'''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 |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>
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 comic 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/>
