The Smurfs honoured with historic handprint ceremony

The Smurfs were first introduced to the world in 1958 as comic book characters called The Schtroumpfs, created by Belgian artist Pierre Peyo Culliford. An immediate sensation – they generated a wave of letters to the editor demanding more – and over the next fifty years, they became nothing short of a phenomenon, coming to life in comics, books, television series, films, videogames, live shows, and figurines (more than 300 million sold).The characters cross-generational appeal has only grown as children who grew up on The Smurfs are now parents themselves, introducing their children to The Smurfs for the first time. -- PR Newswire