Pascal Garray

Pascal Garray (December 12, 1965 – January 17, 2017) was a Belgian comics artist and cartoonist best known for his work on Peyo's The Smurfs and Benoît Brisefer (known in Dutch as Steven Sterk).[1][2][3][4]

Pascal Garray studied comic art at the Institut Saint-Luc in Liège.[3] Following his studies, he joined the staff of Studio Peyo as a comic artist in 1990.[3] During his first two years at the studio, Garray was taught to draw characters from The Smurfs and Benoît Brisefer by Peyo himself.[3]

Garray helped continue both The Smurfs and Benoît Brisefer comics following Peyo's death in 1992.[1] He and Peyo's son, Thierry Culliford, resumed work on Benoît Brisefer after the artist's death, with Garray, who was 28-years old at the time of its relaunch, heading the project as its principal artist.[3] Despite his work in Benoît Brisefer, Garray became best known for his contributions to The Smurfs as one of the comic series' most important artists.[1] Since 1990, Garray contributed as an artist and writer on seventeen comic books for The Smurfs and seven editions of Benoît Brisefer.[1][2]

Pascal Garray died in Liège, Belgium, on January 17, 2017, at the age of 51.[1][2][3] Prior to his death, Garray had completed work on his last comic for The Smurfs, "The Smurfs and the Purple Bean" (Dutch: Les Schtroumpfs et les haricots Mauves, Dutch: De Smurfen en de paarse bonen), which is scheduled to be released in September 2017.[1][2][3][4]

References
  1. "Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray (51) overleden". De Morgen. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  2. "Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray overleden". Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  3. "Pascal Garray, dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, s'est éteint". RTC-Télé Liège. 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-02-11.
  4. Schraûwen, Jacques (2017-01-17). "Pascal Garray, le dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, est décédé". RTBF. Retrieved 2017-02-11.


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