LA LA LA LA LA LA SING A HAPPY SONG!
article courtesy of © Independent Television News Limited 2008. All rights reserved.
Smurfs reach half century.
The Smurfs have turned 50 and a host of events are planned to celebrate the birthday of one of Belgium's greatest exports.
'Les Schtroumpfs' as they were originally called in French, first appeared in Le Journal de Spirou comic strip in 1958 as the brainchild of the Belgian comic artist, Peyo.
Museums and comic bookstores across the country are set to go crazy for the loveable characters which stand just three apples highBy 1960, they had their own comic strip series and with the advent of the Hanna-Barbera Productions animated cartoon in 1981 secured a global fan base.
To many, the first attraction will always be their blue and white appearance, but according to the experts, the Smurfs - who stand just three apples high - have "hidden depths".
Willem De Graeve, deputy director of the Centre for Belgian Comic Strips said: "They manage to have a perfect society and altogether they enjoy life and they have fun."
The Belgium Museum of Fine Arts will be one of three European cities, along with Paris and Berlin, to officially host the European tour of Happy Smurfday, said to be a unique, striking, and European retrospective of the Smurfs.
No comments:
Post a Comment