The+Smurfs

=Smurfs=

Brussels
The Smurfs are small blue human-like creatures that wear white hats and white pants. They were created by Pierre Culliford, better known as Peyo. This comic was published on October 23, 1958, in Belgium and written in French. The Smurfs were found by Johan and Peewit of Peyo’s previous comic series. Johan and Peewit were looking for a magic flute and met some friendly, small blue humanoids. The Smurfs got their name when Peyo forgot the word for salt and called it "Schtroumpf", or Smurf.

Papa Smurf is the leader of the Smurf community and he is the one who makes Smurfette beautiful. Some other Smurfs are Brainy, Lazy, Poet, and Actor Smurfs. There are other non-Smurf characters, too, like their arch villain, a wizard, named Gargamel. The Smurfs were also turned into a T.V. series, movies, dolls, games, and toys. In the show, they eat Smurfberries but in the comic they eat leaves from the sarsaparilla. There were originally 99 Smurfs but now there are 105. Their language, in particular, is very interesting. They replace everyday nouns and verbs with the word Smurf.

The Smurfs bring happiness and entertainment to viewers everywhere. They make people laugh and smile and just enjoy everything. Belgium uses Smurfs to attract tourists along with chocolate. There are Smurf museums and statues at the only Smurf store in the world in Belgium. The Smurfs bring something other countries do not have. Other countries do not have comic characters loved by everyone around the world like Belgium does.