Pascal Élie, known as Pascal, died on Friday “of the consequences of a degenerative disease he had been battling for a decade”, reported The duty Sunday night.
Updated yesterday at 11:24 p.m.
Pascal signed caricatures in The duty since 2016, where he succeeded Michel “Garnotte” Garneau.
“He’s someone who faced what I call the human condition in a very dignified and very strong way,” said the director of the To have to and longtime friend of the cartoonist, Brian Myles.
“What I will miss is the gentleman, the active listening, the empathy, the sense of humor, the extraordinary self-mockery that Pascal had,” he added.
A graduate in visual arts and law, Pascal previously drew for The Press, Deals and the English-language daily The Gazetteamong others.
Mr. Myles also underlined this ability “to understand the two cultural and linguistic realities of French-speaking and English-speaking Quebec”, an asset which “is not given to everyone”.
The director of To have to also noted “the complexity in his work” and the doubt that inhabited the cartoonist. “He had a sense of punch, a sense of gag, but he constantly doubted what he was doing, he summed up. For me, Pascal was the very personification of creative doubt. »
Mr. Myles did not come forward on Sunday evening on the plans of the To have to, where Pascal signed his last pencil stroke on October 15, to fill this void. “Talking about the future tonight is premature. […] in due time we will decide what to do. »
Pascal is survived by his wife and two children.