Perfectly timed for the release of the new major motion picture starring everyone's favorite little blue friends, this book is the first to celebrate the Smurfy history, including extensive character bios, a history of the creator, and a look back at the popular cartoon series. Also included is a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming movie.

About the Author

Matt. Murray is the country's leading smurfologist. Murray earned his BFA in film, television and radio production from NYU, where he also studied the history of animation under noted scholar Jerry Beck. As first executive director of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art he curated the 2006 exhibit Saturday Morning: Art and Artifacts From a Golden Age of Television and rediscovered his childhood passion for the smurfs. He has participated in the special features of the DVDS of the Hanna-Barber cartoon and is currently the "Smurf Consultant" on the Papercutz' series of Smurfs graphic novels and runs the website http://smurfology.blogspot.com.