COMIC ARTIST

Peyo

1928 - 1992

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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 the latter of which the Smurfs made their first appearance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peyo is the 13th most popular comic artist (down from 7th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 81st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

Peyo is most famous for the Moomins, which are a family of white, hippopotamus-like creatures that live in a valley.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Peyo ranks 13 out of 226. Before him are Albert Uderzo, Morris, Frank Miller, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, and Hugo Pratt. After him are Zdeněk Miler, Jean Giraud, Jack Kirby, Matt Groening, Rumiko Takahashi, and Jean-Jacques Sempé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Peyo ranks 55. Before him are Manfred Gerlach, Li Ka-shing, Francesco Cossiga, Li Peng, Alfonso de Portago, and Eugene Merle Shoemaker. After him are Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Daniel Nathans, Osamu Shimomura, Hardy Krüger, Reynaldo Bignone, and Karlheinz Böhm. Among people deceased in 1992, Peyo ranks 31. Before him are Peter D. Mitchell, Anthony Perkins, Aribert Heim, Nureddin al-Atassi, David Bohm, and Algirdas Julien Greimas. After him are Günther Anders, John G. Kemeny, Kaysone Phomvihane, Samuel Reshevsky, Takeshi Inoue, and César Manrique.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peyo ranks 112 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Justus Lipsius (1547), and Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502). After him are Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Félicien Rops (1833), Leo Baekeland (1863), and Henri Pirenne (1862).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Peyo ranks 3. Before him are Hergé (1907), and Morris (1923). After him are André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).

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