Comic Watch Exclusive: Mad Cave Studios / Papercutz Bring Brand New Smurf Adventure in March 2025

By Chad Burdette

on November 22, 2024

This March, don’t miss the start of a new Smurf adventure from Mad Cave Studios and Papercutz bring readers a brand new Smurf adventure in The Smurfs — Who is That Smurf?

It’s the start of a new smurfing adventure by French master cartoonist, Tebo, featuring Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, Hefty Smurf and Papa Smurf. Smurf along as they valiantly smurf many dangers and other smurferies to unlock the answers and help this strange Smurf.

Cartoonist Frédéric Thébault (Tebo) was born in Caen, France, in 1972, and was discovered in 1997, thanks to the only comics competition he ever took part in when Jean-Claude Camano, former editorial director at Glénat, was seeking young talents to start a new magazine called TCHÔ!, and Tebo was just what he was looking for.

Tebo began with Samson et Néon (Glénat, 1999), followed by Captain Biceps, along with author Zep. In 2011, Lewis Trondheim and his group from L’Atelier Mastodonte (Alfred, Bianco, Julien Neel, Pedrosa, and Yoann) invited Tebo to join them and they published their first volume in 2013 (Dupuis). His most recent work is the rollicking adventure series Raowl (Dupuis; Europe Comics in English), which turns classic fairy tales on their head.

IMPS, together with LAFIG Belgium, are the official licensors of the little blue characters ‘The Smurfs.’ Over the years, IMPS has worked in close collaboration with its agents worldwide to develop successful licensed merchandising, retail and co-branded promotions, publishing activities, broadcasting deals, theme parks, live shows and family entertainment centers that have secured the everlasting success of the Smurfs. IMPS is run by Véronique Culliford, the daughter of Pierre Culliford, the creator of the Smurfs, who is better known under his pseudonym Peyo. Véronique has run IMPS since 1984 and controls with LAFIG Belgium the rights to the Smurfs characters and the Smurfs licensing worldwide.