Do not confuse diversity with injustice – a review of the comic book “Smurfs and the world of emotions. The Smurf who considered everything unfair “, vol. 5

Hi, I’m a Smurf who’s always complaining!

The universe of the Smurfs is characterized by an orderly structure: on the one hand, we have an attentive and sensible Papa Smurf, on the other – almost a countless number of Smurfs, who know their duties perfectly and diligently carry them out. The hardworking diligently repairs broken items, the cook cooks delicacies for his companions, and the Big boy… like Big boy, he constantly gets wise. In the discussed volume, however, there is one seemingly indistinguishable, nameless Smurf, who has this structure for nothing and believes that life is unfair, and he is the main aggrieved party. The culprit of this fact is the widely understood personified injustice of fate. How good it is that Papa Smurf, by the way, the only bearded character in the comic (which the main character of the story will remind him of!), Has an idea how to solve an unusual problem in the Smurfs Village.

About emotions with a child psychologist

The second part of the album includes advice from child psychologist and psychoanalyst Diane Drory, who asks the reader: Do you sometimes feel that something is unfair? , Would it be fair if all they had and did the same thing? and Papa Smurf asks: Do you ever wonder what is fair and what is not in life? , Do you obey the rules? Or maybe you prefer to impose yours?I do not hide that the topic covered in the volume is difficult, so the work of a parent with a child while reading will be invaluable. The question of how this should be done will be answered by the Polish psychologist, known from the previous issues of the series, Sylwia Jatczak. It highlights the importance of a sense of justice in a child’s life. It appears most often when the youngest begin to consciously participate in social life. Taking a different point of view can cause disappointment and generate a sense of failure, which is why the cooperation of the child and the parent is so important.

In the world of comics

The comic was created in collaboration with Thierry Culliford, Falzar (screenplay), Antonelli Dalen (drawings) and Paolo Maddaleni (colors). The translation was again entrusted to Marta Mosiewicz, who also coped brilliantly this time. The first part of the comic – the story of the nameless Smurf who considers everything unfair – is thirty pages long, while the next ones are devoted to the quasi-therapeutic part, especially useful for parents who want to learn how to talk to their children about emotions. The newest volume, like the others in the series, is a very thin book, but its content rewards the readers for all possible creases of the pages. Finally, I have a surprise for you – Egmont has already announced the next volume of the series: The Smurf who was still lying . I’m looking forward to it, what about you?