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13-526: Snork may refer to: Snorks , a comic book, and later a cartoon series that began in the mid 80's and ended by the late 80's. Snork Maiden , a member of the species known as Snorks and a character in the writings and illustrations of Tove Jansson Snork , a member of the species known as Snorks and a character in the writings and illustrations of Tove Jansson. Brother of Snork Maiden. Snork, an English/Belgian punk/prog rock band fronted by Elle Revel who played

26-517: A distribution agreement with Content Media Corporation . On July 7, 2015, Warner Archive released Snorks: The Complete Second Season on DVD in region 1. On December 6, 2016, Warner Archive released Snorks: The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons . Freddy Monnickendam Freddy Monnickendam is a businessman and executive producer of the animated television series The Smurfs (1981), Snorks (1984), and Foofur (1986). Freddy Monnickendam came into contact with comics when he negotiated

39-563: A series that could rival the success of The Smurfs , as he tried and failed to buy its rights since 1977. He acquired the Snorks' rights from Nic Broca, and both started a partnership with Hanna-Barbera for the production of this new cartoon series. After that, a three-minute Snorks pilot episode was then made for NBC , although it has not been seen by the public. Snorks premiered on September 15, 1984, and ended on May 13, 1989. It aired for five years. Unlike Freddy Monnickendam had hoped, he

52-462: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Snorks In 1977, Freddy Monnickendam , a Belgian businessman and artist, first made contact with the comics industry when he negotiated the rights for the Smurfs comics to Father Abraham . He later became the head of SEPP , a branch of Dupuis , as an editor responsible for the merchandising of

65-560: The 2013 GU1 festival in protest at the alleged "corporate takeover" of Guilfest See also Snark (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Snork . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snork&oldid=1015570533 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

78-460: The Smurfs' comic series. Then he negotiated the contract between Peyo , NBC and Hanna-Barbera for the creation of a new Smurfs cartoon series; Peyo wanted the show to be as faithful as possible to his original comics, but Monnickendam wanted it to be more mainstream and accessible. These negotiations would later result in a legal dispute between the two men due to the division of the rights and

91-453: The creation of a series of Smurf cartoons, and became the first executive producer of the series. Peyo wanted the Smurf cartoons to be as faithful as possible to the world he had created in his comics, but Monnickendam preferred to make the cartoons more accessible, and more mainstream. This led to the fast deterioration of relations between the two men, ending in court cases about the division of

104-540: The money involved. As a final result, Monnickendam decided to compete with the Smurfs' success, starting a new series of cartoons. In June 1981, Nic Broca created the earlier character designs that were made for "Diskies", a very early iteration, made for the comic series Spirou et Fantasio . Soon, the debut Snorks comic book was published in January 1982 by Broca himself. Freddy Monnickendam , after battling with fellow Belgian cartoonist Peyo in court, searched for

117-495: The publisher and Monnickendam ended, and as a result, SEPP International S.A. was disbanded. Monnickendam continued to work with Hanna-Barbera on such shows as Foofur (created by Phil Mendez), The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (based on the Martin Short character), and other shows (including Tom and Jerry Kids ), but he was never able to replicate the success he had with The Smurfs . Note: Due to

130-416: The rights and the money involved. Annoyed by these discussions and problems, he decided to start a new series of cartoons called Snorks , which were created and designed by Nicolas Broca . Monnickendam later acquired all the rights, hoping to equal the success of The Smurfs , but the success of the Snorks was limited and the series soon ended production. Having bypassed Dupuis, the collaboration between

143-400: The rights to The Smurfs for Father Abraham . Afterwards, he became the head of SEPP International S.A. (SEPP stands for "La S ociété d' E dition, de P resse et de P ublicité"), the company branch of Dupuis (the editor of The Smurfs ) that was responsible for the merchandising of the comic heroes . He negotiated the contract between Dupuis, Peyo , NBC and Hanna-Barbera , for

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156-435: The undersea world of Snorkland. They have snorkels on their heads, which are used to propel them swiftly through the water. On September 25, 2012, Warner Archive released Snorks: The Complete First Season on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection label. The release is available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. In addition, 39 episodes have been released on Hulu per

169-417: Was not able to take the Snorks' success to the same heights as The Smurfs , which resulted on the end of his partnership with Broca, and finally, the disbanding of SEPP . Although the Snorks' success was limited, the cartoon show gained fans worldwide, making appearances in popular culture and gaining various product lines. The Snorks are a race of small, colorful anthropomorphic sea creatures that live in

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