According to this report at afNews.com, the artist Carlos Roque passed away on July 27th in Louvain, Belgium. He was born in Lisbon, and got his start at the Portuguese newspaper Camarada. A longtime contributor to Spirou, Roque was known for his gag series "Angelique" and "Wladimyr" and for being one of the few artists from his home country to penetrate the mainstream of the French-language comics market.
