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Old 12-18-2009, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldfart
Joe Barbera brought the Smurfs to the screen in their animated form, but they were the brainchild of a Belgian cartoonist in the '50s. Wikipedia says that "The Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduced the Smurfs to the world in a series of comic strips, making their first appearance in the Belgian magazine Spirou on October 23, 1958."

Interesting little tidbit there, OF. I didn't know that.
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