Pierre Bellocq: key obituary facts
Is Pierre Bellocq dead? Yes. Pierre Bellocq died on November 12, 2026, at age 99.
Cause of death: Pierre Bellocq's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Pierre Bellocq known for?
He was a French-American cartoonist (born 1926).
More about Pierre Bellocq
Born: 25 November 1926.
Gender: male.
Occupation: painter, cartoonist.
Nationality: United States.
Awards: National Cartoonists Society Division Sports Cartoons Award.
Pierre Bellocq, the French–American cartoonist known as “Peb,” died November 12, 2026, aged 99.
Born in Bedenac, Charente-Maritime, France, on November 25, 1926, he grew up near the racecourse in Maisons-Laffitte after his family moved there for his father’s work at the track. Bellocq began drawing caricatures of horses and people in racing while young.
At 19, he gained national exposure when the French racing journal France Courses published one of his cartoons of a jockey. He signed it “Peb,” a name he continued to use throughout his career, and later drew caricatures for sports advertising posters. By 1954, his work had attracted international attention, and Laurel Park owner John D. Schapiro commissioned him to draw for the inaugural Washington, D.C. International Stakes. Bellocq settled in the United States and, in early 1955, joined the Morning Telegraph as its staff cartoonist. His first book, Peb’s Equine Comedy, collected 150 cartoons and was published by Random House in 1957. He also illustrated Joe Hirsch’s 1969 book A Treasury of Questions and Answers from the Morning Telegraph and Daily Racing Form. Bellocq received the National Cartoonists Society Division Sports Cartoons Award.