Poussy

Poussy (literally: Pussy) is a Belgian comic strip created in 1949 by Peyo. It is a gag-a-day comic about a cute black cat whose curiosity often gets him into trouble.

Concept[]

Peyo created Poussy on January 22, 1949, for the Belgian newspaper Le Soir.^[1] It was his second series after Johan and Peewit, created three years earlier. It was also published in the comics magazine Spirou and released in album format by the Dupuis editions.^[1]

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

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