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    The Smurfs - Wikipedia

    • The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs; Dutch: De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. The Smurfs was created and introduced as a series of comic characters by the Belgian comics artist Peyo (the pen name of Pierre Culliford) in 1958, where… See more

    Origin

    At the time he came up with the idea for the Smurfs, Peyo was the creator, artist, and writer of the
    With … See more

    Smurfs universe

    The storylines tend to be simple tales of bold adventure. The cast has a simple structure as well: almost all the characters look essentially alike—mostly male (a few female Smurfs have appeared: Smurfette, Sassette, a… See more

    Created byPeyo
    Original work"The Flute with Six Holes" (French: "La Flûte à six trous") (1958) in comic Johan and Peewit
    Years1958–present
     How They Conquered the Screen
    How They Conquered the Screen
     From Comics to Movies
    From Comics to Movies
    Smurf comics

    Since the first appearance of the Smurfs in Johan et Pirlouit in 1958, more than 40 Smurf comics volumes have been created, 16 of them by Peyo, the others by his studio. Originally, the Smurf stories appeared in … See more

    Other media

    In 1965, a black-and-white 87-minute animated film called Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs was released in theatres in Belgium. It consisted of five short cartoons made in the previous years for broadcastin… See more

    Sociological discussion

    In 1998, writer Marc Schmidt wrote a parody article citing the Smurfs as an example of the impact of socialism in continental European culture. In 2011, Schmidt's essay was scrutinised in a response e… See more

    External links

    Official website
    Smurf Publishing
    Smurfs at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived from the original on June 5, 2017. See more