The Smurfs (SMURFS) were created by the Belgian comic strip artist Pierre Gullivau (he wanted people to call him Bayeux) in 1958. The Smurfs (SMURFS) were created by Belgian comic strip artist Pierre Gullivau (who wanted people to call him Bayeux) in 1958. He had a passion for drawing since he was a child. When he went to school, most of his time was spent on drawing, and the blank places in his books were filled with all kinds of emotional characters. So, after school, he quickly found a job in Brussels, the capital of comic books. At the age of twenty-five, he had his own work: the story of the adventures of two boys from the Middle Ages, John and Louie. One day, in the meadow of a pasture, the two boys happen to meet some strange little people who grow only a little higher than the grass. The little people are only secondary supporting characters, but after reading the comic strip, the boys forget all about John and Billie Louie's difficult experiences and become greatly interested in the little blue people. When Peyo learned of this, he gladly accepted the children's interest and created a comic book just for these little people. Soon his John and Billie Louie were left in a drawer, forgotten. Peyo named these little blue men purely by chance. One day, he needed a little salt for dinner, but he couldn't remember the word "salt", so he blurted out, "Please pass me the Stumpf." (Note: Shitongfu is a phonetic translation of a word that has no meaning and refers to a person or thing that cannot be recalled or whose name is unknown. As in, please pass me that thing or that contraption.) And so it was that these little people were called Shitongfu. And they are called differently in various countries; English - Shmofu, Italian - Pifu, Spanish - Bidufu, Hebrew - Daldaren, Japanese -Smurf, German - Schlumpf, and our country is called Smurf, so it is blue la!