Smurfs #11: The Smurf Olympics, The (The Smurfs Graphic Novels, 11) Paperback – March 27, 2012

Great plot. Funny.

"The Smurf Olympics", which was originally published in French, is a funny Smurf story that finally got translated into English. And, except for Grouchy's "me, I don't likes" which don't fit the spirit of the character as he is normally interpreted in English, it's a good translation. The story itself is the basis for both "The Smurfic Games" cartoon special and the cartoon show episode "A Little Smurf Confidence", as it features the Smurfs splitting off into three teams, and one Smurf who becomes a team all by his lonesome finds himself to be lacking the confidence needed to win the tournament, until Papa Smurf gives him a special cream to put on his nose that he claims would give him special strength. Throughout the whole story, Brainy is pestering his fellow Smurfs as the referee, who gives them yellow cards whenever they violate some sort of rule. Anyway, the lone Smurf with the cream on his nose goes through all the contests in the tournament and comes out a winner in almost all of them until the last, when he gets so exhausted that he nearly drops out, until a nettle prick in the booty gets him rocketing right to the finish line. He gets the medal, which he at first refuses until Papa Smurf reveals that the cream on his nose was actually gooseberry jam, and he almost gets a kiss from Smurfette...until Brainy shows up with a pink card for Smurfette. At that point, I would have wanted to be that Smurf and throw Brainy out of the village on his head!In addition to the main story, there's also a series of one-page sketches called "More Smurf Olympics", which was originally featured in the Random House Smurf comic book The Smurfic Games with some ones originally only published in other languages added. Overall, I think this is a good story to purchase. If you're a Smurf fan, you will enjoy it.

The feature story in this 11th volume of Smurf graphic novels from Papercutz is the story "The Smurf Olympics." Tired of racing and competing by himself, Hefty Smurf takes Papa Smurf's advice and decides to hold a bunch of Smurf Games where the winner will receive medals. When the other Smurfs hear about this, they aren't very excited because most of them still have their medals from the days of "The King Smurf." So, another prize is offered to the overall winning Smurf: a kiss from Smurfette. All of the Smurfs want to compete after that. They are quickly divided into two teams with Brainy Smurf as the referee, but no one wants Weakling Smurf on their team, so he's allowed to compete on his own individual team. Papa Smurf can tell that Weakling Smurf if feeling depressed and decides to do something about it. But does Papa's help give Weakling an unfair advantage? "The Smurf Olympics" was the basis for the episode "The Smurfic Games" on tv as well as the story "A Little Smurf Confidence."Besides the main story, the rest of THE SMURF OLYMPICS contains several full page Smurf comics as well as some regular Smurf comic strips.THE SMURF OLYMPICS is an enjoyable read. This book is a must have for a Smurf fan's collection. Also recommended for younger children who enjoy comic books.

Très distrayant

Unfortunately, I didn't realize that all the Smurf books I ordered were comic format. I thought they were storybooks. I have a 2 1/2 year old and a 5 year old grandchild and these are not appropriate for either of them. My fault for not carefully reading description.

this is something our own children enjoyed so great to introduce it to our grandaughter too. She loves it and is now collecting figures etc. Lucky we hung on to some of the originals!