Morris
Birth name	Maurice de Bevere
Born	December 1, 1923 Kortrijk, Belgium
Died	July 16, 2001 (aged 77) Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Area(s)	artist
Notable works	Lucky Luke
Awards	full list

Maurice de Bevere (December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the Dutch village see Kortrijk (Netherlands Kortrijk (official name in Dutch; French: Courtrai; Latin 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 Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 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 A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. His pen name is an alternate spelling of his first name.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Lucky Luke 2 Awards 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Morris started drawing in the Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA) animations studios, a small and short-lived animation studios in Belgium where he met Peyo and André Franquin. For the Dutch village see Kortrijk (Netherlands Kortrijk (official name in Dutch; French: Courtrai; Latin Pierre Culliford (25 June 1928 &ndash 24 December 1992 known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known ^[1] After the war, the company folded and Morris worked as an illustrator for Het Laatste Nieuws, a Flemish newspaper, and Le Moustique, a weekly magazine published by Dupuis, for which he made some 250 covers and numerous other illustrations, mainly caricatures of movie stars. Het Laatste Nieuws (in English The Latest News) is a Dutch language Newspaper based in Brussels, Belgium. Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s ^[1]

He died in 2001 by an accidental fall.

Lucky Luke

He created Lucky Luke in 1946 for Spirou, the comics magazine published by Dupuis. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy who travels across the Wild West, helping those in need, aided by his faithful horse, Jolly Jumper. Jolly Jumper is a fictional Horse character in the Franco-Belgian comics series Lucky Luke, created by Belgian artist Morris The first adventure, Arizona 1880, was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, released on December 7, 1946. 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]

Morris became one of the central artists of the magazine, and one of the so-called "La bande des quatre" (Gang of 4), with Jijé, André Franquin and Will. Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known Willy Maltaite ( October 30, 1927, Anthée Belgium - February 18, 2000) known by the Pseudonym Will ^[1] He did not work at the house of Jijé, contrary to the other two, but all four became very good friends, stimulating each other artistically. Together they laid the foundation for the "Marcinelle school", the typical style of comics of Spirou which contrasts both stylistically and thematically with the "Ligne claire" used by the group of artists associated with Hergé in Tintin magazine. The term " Marcinelle school " (in French École de Marcinelle) refers to a group of Belgian cartoonists formed by Joseph Gillain ( Jijé) following Ligne claire ( French for "clear line" is a style of Drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures Georges Prosper Remi ( May 22, 1907 - March 3, 1983) better known by the Pen name Hergé, was a Belgian Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine

In 1948, Morris, Jijé and Franquin travelled to the United States (Will was too young and had to remain in Belgium). Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They wanted to get to know the country, see what was left of the Wild West, and meet some American comic artists. Morris stayed the longest of the three and only returned after 6 years. In the meantime he had worked for Mad, and met René Goscinny, a French comic artist and writer, who would write all the Lucky Luke stories between 1955 to his death in 1977. Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952 René Goscinny ( August 14, 1926 &ndash November 5, 1977) was a French author editor and humorist who is best known for the Goscinny was then still fairly unknown, but would become the most successful European comic writer, initially with Lucky Luke and a few years later with Asterix. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French ^[1]

The years in the USA became crucial for Morris, not only because he met Goscinny, but also because he gathered a great deal of documentation for his later work, and became familiar with the Hollywood films of the time. Morris introduced in the following years many cinematic techniques in his stories, like freeze-frames and close-ups. Walt Disney's style influenced him a lot which can be seen in the very round lines that characterize the early Lucky Luke albums^[3]. Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966 was a multiple Academy Award -winning American Film producer, director, Screenwriter Many characters in his comics are also clearly based on famous American actors such as Jack Palance, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields and William Hart, although he also caricaturizes unexpected figures like Louis de Funès or Serge Gainsbourg. Jack Palance (born Volodymyr Palahniuk; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006) was an Oscar -winning American Frank James “Gary” Cooper (May 7 &ndashMay 13) was an American film actor and iconic star W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor William Surrey Hart ( December 6, 1864 &ndash June 23, 1946) was an American Silent film Actor, Screenwriter Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (fyˈnɛs ( July 31 1914 &ndash January 27 1983) was a French Actor who Serge Gainsbourg ɡɛ̃'zbuʁ (2 April 1928 &ndash 2 March 1991 was a French Poet, Singer-songwriter, Actor and ^[1]

The first 31 adventures were published by Dupuis, but in the late sixties, Morris left Dupuis and Spirou and went to Dargaud and Pilote, the magazine started by his friend Goscinny. 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 Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989

In 1984, Hanna-Barbera made a series of 52 cartoons of Lucky Luke, thereby augmenting the popularity of the series even further. 52 more cartoons were made in the early 1990s, and three live action movies followed. A few videogames based on the series were also made, e. g. for the PlayStation 1 and the Game Boy Color. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The is Nintendo 's successor to the Game Boy and was released on October 21, 1998 in Japan and in November 19, 1998 Lucky Luke is currently the best selling European comics series ever, with over 300 million copies sold in more than thirty languages. ^[1]

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Morris never worked on several series, although he made a great deal of illustrations for stories in the forties and fifties. In the nineties, he did make Rantanplan, a spin-off from Lucky Luke, starring the dumbest dog in the West. Rantanplan is a Fictional Dog from the Lucky Luke Comics created by

In 2005 he ended on the 79th place in the Walloon version of the election for De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian)

Awards

• 1972: Grand Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium
• 1992: Angoulême International Comics Festival, 20th anniversary Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême

References

External links

• Morris biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia

---

© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic