The Smurfs sarsaparilla). The Smurfs fulfill simple archetypes of everyday people: "Lazy Smurf", "Grouchy Smurf", "Brainy Smurf", and so on. All Smurfs, with the exception of Papa, Baby, Smurfette, Nanny and Grandpa, are said to be 100 years old. There were originally 99 Smurfs, but this number increased as new Smurf characters appeared, such as Sassette and Nanny. All of the original Smurfs were male; later female additions are Smurfette and Sassette—Smurfette being Gargamel's creation, while Sassette was created by the Smurflings. A characteristic of the Smurf language is the frequent use of the undefinable word "smurf" and its derivatives in a
The Purple Smurfs The Purple Smurfs The Purple Smurfs (original French title: Les Schtroumpfs noirs, "The Black Smurfs") is the first album of the original French-language "Smurfs" comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo. It was first published as an album in 1963, but the stories it contained had already been published in "Spirou" magazine. The main story "Les Schtroumpfs noirs" was first published in number 1107 (July 2, 1959). Apart from the titular one, it contains two other stories: "The Flying Smurf" ("Le Schtroumpf Volant") and "The Smurfnapper" ("Le Voleur de Schtroumpfs"). In a little mushroom village live the Smurfs, diminutive blue-skinned