Thursday, April 2, 2009

Why Belgium is famous

Other than Belgian Waffles (and it's debatable how Belgian those are...), Belgium is basically famous for two things: Tintin and the Smurfs.  Tintin was created, of course, by Herge, and the Smurfs are credited to some man named Peyo.  How is it that one tiny country could have produced two of the world's most famous and beloved cartoons?  
Photo above: Tintin puts on his coat while his dog Snowy runs alongside him.

Photo below: The Smurfs decorate a Christmas tree.  Notice that they are not really following the diagram.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

When we lived in Vermont, we could watch "The Smurfs" on TV broadcast from Quebec. In French, they are called "Les Stroumphs."

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