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Rantanplan
Rantanplan (; alternatively spelled Ran-Tan-Plan and Ran Tan Plan) is a fictional hound dog created by a Belgian cartoonist Morris and French writer René Goscinny. Originally a supporting character in the ''Lucky Luke'' series, Rantanplan later starred in self-titled series. Rantanplan is a spoof of the male German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin. In the Turkish translations of the series, he is indeed named Rin Tin Tin. (Lucky Luke in Istanbul), Haberturk, 5 June 2012. English versions of the books have renamed him "Rin-Tin-Can" and "Bushwack" in the 1983 |
Sur La Piste Des Dalton
This is a list of Belgian comics albums featuring the character Lucky Luke, written and drawn by Morris. ''La Mine d'or de Dick Digger'' ''La Mine d'or de Dick Digger'' contains two stories published in '' Le Journal de Spirou'' in 1947: namely "La Mine d'or de Dick Digger" and "Le Sosie de Lucky Luke". They were published as the first ''Lucky Luke'' hardcover collection in 1949, and in English by Cinebook in 2014 as ''Dick Digger's Gold Mine''. "La Mine d'or de Dick Digger" Lucky Luke and his faithful horse, Jolly Jumper, reunite with an old friend: prospector Dick Digger, who is overjoyed after discovering a rich gold vein in the West Hills. On his way to Nugget City to register his claim, Digger hides his map in a bottle of rum. While celebrating at a saloon, Digger attracts the attention of two criminals who decide to rob him. That night, sleeping in a room above the saloon, he is attacked by the bandits, who steal his gold and his map. Digger tries to fight back, is h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Luke
''Lucky Luke'' is a Western (genre), Western bande dessinée, comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris (cartoonist), Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their partnership lasted until Goscinny's death in 1977. Afterwards, Morris collaborated with several other writers until his own death in 2001. Since Morris's death, French artist Achdé has drawn the series, scripted by several successive writers. The series takes place in the American frontier, American Old West of the United States. It stars the titular Lucky Luke, a street-smart gunslinger known as the "man who shoots faster than his shadow", and his intelligent horse Jolly Jumper. Lucky Luke is pitted against various villains, either fictional or inspired by American history or folklore. The most famous of these are The Daltons (Lucky Luke), the Dalton Brothers, loosely based on the Dalton Gang o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daltons (Lucky Luke)
Joe, William, Jack and Averell Dalton, known together as The Daltons or the Dalton brothers, are fictional characters in the ''Lucky Luke'' Western comics series. Four brothers and outlaws acting as the most recurring enemies to protagonist Lucky Luke, they were created by comics artist, artist Morris (comics), Morris and writer René Goscinny. Loosely inspired by the real-life Dalton Gang active in the United States in early 1890s (who themselves appeared in the 1954 ''Lucky Luke'' story "Hors-la-loi (Lucky Luke), Outlaws"), The Daltons first had a one-panel cameo appearance in the 1958 comic ''Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon, Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon'', before being prominently featured later that year in the comic ''Les Cousins Dalton, The Dalton Cousins'' (named as such because the four are billed as the cousins of their real-life counterparts within the ''Lucky Luke'' universe). While Morris depicted the real-life Dalton brothers as evil and successful, the fictional Daltons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daltons (2010 TV Series)
''The Daltons'' (known as ''Les Dalton'' in French) is a French comedy animated television series based on the works by artist Morris and writer René Goscinny, focusing on the four main villains of the comic book series ''Lucky Luke'' who try to escape the prison as they get locked up in every time Lucky Luke captures them. The show is being adapted by Olivier Jean-Marie and Jean-François Henry while the series is directed by Charles Vaucelle. Plot Prisoners of a penitentiary in the Nevada desert, the Dalton brothers try to escape from the penitentiary but without achieving their ends. Characters Main * Joe Dalton – Joe is the oldest, shortest, angriest and evilest of the Dalton brothers who is always planning a way to escape prison, but his plans usually fail. His tremendous anger stems from his hatred of Lucky Luke due to him putting them in prison multiple times. * Jack Dalton – Jack is the first middle of the Dalton brothers. He is quite withdrawn, attentive an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Luke (1984 TV Series)
''Lucky Luke'' is an animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by the Belgian cartoonist and creator of the franchise Morris. The series lasted for 26 episodes, and was co-produced by Hanna-Barbera, Gaumont, Extrafilm and FR3. In France, the series was broadcast from 15 October 1984 on FR3. In the United States, the show aired in syndication on various CBS and ABC stations. Synopsis Lucky Luke is a solitary street-smart cowboy traveling through the Old West. Accompanied by his faithful horse Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog (who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison), he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the Dalton Brothers, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Phil Defer. Voice cast Additional Voices *Original: Albert Augier (Frank Malone, Orwell Stormwind, Fletcher Jones), Roger Carel (Frank James, Senator Pendelberry, Jasper, Sam Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Leonardo
Vittorio Leonardo (25 November 1938) is an Italians, Italian colorist of some famous Franco-Belgian comics series. He worked for ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' magazine and founded the ''Studio Leonardo'', which continued his work. Biography Vittorio Leonardo was born in Naples, Italy, in 1938. He left his motherland for Belgium in 1947. After various graphic experiences (charcoal, models, oil paintings), he finally dedicated himself to the comic strip. He met Morris and kept in touch with him. With the help of Morris, but also Franquin, Peyo and Remacle, Leonardo created the comics series ''Barbotine'' which allowed him to be hired by ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' magazine. He took over ''Hultrasson'' in 1973, and he created ''Superdog'' and ''Bardolino''. He also wrote some scenarios, among them Boule et Bill. Hired by Morris' Lucky Productions, he is entrusting the drawing of some ''Rantanplan'' albums, published each week in Télé Star from 1993. He specially contributed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin (October 10, 1918 – August 10, 1932) was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, who became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, Lee Duncan, who nicknamed him "Rinty". Duncan trained Rin Tin Tin and obtained silent film work for the dog. Rin Tin Tin was an immediate box-office success and went on to appear in 27 Hollywood films, gaining worldwide fame. Along with the earlier canine film star Strongheart, Rin Tin Tin was responsible for greatly increasing the popularity of German Shepherd dogs as family pets. The immense profitability of his films contributed to the success of Warner Bros. studios and helped advance the career of Darryl F. Zanuck from screenwriter to producer and studio executive. After the dog's only appearance in color (the 1929 musical revue '' The Show of Shows'', in which he barks an introduction to a musical pageant), Warner Bros. dispensed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morris (cartoonist)
Maurice De Bevere (; ; 1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian comics artist, illustrator and the creator of ''Lucky Luke,'' a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West. He was inspired by the adventures of the historic Dalton Gang and other outlaws. It was a bestselling series for more than 50 years that was translated into 23 languages and published internationally. He collaborated for two decades with French writer René Goscinny on the series. Morris's pen name is an Anglicized version of his first name. Biography Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Morris attended the well-known Jesuit college in Aalst. His math teacher told his parents the youth would unfortunately never succeed in life, as he passed math classes doodling in the margin of his math books. The student uniforms required there inspired his choices for those of the undertakers in his ''Lucky Luke'' cartoon series. Morris started his career after college d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob De Groot
Robert de Groot (26 October 1941 – 17 November 2023) was a Belgian comic books artist and writer. Career While still a young art student de Groot got his first comics experience as an assistant to Maurice Tillieux on ''Félix''. He began creating shorter work for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote'', with creators such as Hubuc, Reiser. With Fred as scenarist he drew the strip ''4 × 8 = 32 L'Agent Caméléon'' in the late 1960s. When the artist Turk joined to assist on the series, de Groot gradually took on increasing amounts of work as scenarist and went on to collaborate with Turk on several series, including ''Archimède'', ''Robin Dubois'' and eventually Raymond Macherot's '' Clifton''. They also created the character Léonard for '' Achille Talon magazine'' in 1974, before de Groot began a prolific production of comics scenarios for many comics artists, including Tibet, Dupa, Philippe Francq, Greg and Dany. With Rodrigue he created ''Doggygu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guard Dog
A guard dog or watchdog is a dog used to watch for and guard people or property against unwanted human or animal intruders. A dog trained to attack intruders is known as an attack dog. History Dogs have been used as guardians since ancient times. The ancient Romans placed ''Cave canem'' mosaics at the entrance of homes to warn visitors and intruders of the presence of dangerous dogs at the property. One of the first dog types used as guardians were Mastiff-type landraces of livestock guardian dogs, which protected livestock against large predators such as wolves, Brown bear, bears and leopards. In Greek mythology, Orthrus is an example of a livestock guardian dog known for guarding Geryon's red cattle. In more urban areas, some ancient guard dogs, such as the extinct bandogges, were chained during the day and released at night to protect properties, camps and villages. Barking Guard dogs Bark (utterance), bark loudly to alert their owners of an intruder's presence and to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolly Jumper
Jolly Jumper is a horse character in the Franco-Belgian comics series ''Lucky Luke'', created by Belgium, Belgian artist Morris (comics), Morris. Described as "the smartest horse in the west" and able to perform tasks such as chess-playing and tightrope walking, Jolly Jumper accompanies his cowboy in their travels across the Wild West, and delivers frequent quips. Much like Lucky Luke, the English-language alliterating Jolly Jumper is rarely renamed in translated versions. Although in the Greek language, Greek version of the series, Jolly Jumper is female and is called "Dolly". In the Turkish language, Turkish version the character is called "Düldül". Publication history Jolly Jumper first appeared alongside Lucky Luke in the story ''Arizona 1880'', published in the ''Almanach'' issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Spirou (magazine), Spirou'' on December 7, 1946. In his earlier appearances, he was more like a real horse, which started to change after René Goscinny b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
