2000s, Blair and Walbridge produced the adult graphic novel series Sapphire for NBM Publishing, as well as two titles, Sno and Dick Sweeney for now defunct French publisher Editions Paquet. Later they focused on work for online gaming and private commissions. They collaborated on Nymphettes, an art series featuring erotic illustrations. They joined with Santos Aleman to form Studio RealmWalkers in 2009. Blair died on 3 January 2010, of a brain aneurysm that had been misdiagnosed as an ear infection. He was survived by his mother Marjorie Allan, his sister Sandra Garland, his brother Bruce, and his partner Colin Walbridge. References Notes Bibliography External links Barry Blair at ComicVine 1954 births 2010 deaths Artists from Ottawa Canadian comics creators Canadian erotic artists Deaths from intracranial aneurysm Writers from Ottawa