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...Smurfs, or Les Schtroumpfs as they were originally called in French, first appeared in October 1958 in the Belgian comic magazine Spirou. They were created by the Brussels-born cartoonist Pierre Culliford - better known as Peyo - and were originally mere supporting cast in his medieval Johan and Pirlouit series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smurfs Are Off to Conquer the World — Again | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

...Peyo's wife, Nine Culliford, who chose the color. "They couldn't be green - they would have vanished in the vegetation. Red would have been too flashy and yellow a bit unfortunate. Only blue was left!" she said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smurfs Are Off to Conquer the World — Again | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

...more modern themes. The tribe, which originally numbered 100, had to wait nine years before it met its first female, the Smurfette - although more girls have been promised in future albums. And in the wake of the revelation by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling that Dumbledore was gay, Nine Culliford has hinted at a similar outing amongst the Smurfs. "Well, I did tell my husband that Vanity Smurf was like that, and he said, 'I never thought about it, but you're right,'" Culliford said. "Who knows? Maybe in a few years we'll be able to say something like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smurfs Are Off to Conquer the World — Again | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

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