Welcome to the world of cartoons once again. My name, if you don't know it by now, is Elena and this is my first Snoopy challenge.The caracters I chose for this challenge are my dear friends from childhood, Pif the dog and Hercule the cat.

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Let's see who they are.

Pif le chien(Pif the dog) appeared as comic strip for the first time in the Fench newspaper L'Humanite in 1948.
The character was created in 1945 by Jose Cabrero Arnal.
In 1952 due to its increasing popularity Pif appears in color in the journal Vaillant and the journal will be named from 1965 Vaillant Pif journal.
In 1969 it adds prizes and is named Pif gadget.

The original story is about this doggie that lives in a family of workers, Tonton, the father, Tata the mother and Doudou the baby.Two years later, in 1950 a new character was added, Hercule, a mischievious cat that constantly plays tricks and chalenges Pif.

Pif was animated for a television cartoon series called Pif et Hercule, in 1989, and a movie New adventures of Pif and Hercule in 1993.

Hercule was also developed as a character in its own right with a magazine dedicated to his adventures, called Super Hercule.


PIF Challenge

There are two parts to this challenge, all levels of skill are encouraged to participate, you may take part in one or two or both if you wish.

Part One, simply draw one of the references I have provided, or find one you'd rather draw.

Part Two, make up your own comic Pif style! Just please keep in mind: No religious references please, as many people are easily offended. Same goes for sexually explicit cartoons, children being eaten, you get the idea. Keep it nice & funny.

You may use any type of medium you like but please no computer graphics , all drawings must be hand drawn. You may use your computer for text or coloring if you wish but please post your original drawing first.

Special thanks to Brian David who makes this challenge possible, enjoy and have fun with Pif characters.

Pif
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Hercule
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Tonton

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Tata

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Doudou
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Pifou, the son of Pif whose language is limited to "Glop glop, no glop"

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As for my love for Pif and the gang, I must say that every week I was at the kiosk waiting for the magazine to arrive, monthly there were prizes with small surprizes, I loved to draw them all and here are a few of my clippings from that era on my diary. I was between 12 and 17 while following the adventures of these characters.(1966-1971)

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I even created my own badge of Pif which crossstiched in silk and wore it on my dresses.
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I will also post some real pages from that time.
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In the first page Pif lost his mule and the water supply and tries to find a town. He sees a train but people on the train are afraid of him. He doesn't know why.
Second page: he finally gets to a town but everybody sherrif included are scared by his presence.
Finally Hercule takes him prisoner and delivers him to authorities eplaining that he printed wanted posters with Pif picture in order to get a reward.
They try to escape with the money but Kactus kid is waiting for them in the desert. He wants their money. Pif gets nervous and knocks down Kactus Kid, after Hercule admitted he spread the rumor that Pif was a bandit.Hercule is tied upon a cactus.
Pif tells him to wait for him and returns with a wanted poster for Hercule. The townfolk are after Hercule now.
End of story.

nice cartoon

Gracias, Daniela.

Elena, first let me tell you that I LOVE your new avatar

And what a lovely job you have done with the introduction to this challenge

I don't recall reading/watching these before so thanks for introducing some new cartoons into my life

I used to love reading comic books when I was a kid/teenager and later too and its so nice that you have kept those memories from your youth

Its way past bedtime here, so I'm going to tuckle in now, but hope to try one of these really soon

Obrigado, Clara.
I felt like a kid again last week when I rediscovered them in the web.
So my avatar is in tune with the spirit of mischief and the hypnotizing charm of cats.

Elena

Cool intro and interesting references, i think i will give this one a go.

Mart

Hi all,

dear Elena, what a interesting and fun challenge, I absolutely love these characters and storey lines.Thanks so much for doing this, and sharing a part of your childhood with us, it is a great pleasure to have you hosting Snoopy 101, what a wonderful job you did putting this together. I hope to find time around my crazy schedule to participate.

Happy drawings,

Brian.

so nice avatar!

Nice intro and reference pictures Elena. Enjoyable memories from your childhood as well.
I did a "quickie" sketch of the two characters backpacking - thought this one was really cute.
Hope to get it colored today and post.

Mart, Brian, Daniela, Tammy welcome to the world of Pif.Glad to see you here and I am ready for the fun of this challenge.

Hi all,

My first try drawing a Pif cartoon,

this is what I came up with, sure was fun ,

thanks for the challenge Elena, I look forward to all the drawings this week,

Brian.

O, Brian, this is excellent.No wonder Pif has a jacket, it's cold in Canada in November.

Thanks for your time and this wonderful cartoon, Brian.

Lovely Brian, I love his jacket


Elena I have not forgotten about you, or this challenge. I just have been really busy with my life and trying to do some art as well. But I promisse I will post something soon because I really like these characters!!

oye .... tengo un pif navideño
hey... i ve got a cristmass pif

TEll us about it, Daniela.

here is it up

What a wonderful surprise, Daniela. It's a digital PIF. Did you create it in tux paint?

Que sorpresa maravillosa! Es un Pif digital, verdad? Lo has creado con el programa Tux paint?
Supongo que tiene regalos para todos nosotros de este sitio en el saco.Muy bonito.

Very nice. A hope he has presents for all of us here on DS in his bag.

no
i have only an snoopy here , but i can edit stamps and stamp a lots of pif
and make and pif invassion!!!

I remember enjoying the Pif and Hercules cartoon a lot as a kid; it's good to learn more about them and their comic origins, thanks Elena.
Heres the cartoon opening on youtube
and a couple sketches I made:
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Hola, amigo Ofir.
Thanks for the link.
Your sketches are very funny and the characters well captured.
I am glad to hear these were also your childhood heroes in cartoons.What a small world?!

just triyng to draw hercule

Good start, Daniela.me gusta tu dibujo.

Elena, I?m sending my drawing about the Pif thread. I must be honest, I don?t know anything about The Pif magazine. Never was published something like this In Latinamerica (maybe I?m wrong). Anyway, the character seems to be funny. Regards.
Kain
Thanks Elena. Yes, Hercule produced an explosion.

Hola, Kain. Very well done Hercule. The name of the magazine and doggie is PIF.
Do I have to understand that Hercule just produced an explosion?He looks unsure of his act.And I was ready to say he plans his next attack.
Thanks for joining the fun.

Great drawings everyone.
Sorry for the delay in posting this Elena, a bit of excitement around here.
The power cord for my modem decided it would explode, poke wires through its protective cover and burn a nice sized hole in my carpet. Needless to say we were without internet - but more than that the fire hazard! We are grateful that nothing worse than a carpet burn came of it. The technician who came to replace the modem said this wasn't the first one he had seen. Hmmm, that makes me wonder if they should have maybe notified people??? Anyway here is my drawing and I had a great time doing it.
Thanks Elena.

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Oh, Tammy this is excellent! So much detail and they look so happy both of them. Wonderful!
Sorry about your little accident!Truly unpleasant when all sort of this kind of things happen around holiday time.
Thank you for still being with us despite your problem and i am happy to hear you enjoyed the two fellows drawing.Very nice cartoon. Very professional.

Well done everyone, some great drawings. Here's mine using a 2B pencil on A4 paper.

I agree too, I love them That christmas one was cool
I maybe want to read that since I love mostly old cartoon stuff.

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Here, have some hats

Hi Paul and Freja. I can see that both of you produced very creative and funny cartoons.
Freja those hats are so cute and they do look good in them.
Thank you both for participating. Glad to hear you enjoy these characters.

Hi all ,

I admire all the drawings very much they are spectacular,

really great drawings, Mr.Ofir , Daniela, Kain, Tammy, Freja, and Paul a big welcome to Snoopy 101


Great challenge Elena, thanks again for hosting!


Brian.

so many lovely drawings in this challenge, lovely!!!

Great host as always Elena

I'm so sorry I have been missing all the fun, but I haven't been myself lately.
anyway its time to get back on track, and I thought this would be the best way to restart drawing, besides I always keep my promises, and I did promise to participate in this one

Its just a quick CP schetch of Pifou, and I've been feeling as blue as that little bird

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very cute Pifou, Clara.
Nobody would mind taking some time off drawing and sketching. Especially when you have a good reason.I didn't find myself too productive either these days.
Anyway it's good that you found time and energy for a comeback.

Clara , your drawing is adorable,

hope all is well and glad to see you!

I am working on a new challenge, I hope to have up in a few days.

Good drawing Clara.
Kain

Thank you to all participants and as woody woodpecker will say: I'll be back soon with another cartoon.