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This article is about the comic book and TV series. For the mobster, see Lucky Luciano. Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania; November 24 1897 – January 26 1962 was a Sicilian Mobster.

Lucky Luke is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Morris, the original artist, and saw its best period written by René Goscinny. Franco-Belgian comics are Comics that are created in Belgium and France. Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Set in the American Old West, it stars the titular character, Lucky Luke, the cowboy known to shoot faster than his shadow. A cowboy is an animal Herder who tends Cattle on Ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback and often performs a multitude of

Along with The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix, Lucky Luke is one of the most popular and best-selling comic-book series in continental Europe,[1] but unlike Tintin and Astérix, despite its popularity in Canada, only a handful of the series' adventures have been translated into English. The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin is a series of Comic strips created by Belgian artist Hergé, the pen name of Georges Remi The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the Continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European

"Lucky Luke, quicker than his own shadow", the classical series back cover
"Lucky Luke, quicker than his own shadow", the classical series back cover

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Publication history

First appearance of Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper in Arizona 1880 (1946)
First appearance of Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper in Arizona 1880 (1946)

Both a tribute to the mythic Old West and an affectionate parody, the comics were created by the Belgian artist Morris who drew Lucky Luke from 1946 until his death in 2001. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The first Lucky Luke adventure named Arizona 1880 appeared in the Almanach issue of the comics magazine Le Journal de Spirou on December 7, 1946. Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2] After several years of solitary work the strip, Morris began a collaboration with René Goscinny who became the series' scenarist for a period that is considered the golden age of the series. René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made This started with the story Des rails sur la Prairie published on August 25, 1955 in Spirou. Des rails sur la Prairie is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and Morris. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) [3] Ending a long run of serial publications in Spirou, the series shifted to Goscinny's magazine Pilote in 1967 with the story Les Cousins Dalton, subsequently leaving publisher Dupuis for Dargaud. Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 Les Cousins Dalton is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and Morris. Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series

After the death of Goscinny in 1977, several scenarists have tried to fill the role of storyteller the Lucky Luke tradition, such as Vicq, Bob de Groot, Jean Léturgie and Lo Hartog Van Banda. Bob de Groot was born on 26 October 1941 in Brussels, to Dutch and French parents and is a Belgian Comics artist Lodewijk ("Lo" Hartog van Banda ( The Hague, November 4 1916 &mdash The Hague February 2 2006) was a Dutch Comics In addition to continuing the series, Morris started the related spin-off series Rantanplan in 1987. Rantanplan is a Fictional Dog from the Lucky Luke Comics created by At the 1993 Angoulême International Comics Festival, Lucky Luke was given an honorary exhibition. Angoulême International Comics Festival ( French: Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême) is the main comics festival in Europe [4]

After Morris' death in 2001, French artist Achdé continued drawing new Lucky Luke stories in collaboration with writer Laurent Gerra. Achdé, the Pseudonym of Hervé Darmenton ( July 30, 1961, Lyon) is a French comic book writer and artist.

Apart from the French editions, Lucky Luke has some translations in English, Spanish and Portuguese (this latter both in the Brazilian and Portuguese forms of Portuguese) as well. However, German, Dutch, Finnish and the Scandinavian languages are others in which all Lucky Luke editions have been published. [5]

Plot summary

Luke, drawing a gun faster than his shadow, fights crime and injustice, most often in the form of the bumbling Dalton brothers, Joe, William, Jack and Averell (each one being taller and dumber than the previous one). The Daltons regularly appear in the Lucky Luke Comic book series and are the sworn enemies of the titular hero He rides Jolly Jumper, "the smartest horse in the world". Jolly Jumper is a fictional Horse character in the Franco-Belgian comics series Lucky Luke, created by Belgian artist Morris He is often seen with Rantanplan, "the stupidest dog in the universe", whose name is a reference to Rin Tin Tin. Rantanplan is a Fictional Dog from the Lucky Luke Comics created by Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s was the name given to several related German Shepherd dogs seen in films and television dramas A cigarette was constantly on Lucky Luke's lips in the early stories, but in 1983, in response to the growing anti-smoking campaign, Morris replaced the cigarette with a piece of straw, which earned him recognition from the World Health Organization.

In the albums, Luke meets many factual Western figures like Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Judge Roy Bean and Jesse James's gang, and takes part in historical endeavors such as guarding of Wells Fargo stagecoaches, the Pony Express, the building of the first transcontinental telegraph, and the Rush into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane ( May 1 1852 &ndash August 1 1903) was a Frontierswoman Henry McCarty (November 23 1859—July 14 1881 better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H Phantly Roy Bean (c 1825 &ndash March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U Jesse Woodson James (September 5 1847—April 3 1882 was an American Outlaw in the border state of Missouri and the most famous member of the Wells Fargo & Co ( is a diversified Financial services company headquartered in San Francisco California, United States with operations around the The Pony Express was a fast Mail service crossing the North American continent from St Unassigned Lands, or Oklahoma, were in the center of the lands ceded to the United States by the Creek (Muskogee and Seminole Indians following Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America.

At the end of each story, except the earliest, Lucky Luke rides off alone into the sunset, singing (in English) "I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a long way from home. . . ".

Bibliography

By Morris

Sous le Ciel de l'Ouest (1952), cover of an early softcovered issue.
Sous le Ciel de l'Ouest (1952), cover of an early softcovered issue.

By Morris & Goscinny

Various writers

By Achdé & Gerra

English translations

Lucky Luke in other media

French DVD cover for the Terence Hill film
French DVD cover for the Terence Hill film

Animation

Four theatrical animated films were created. Le Cavalier blanc is a Lucky Luke comic written by Goscinny and Morris. In 1990, Disney released one of them, The Ballad of the Daltons, on VHS. Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner was established Three of the movies were part of a trilogy. A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three The first of the films was titled Daisy Town (1971), followed by La Ballade des Dalton (1978) and finished by Les Dalton en cavale (1983), meaning The Daltons on the Loose in English. Daisy Town is a film based on the popular comic series Lucky Luke. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) In addition to the theatrical animated movies, there was also an animated Lucky Luke television series: In 1983, Hanna-Barbera studios and Morris released 26 episodes, and in 1991, 26 more episodes were released. In 2001, Xilam produced a new series of 52 episodes known as Les Nouvelles aventures de Lucky Luke (Lucky Luke's new adventures). Xilam is a French Animation production company which founded in 1999 by Marc du Pontavice. It is now available on 8 DVDs with French and English audio tracks. This series also featured colonel Custer who is an Indian-hater and a dwarf. Xilam recently produced a theatrical animated film (the fourth film), Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke (Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure), which was released in France on December 5, 2007. Xilam is a French Animation production company which founded in 1999 by Marc du Pontavice. [6]

Live-action film and television

In 1991, two films (Lucky Luke and Lucky Luke 2) and in 1992 a television series (The Adventures of Lucky Luke) starring Terence Hill as Lucky Luke were produced. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti March 29, 1939) is an Italian Actor. In 2004 a film titled Les Dalton featured Til Schweiger as Lucky Luke. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Tilman Valentin Schweiger (born December 19, 1963) is a German Actor, director, and producer.

Yves Marmion and UGC, the producers of Les Dalton, are currently developing a €20 million stand-alone Lucky Luke feature, starring Jean Dujardin as the gunslinger, according to FilmDeCulte. Jean Dujardin (born June 19, 1972 in Rueil-Malmaison) is a French comedian com. [7]

Video games

Over the years, several Lucky Luke video games were released for many platforms, most of them by Infogrames, and only released in Europe (the only ones released for the North American were the Game Boy Color and PlayStation versions). Infogrames Entertainment SA ( IESA) ( is an international Holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console A Lucky Luke game was also developed for mobile phones by The Mighty Troglodytes. Lucky Luke: Go West was released in Europe for the PC, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS in the end of 2007.

Lucky Luke characters of non-fiction origin

Sources

Footnotes
  1. ^ Ratier, Gilles. Phantly Roy Bean (c 1825 &ndash March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U Sarah Bernhardt (October 22 1844 &ndash March 26 1923 was a French stage actress and has been referred to as "the most famous actress in the history of the world" Henry McCarty (November 23 1859—July 14 1881 better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H Charles Earl Bolles (1829&ndashDisappeared 1888? alias Black Bart, was an American Old West Outlaw noted for his Poetic messages William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26 1846 &ndash January 10 1917 was an American soldier bison hunter and Showman. Joseph Isaac (Ike Clanton ( 1847 - June 1, 1887) was born in Callaway County Missouri, and grew up to be one of the pivotal players in the Newman Haynes Clanton (1816-1881 was a successful cattle rancher and the father of the four Clanton brothers of Tombstone, Arizona Territory including Billy The Dalton Gang was an infamous outlaw group in the American Old West during 1890-1892 Edwin Laurentine Drake ( March 29, 1819 &ndash November 9, 1880) also known as Colonel Drake, was an American James Buchanan Eads ( May 23 1820 &ndash March 8 1887) was an American Structural engineer and Inventor. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp ( March 19, 1848 &ndash January 13, 1929) was an American farmer Teamster, sometime buffalo Virgil Walter Earp ( July 18, 1843 &ndash October 19, 1905) was one of the men involved in the Gunfight at the O Morgan Seth Earp ( April 24, 1851 &ndash March 18, 1882) was the younger brother of Wyatt Earp, the famous gunfighter Horace Greeley ( February 3, 1811 &ndash November 29, 1872) was an American editor of a leading newspaper, a founder The Hatfield-McCoy feud (1878–1891 is an account of American Lore that has become a metaphor for bitterly Feuding rival parties in general Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4 1822 January 17 1893 was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth John Henry "Doc" Holliday ( August 14, 1852 &ndash November 8, 1887) was an American dentist Alexander Franklin James ( January 10, 1843 &ndash February 18, 1915) was an American Outlaw and older brother of Jesse Woodson James (September 5 1847—April 3 1882 was an American Outlaw in the border state of Missouri and the most famous member of the Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane ( May 1 1852 &ndash August 1 1903) was a Frontierswoman Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal George Maledon ( June 10, 1830 - June 5, 1911) was a hangman aptly nicknamed "The Prince of Hangmen" who served in the federal Joshua Abraham Norton ( c 1819 &ndash January 8 1880 the self-proclaimed His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, was a celebrated citizen of San Isaac Charles Parker ( October 15, 1838 – November 17, 1896) served as a U Frederic Sackrider Remington ( October 4, 1861 - December 26, 1909) was an American painter, Illustrator, Mattie Silks, or Martha Ready (1848–1929 was a leading Madam, Prostitute, and Brothel keeper in the latter part of the 19th century Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr, better known as Belle Starr ( February 5, 1848 &ndash February 3, 1889) was a famous American Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30 1835 – April 21 1910 better known by the Pen name Mark Twain, was an American Humorist, satirist ACBD bilan 2006:new Lucky Luke had an initial run of 650,000 copies... ACBD. fr. Retrieved on 2007-02-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. (French)
  2. ^ BDoubliées. Spirou année 1946 (French).
  3. ^ BDoubliées. Spirou année 1955 (French).
  4. ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Morris.
  5. ^ German language editions
  6. ^ Tous a l'ouest. Xilam Films (October 22, 2007). Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-10-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus
  7. ^ Engle, Liam (September 27, 2006). Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Lucky Luke set to return. FilmDeCulte. com. Retrieved on 2006-09-20. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France.

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