Paris exhibition honours the Smurfs' creator

The show -- running until August 30 -- features more than 200 original panels retained by Payo's family after his death in 1992 at the age of 64, as well as photographs, albums and some personal objects.
Fans of the sock-topped blue critters -- animated stars of a Hollywood family comedy that's due out in 3D at the end of July -- will discover how much Payo enjoyed dreaming up stories but doubted his artistic talent.
"I draw badly, and that enables me to make a simple drawing," he once said.
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