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{{Short description|Belgian comics cartoonist and scriptwriter}}

'''Pascal Garray''' (December 12, 1965 – January 17, 2017) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[comics artist]] and [[cartoonist]] best known for his work on [[Peyo]]'s ''[[The Smurfs]]'' and ''[[Benoît Brisefer]]'' (known in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] as ''Steven Sterk'').<ref name=demorgen>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray (51) overleden |url=http://www.demorgen.be/tvmedia/smurfen-tekenaar-pascal-garray-51-overleden-b0a2e49a/ |work=[[De Morgen]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=nos>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray overleden |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2153482-smurfen-tekenaar-pascal-garray-overleden.html |work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=rtc>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Pascal Garray, dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, s'est éteint |url=http://www.rtc.be/article/culture/pascal-garray-dessinateur-des-schtroumpfs-s-est-eteint_1493759_325.html |work=[[RTC-Télé Liège]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=rtbe>{{cite news|first=Jacques|last=Schraûwen |title=Pascal Garray, le dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, est décédé |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_pascal-garray-le-dessinateur-des-schtroumpfs-est-decede?id=9505081 |work=[[RTBF]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdate=2017-02-11}}</ref>

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'''Pascal Garray''' (12 December 12, 1965 – 17 January 17, 2017) was a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[comics artist]] and [[cartoonist]] best known for his work on [[Peyo]]'s ''[[The Smurfs]]'' and ''[[Benoît Brisefer]]'' (known in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] as ''Steven Sterk'').<ref name=demorgen>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray (51) overleden |url=http://www.demorgen.be/tvmedia/smurfen-tekenaar-pascal-garray-51-overleden-b0a2e49a/ |work=[[De Morgen]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=nos>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Smurfen-tekenaar Pascal Garray overleden |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2153482-smurfen-tekenaar-pascal-garray-overleden.html |work=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=rtc>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Pascal Garray, dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, s'est éteint |url=http://www.rtc.be/article/culture/pascal-garray-dessinateur-des-schtroumpfs-s-est-eteint_1493759_325.html |work=[[RTC-Télé Liège]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2017-02-11}}</ref><ref name=rtbe>{{cite news|first=Jacques|last=Schraûwen |title=Pascal Garray, le dessinateur des Schtroumpfs, est décédé |url=https://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/liege/detail_pascal-garray-le-dessinateur-des-schtroumpfs-est-decede?id=9505081 |work=[[RTBF]] |publisher= |date=2017-01-17 |accessdateaccess-date=2017-02-11}}</ref>

==Biography==

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

Garray helped continue both ''The Smurfs'' and ''Benoît Brisefer'' comics following Peyo's death in 1992.<ref name=demorgen/> 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.<ref name=rtc/> 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.<ref name=demorgen/> Since 1990, Garray contributed as an artist and writer on seventeen [[comic books]] for ''The Smurfs'' and seven editions of ''Benoît Brisefer''.<ref name=demorgen/><ref name=nos/>

Pascal Garray died in [[Liège]], [[Belgium]], on 17 January 17, 2017, at the age of 51.<ref name=demorgen/><ref name=nos/><ref name=rtc/> Prior to his death, Garray had completed work on his last comic for ''[[The Smurfs (comics)|The Smurfs]]'', "The Smurfs and the Purple Bean" (DutchFrench: ''Les Schtroumpfs et les haricots Mauves'', Dutch: ''De Smurfen en de paarse bonen''), which is scheduled to bewas released in September 2017.<ref name=demorgen/><ref name=nos/><ref name=rtc/><ref name=rtbe/>

== See also ==

• [[Marcinelle school]]

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