bacaan gw sejak jaman sd dulu...
gila dah lama banget ga baca petualang para smurf ini!
satu yg unik banget dari bangsa smurf yg tinggal di desa jamur itu: bahasa smurf!
hampir semua noun/verb/adjective/adverb diganti dengan kata 'smurf'...kadang suka bingung juga bacanya he4x...
di buku ini mereka ketemu sama johan & pirlouit, duo konyol yg bener2 kocak, terutama si pelawak istana pirlouit dgn 'si jenggot' kambingnya itu!
bener2 dobel serunya!!

[robynluckystars · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as smurf as the other smurf!

[Josh Bizeau · Rating 2 out of 5]

A thoroughly middling affair, decently drawn and routinely colored with a stock-standard plot and characters to boot. The Smurfs only briefly play into this story yet when they do merely serve as Deus ex Machina to relieve our chief protagonists of their seemingly unresolvable plight by simply copy-pasting the title quest item at issue-- the obvious new problem created thereby being tidily eliminated by the convenient stupidity of one protagonist in the final panel. The lead characters (antagonist included) are admittedly not short on personality but are unfortunately left stunted in development, and all characters are accompanied by dialogue that always feels more perfunctory than profound (hard to know whether that's Peyo's problem or one begot by the translation). The world which these characters inhabit seems bemusingly smaller than it should even if there were details in the more involved panels I found interesting-- those are sadly few and far between. Ultimately, it's not unsalvageable, but there is simply not enough charm here to recommend this particular Smurfs-related tale.

[Devero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il primo film dei Puffi, che da bambiano era tra quelli che davano regolarmente durante le festività natalizie, è quello tratto da questa storia.
Una gran bella storia anche oggi, una di quelle storie senza tempo che è bello rileggere di tanto in tanto.
L'aspetto dei Puffi, con il cappello frigio molto più conico ed a punta di questa prima apparizione appare, a chi li ha conosciuti solo in seguito un poco strano, ma a me è sempre piaciuto, come l'aspetto meno "tondeggiante" degli Schtroumps. Ma va bene così: la storia è ben congeniata, divertente ancora oggi per l'uso sapiente di gag classiche, con personaggi e comprimari buoni. Matteo Manolesta, ad esempio, è di quelli che rimangono impressi.
Vista la somiglianza con un noto politico italiano qualcuno potrebbe pensare che Peyo sia stato, anche in questo caso, un poco preveggente.

5 stelle ancora oggi per questa storia.

[R.L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! Fantasmurf! I mean, it's the first book where smurfs ever appeared! Who doesn't like smurfs? I love them, I grew up with them (ok,maybe I didn't grow up), I still read smurf comics and watch smurfs' videos online (the cartoon, not the movie monstrosity!)
I absolutely love them. Smurfing smurftastic!

Smurfs appear half way through the book. Johan and Peeweet are the main characters here and they are quite nice too. Funny story and the characteristic, beautiful drawning add to the pleasure too.
I'm glad such nice comics were around when I was a kid and are still going strong...

[Gijs Grob · Rating 5 out of 5]

'De fluit met zes smurfen' (1958) markeert het debuut van de smurfen, samen met Kuifje België's beroemdste striphelden. De smurfen verschijnen pas halverwege het Johan en Pirrewiet-avontuur, en ze zien er nog wat klungelig uit, maar hun potentieel is meteen zichtbaar. Prachtig is de pagina (blz. 46) waarin Pirrewiet probeert te converseren met een smurf, zonder succes. Toch is dit album vooral een klassiek Johan en Pirrewiet-album: een uitstekende mix van humor en avontuur en een goed voorbeeld van de klassieke Dupuis-stijl.

[David Erkale · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a smaller republication, by Papercutz, of the original Smurf story. Johan and Peewit see that a merchant comes into their kingdom to sell instruments, but as Peewit is bad at music Johan and the king rush the man out...although out of his carriage drops a magical flute that can make anyone dance.

It's a quest as Peewit takes the flute, uses it and then a pickpocket steals it for himself. I didn't know the Smurfs had their own comic, but this makes me want to read more.

[Rangga Sukmawijaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Walaupun saya membacanya sebagai nomor kedua dalam seri Smurf, namun sepertinya komik ini memang lebih pantas disebut sebagai bagian dari seri petualangan Johan dan Pirlouit (dalam komik ini disebut Johan dan Peewit). Para smurfs dalam kisah ini mungkin bisa disebut sebagai "pemeran pembantu utama". Meskipun begitu, cerita di komik ini menarik untuk dibaca.

[Indy · Rating 5 out of 5]

First encounters of the Smurf kind, which explains the Smurf language on a quest by two friends- heroic Johan and the small and feisty Peewit - to retrieve a stole magic flute. A very fascinating story.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these reprints of the original Smurfs comics

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pienistä se pieni ihminen ilostuu. Strumffien ensiesiintyminen. Ei, ne eivät ole smurffeja, strumffeja. Opettele.
Erinomaisen viihdyttävää sarjakuvaa, vähemmän lapsellista kuin muistinkaan.

[Helena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Tämäpä oli vallan mainio startti vappupäivän aamuun. Tykkäsin kovasti, smurffasin, mistä smurffailussa on kyse :)

[Anne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay. Relu a cause de l'apparition des schtroumpfs. Des bouts pas pire.

[Danininini · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ohhh !! Le coup de vieux 😂

[Toni Ramírez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Llegit per conèixer els orígens dels barrufets, m'ha agradat prou com per voler llegir més àlbums d'aquesta obra anterior de Peyo.

[Black Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

iznenadilo me koliko je zabavno. stvarno dobre sale, i vidi se pocetak strumpfova.

[Krisz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book - had it as a child but is lost now... borrowed from library. And it was so comfortable like an old blanket, I really love the royal environment and the boys. Smurfs are at their best here!
(Note to self: Kossuth library)

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 3 out of 5]

Medan jag var en stor serieläsare redan som barn var det vissa serier på den svenska seriescenen som gick mig mer eller mindre helt förbi. En av dessa var Peyos Johan och Pellevins äventyr, vilket är lite intressant med tanke på att jag läste en hel del av albumen i Peyos Smurfernas äventyr. Det var inte att jag inte visste att serien fanns – jag vet att kompisar hade album – men där och då var det ingenting jag fastnade för.

Nu på äldre dar har jag dock blivit lite intresserad av serien, och när jag såg att folkbiblioteken i Göteborg fortfarande hade ett exemplar av det här albumet, Den förtrollade flöjten (nummer 9 i den svenska albumutgivningen, medan det belgiska originalet, La flûte à 6 Schtroumpfs, är det fjärde albumet) kunde jag inte motstå att låna hem det. Särskilt eftersom det är i det här albumet som Peyo för första gången introducerar smurfarna för sina läsare.

På det hela taget är det underhållande äventyr om en magisk flöjt som hamnar i fel händer och som Johan och Pellevin behöver sätta stopp för. Det handlar om den typ av blandning av humor och komedi som utmärker en hel del fransk-belgiskt i den här fåran (jämför t.ex. Spirou), och även om persongalleriet är nytt för mig kommer jag in i det snabbt och lätt. Och om jag har definitivt inget emot att läsa fler album om tillfälle ges.

[Nazareno · Rating 5 out of 5]

Había una vez un chico que se llamaba Nazareno Fernando Fullana quería ser jugador de fútbol un día lo llamaron de España era el técnico del Real Madrid le dijeron si quería ir a jugar al Real (porque el jugaba en el club Drisdale de Carapachay y un día un dirigente del Real fue a ver al Drisdale y el jugador que mas le gusto fue Nazareno y así se lo dijo al técnico Jose Mourinio y así lo llamo)el entusiasmado dijo que si le pagaron el viaje a España el primer partido que jugo lo gano 3 a 0 2 goles de Cristiano Ronaldo y 1 de Nazareno y así todos los partidos el siempre metía 2 o 1 gol lo eligieron el mejor jugador de la liga y máximo goleador y así fue su carrera siempre en el Real


FIN


NAZARENO.F.F

[Thebruce1314 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn't even know these comics existed, but happened across it and couldn't resist as I loved the tv series as a child. Don't be put off by the fact that the Smurfs aren't really the main characters in this story. It is more of an introduction to the setting. The story revolves around Peewit and Johan, two boys living in a medieval-type castle who happen upon a magic flute that cause people to dance when it is played. It is stolen by an evil robber and, of course, adventure ensues. Great read, really bright, vibrant illustrations and a good story.

[Duane · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the second of the series of new Smurf graphic novels, we're gifted with the original story of how people were introduced to them. Although they don't actually appear in the book until three quarters through, the other characters in the book are both entertaining and well drawn. A great story to keep youngsters entertained and enthralled as they learn the story of the Smurfs and the adventures they get themselves into.

[Philip Armstrong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh man the memories. I've loved the movie since I was a child and I'm so happy to finally read the source. Great story. Johan and Peewit are classic classic characters. It's neat how much of the comic made the translation to the film. I wish NBM would publish the rest of the Johan/Peewit stuff rather than riding the Smurf wave. I'm still happy this stuff is finally getting published. Just... Smurfs are Smurfs while Johan and Peewit are fruit and cake!

[Nicolas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This barely made the 3 star cut. The bulk of the story is Smurfless and follows the adventures of Johan and Peewit as they try to reclaim the magical flute. (It makes people dance.) Things picked up when the Smurfs finally showed up. They had some good fun with their confusing language. (Papa Smurf got royally smurfed off when Peewit said he was a smurf.) Also, Johan said "Heavens to Murgatroyd" which has got to be a worth at least a star.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably this is the first time Peyo show his most famous work, the Smurfs, in his lesser known work, i.e. Johan et Pierrot - or in this case, Pirlouit. The two heroes, Johan and Pirlouit, have to face an evil guy, Terdesakus, who has plan to take over the kingdom using foreign mercenary, with a little help from the magic flute made by the Smurfs.

Actually, I read this for the first time back in the '80s. Like it then. Still find it a fun read at this present time.

[Christiane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first story the Smurf's appear in! The story is about two friends trying to recover a stolen magic flute, which turns out to have been crafted by the Smurfs; some of the humor reminds me a little of the Asterix comics. Oh, and I guess the new Smurf movie is live-action! (Kind of hard to imagine, actually.....)