Alan Gray
"Please inform Mr. Drew that despite his insistence that the rumors of Joey Drew Studios going bankrupt are untrue, I want to remind him that if his studio does indeed fail, all equipment and experiments produced through our partnership, by contract, belong to the Gent Corporation." |
Alan Gray is the CEO of Gent as well as the author of the book "A Theory About Spaces." He was a business partner of Joey Drew until the studio shut down in 1948.
History
Partnering with Joey Drew
Alan Gray partnered with Joey Drew Studios through some unknown means. After the partnership Alan supplied Joey with tools, machinery and even employees, during this partnership Gent created the Ink Machine under Joey's orders. After some time Joey Drew Studios would start facing financial problems, which Alan took note of, he would still fund the studio presumably to use the Ink Machine after it was taken by Joey. Alan Gray even went out to threaten to forcefully, if necessary, take back all the equipment and experiments produced in the event of the studio's bankruptcy,[1] wether he succeeded in this after Joey Drew Studios' closure is unknown.
At some point, Alan wrote the book "A Theory About Spaces." A copy of this book was later seen in the Cycle in Wilson's Retreat.
Managing Gent
During the time Gent Corporation was still running, under his orders, Gent would take homeless people from the streets with the promise of paying them $350 per week, these people would be used as research subjects in the ink experiments, which resulted in multiple of deaths. Alan would still continue the conduction of these experiments until the building these experiments took place at was condemned in the October 31st of 1952.
Taking the machine back
After Arch Gate Pictures acquired the Ink Machine, Alan visited the studio in an attempt to take it back but was turned away by the receptionist, which Wilson took note of. After the latter's death Gent was finally able to take the machine back through unknown means, and Alan presumably continued the experiments with it after the acquirement.
Characteristics
Personality
Alan appears to be a very ruthless and cruel individual. Under him, the Gent corporation is said to utilize human experimentation. With it being mentioned death was 'Like a way of life' at the company. Grant Cohen described Alan by saying that he wasn't helping fund Joey Drew Studios when they were close to bankruptcy due to wanting to make money, implying that he was only helping them so he could continue the experiments with the Ink Machine. He also seems to be interested in science as seen by the subject his book covers.
Documents
Memos
- Gent Property - Found in The Prologue of Bendy and the Dark Revival.
Behind the scenes
Alan Gray is the overarching antagonist of Bendy and the Dark Revival. His memo appears in the Prologue of Bendy and the Dark Revival. He was then later mentioned by Grant Cohen in his audio log as Gent was being set up as an antagonistic force. Lastly, he was mentioned by Wilson in one of his adio logs as he was talking about Alan's attempt at taking back the Ink Machine.
Other information
In the main canonical series, he is confirmed to be the CEO of the Gent Corporation thanks to his memo ending with "Alan Gray, CEO." However, in the Joey Drew Studios Updated Employee Handbook, the "CEO" part is absent from his memo, making it unclear if he's also the CEO in the novel continuity as well.
See also
- Gent Corporation, the company that Alan is the CEO of.
References
- ↑ "Gent Property" memo by Alan Gray. Bendy and the Dark Revival. Prologue.