Pascal Garray studied art at the
Institut Saint-Luc in
Liège. Following his studies, he joined the staff of Studio Peyo as a comics artist in 1990. During his first two years at the studio, Garray was taught to draw characters from
The Smurfs and
Benoît Brisefer by Peyo himself. Garray helped continue both
The Smurfs and
Benoît Brisefer comics following Peyo's death in 1992. 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. 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. Since 1990, Garray contributed as an artist and writer on seventeen
comic books for
The Smurfs and seven editions of
Benoît Brisefer. Pascal Garray died in
Liège,
Belgium, on 17 January 2017, at the age of 51. Prior to his death, Garray had completed work on his last comic for
The Smurfs, "The Smurfs and the Purple Bean" (French:
Les Schtroumpfs et les haricots Mauves, Dutch:
De Smurfen en de paarse bonen), which was released in September 2017. == See also ==