What is Lorg?
{{Infobox person | name = Laurent Gillain | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1956|4|30|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|25|1956|4|30|df=y}} | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Belgian | occupation = cartoonist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Laurent Gillain''', better known by his pseudonym '''Lorg''', (30 April 1956 – 25 November 2022) was a Belgian cartoonist.<ref name=ref0>{{cite web|url=https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-1792-BD-Lorg.html |title=Lorg|work=bedetheque.com|access-date=29 November 2022|language=fr}}</ref> Lorg was the son of cartoonist [[Jijé]] (Joseph Gillain). After the death of [[Victor Hubinon]] in 1979, Lorg and his father made the drawings for the comic series ''[[Redbeard (comics)|Redbeard]]''. Lorg also made contributions to the last ''Jan Kordaat''-album of Jijé. He also drew two reeditions of the comic book ''Christophe Colomb'', about explorer [[Christopher Columbus]]. These were ''Christophe Colomb - Premier voyage'' (1992) and ''Christophe Colomb - La trahison'' (1993), for which he made the drawings and screenplay.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://www.stripspeciaalzaak.be/stripnieuws/laurent-gillain-lorg-overleden |title=Laurent Gillain (Lorg) overleden|work=stripspeciaalzaak.be|date=28 November 2022|access-date=28 November 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.actuabd.com/+Disparition-de-Laurent-Gillain-alias-Lorg+ |title=Disparition de Laurent Gillain alias Lorg|work=Actua BD|date=26 November 2022|access-date=29 November 2022|language=fr}}</ref> Gillain decided not to continue as a cartoonist and became a furniture designer for ''Eugène Sart'' in [[Montauban]]. He died on 25 November 2022 at the age of 66 years.<ref name=ref0 /><ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillain, Laurent}} [[Category:Belgian artists]] [[Category:Cartoonists]] [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:20