''Poussy'' (literally: ''Pussy'') is a Belgian comic strip created in 1949 by

Peyo Pierre Culliford (; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo (). His best-known works are the comic book series ''The Smurfs'' and '' Johan and Peewit'', the latter in wh ...

. It is a

gag-a-day A gag-a-day comic strip is the style of writing comic cartoons such that every installment of a strip delivers a complete joke or some other kind of artistic statement. It is opposed to story or continuity strips, which rely on the development of ...

comic about a cute black cat whose curiosity often gets him into trouble.

Concept

created ''Poussy'' on January 22, 1949, for the Belgian newspaper ''

Le Soir ''Le Soir'' (, "The Evening") is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing ...

''. It was his second series after ''

Johan and Peewit ''Johan and Peewit'' (french: Johan et Pirlouit, ) is a Belgian comics series created by Peyo. Since its initial appearance in 1947 it has been published in 13 albums that appeared before the death of Peyo in 1992. Thereafter, a team of comic bo ...

'', created three years earlier. It was also published in the comics magazine '' Spirou'' and released in album format by the

Dupuis Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines. Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. It is ...

editions. The main character in the series is Poussy, a black-and-white cat who exhibits normal cat-like behavior, such as trying to catch mice, find food, and run away from danger. His owner is a nameless little blond boy. All the gags are mostly without dialogue. Originally the gags were published in ''

'' in black-and-white. From 1965 on, '' Spirou'' published the series in color. In 1969, Peyo's assistant,

Lucien De Gieter Lucien is a male given name. It is the French form of Luciano or Latin ''Lucianus'', patronymic of Lucius. Lucien, Saint Lucien, or Saint-Lucien may also refer to: People Given name * Lucien of Beauvais, Christian saint *Lucien, a band member ...

, took over the series until 1973. In 1976 and 1977 the colorized gags were finally published in album format; three albums have been published.

Albums

* ''Ça, c'est Poussy'' (1976) ("That's Pussy") * ''Faut pas Poussy'' (1976) ("Don't do that, Pussy!") * ''Poussy Poussa'' (1977) ("Poussy Carries On")

In other languages

''Poussy'' has been translated into the following languages: * Dutch: "Poesie" * German: "Pussy" * Spanish: "Pusy", "Poussy" * Swedish: "Katten Karlsson"

References

{{Reflist Belgian comic strips 1949 comics debuts 1973 comics endings Comics characters introduced in 1949 Fictional cats Comics about cats Gag-a-day comics Pantomime comics Dupuis titles Belgian comics characters Comics by Peyo Male characters in comics Peyo characters