Arizona (Lucky Luke)

''Lucky Luke'' is a Western comic album series created by Belgian 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 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 Dalton Brothers, loosely based on the Dalton Gang of the early 1890s and claimed to be their cousins. The stories are filled with humorous elements parodying the Western genre.

''Lucky Luke'' is one of the best-known and best-selling comics series in Europe. It has been translated into 30 languages. 83 albums have appeared in the series as of 2024, and 3 special editions/homages, at first published by Dupuis. From 1968 to 1998 they were published by Dargaud and then by Lucky Productions. Since 2000 they have been published by Lucky Comics. Each story was first serialized in a magazine: in '' Spirou'' from 1946 to 1967, in ''Pilote'' from 1968 to 1973, in ''Lucky Luke'' in 1974–75, in the French edition of ''Tintin'' in 1975–76, and in various other magazines since.

The series has also had adaptations in other media, such as animated films and television series, live-action films, video games, toys, and board games. As of 2022, all 82 books in the series' regular albums are available in English.

Publication history

Simultaneously a tribute to the mythic Old West and an affectionate parody, the comics were created by Belgian artist Morris, who drew ''Lucky Luke'' from 1946 until his death in 2001. The first ''Lucky Luke'' adventure, ''Arizona 1880'', appeared in the French version of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine '' Spirou'' in October 1946. It later appeared in the ''Almanach'' issue of ''Spirou'' on 7 December 1946.

After several years of writing the strip himself, Morris began a collaboration with René Goscinny. He was the series writer during what is considered its golden age, starting with the story , published on 25 August 1955 in ''Spirou'', until his death in 1977 (with the exception of ). Ending a long run of serial publications in ''Spirou'', the series was shifted to Goscinny's ''Pilote'' magazine in 1967 with the story . Later it was taken to Dargaud publisher.

After the death of Goscinny in 1977, several writers succeeded him: including Raymond "Vicq" Antoine, Bob de Groot, Jean Léturgie and Lo Hartog van Banda, ''Lucky Luke'' was given an honorary exhibition.

After Morris' death in 2001, French artist Achdé continued drawing new ''Lucky Luke'' stories in collaboration with writers Laurent Gerra, Daniel Pennac and Tonino Benacquista. Since 2016, new albums are scripted by writer Jul.

Lucky Luke comics have been translated into: Afrikaans, Arabic language, Arabic, Bengali language, Bengali, Catalan language, Catalan, Croatian language, Croatian, Czech language, Czech, Danish language, Danish, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, Estonian language, Estonian, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Greek language, Greek, Hebrew language, Hebrew, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Icelandic language, Icelandic, Indonesian language, Indonesian, Italian language, Italian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, Persian language, Persian, Polish language, Polish, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Serbian language, Serbian, Slovene language, Slovene, Spanish language, Spanish, Swedish language, Swedish, Tamil language, Tamil, Turkish language, Turkish, Vietnamese language, Vietnamese, Welsh language, Welsh and Bulgarian language, Bulgarian.

Stories

Overview

Although always described as a cowboy, Luke generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his on-hand resourcefulness and incredible gun prowess. A recurring task is that of capturing the bumbling but menacing gangsters the The Daltons (Lucky Luke), Dalton brothers, Joe, William, Jack and Averell. He rides Jolly Jumper, "the smartest horse in the world" and is often accompanied by prison guard dog Rantanplan, Rin Tin Can, "the stupidest dog in the universe", a spoof of Rin Tin Tin.

Luke meets many historical Western figures such as Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Judge Roy Bean and Jesse James's gang, and takes part in events such as the guarding of Wells Fargo stagecoaches, the Pony Express, the building of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, the Rush into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma, the building of the Statue of Liberty, Statue of liberty, and a tour by France, French actress Sarah Bernhardt. Some of the books feature a one-page article on the background to the events featured. Goscinny once said that he and Morris tried to base the Lucky Luke adventures on real events whenever possible, but that they would not let the facts get in the way of a funny story.

The chronology of the albums is deliberately murky, and in most albums no particular year is given. The villains and incidental characters based on real persons lived over most of the mid-to-late-19th century. For example, in the album ''Daily Star'', Lucky Luke meets a young Horace Greeley, prior to his moving to New York in 1831. Judge Roy Bean, who was appointed judge in 1882, appears in another album, and in another album yet, Lucky Luke takes part in the 1892 Coffeyville, Kansas, Coffeyville shootout against the Dalton gang. Lucky Luke himself appears unchanged in all stories.

Except in the first few stories, where he shoots and kills Mad Jim and the old Dalton brothers gang in Coffeyville, Luke is never seen to kill anyone, preferring to disarm people by simply shooting weapons out of their hands.

Phil Defer was killed in the first publication in ''Le Moustique'', but in the later album collection, this was changed into a debilitating shoulder wound.

In the final panel of each story, except the earliest, Lucky Luke rides off alone on Jolly Jumper into the sunset, singing (in English language, English) "I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a long way from home...". Luke first said this line in 1949 and it became a tradition afterwards. The song itself is based on a real life cowboy song, collected by John Lomax in ''Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads''.

Historical figures who have appeared in ''Lucky Luke''

Smoking controversy

Morris, who had been criticized over Lucky Luke's tobacco smoking, cigarette for a long time, answered his critics: "the cigarette is part of the character's profile, just like the pipe of Popeye or Maigret". It is claimed that Morris was forced to remove the cigarettes Lucky Luke smokes from his strip and Lucky Luke who "used to be a heavy smoker", had to give up smoking for "commercial reasons", apparently to "gain access to the American market".

Morris received an award from the World Health Organization in 1988 for replacing Luke's omnipresent cigarette with a wisp of straw in the story ''Fingers'' (1983).
In the 2007 animated film ''Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke'', Lucky Luke is seen using what appears to be a nicotine patch and mentions that before that he had to "chew on a piece of straw for a while" right after he quit smoking. In the 1994 story ''Le Pont sur le Mississippi'' (''The Bridge Over the Mississippi''), he is seen rolling a cigarette again, although he claims it was just to hide his boredom. And in ''Sarah Bernhardt'' (1982), when Bernhardt's cook lights a fire to make a cake, despite Luke's strict orders not to, Luke is seen rolling a cigarette in an irate mood. He then strikes a match, only for it to be blown out by Jolly Jumper, who reminds him of his own "no fire" orders.

Spin-off series

A spin-off series called ''Rantanplan'' and starring Luke's dimwitted canine sidekick began in 1987. It has been written over the years by several successive teams of writers and artists. The character also got a 76-episode animated television series in 2006.

A second spin-off series called ''Kid Lucky'' was created in 1995, aimed at attracting a younger readership. This starred Luke as a little boy, a format that had been very popular with Spirou (character), Spirou. Two albums starring this version of the character were released as part of the main series: ''Kid Lucky'' and ''Oklahoma Jim''. These were credited to veteran writer Jean Léturgie and unknown artist Pearce, who was later revealed to be a joint pen name for Yann Lepennetier and Didier Conrad. The series was scrapped due to poor sales and the two albums removed from the official list of Lucky Luke albums. The series was however re-launched in 2011 as ''Les aventures de Kid Lucky d'après Morris'', with Achdé now solely in charge of it. To date, Achdé has written four Kid Lucky albums, ''L'apprenti Cow-boy'', ''Lasso périlleux'', ''Statue Squaw'' and ''Suivez la flèche'', released in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively. In June 2020, It was announced ''Kid Lucky'' will be adapted into an animated series.

Collected editions

By Morris (1949–1958)

Dupuis Publishing

*1. ''La Mine d'or de Dick Digger'', 1949 (''Dick Digger's Gold Mine'')
*2. ''Rodéo (Lucky Luke), Rodéo'', 1951
*3. ''Arizona (Lucky Luke), Arizona'', 1951
*4. ''Sous le ciel de l'Ouest'', 1952 (''Under the Western Sky'')
*5. ''Lucky Luke contre Pat Poker'', 1953 (''Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker'')
*6. ''Hors-la-loi (Lucky Luke), Hors-la-loi'', 1954 (''Outlaws'')
*7. ''L'Élixir du Dr Doxey'', 1955 (''Doc Doxey's Elixir'')
*8. ''Lucky Luke contre Phil Defer'', 1956 (''Phil Wire'')
*10. ''Alerte aux Pieds Bleus'', 1958 (''The Bluefeet are Coming'')

By Morris & Goscinny (1955–1977)

Dupuis Publishing

*9. ''Des rails sur la Prairie'', 1957 (''Rails on the Prairie'')
*11. ''Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon'', 1958 (''Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon'')
*12. ''Les Cousins Dalton'', 1958 (''The Dalton Cousins'')
*13. ''Le Juge'', 1959 (''The Judge'')
*14. ''Ruée sur l'Oklahoma'', 1960 (''The Oklahoma Land Rush'')
*15. ''L'Évasion des Dalton'', 1960 (''The Daltons' Escape'')
*16. ''En remontant le Mississippi'', 1961 (''Travelling Up the Mississippi or Steaming Up the Mississippi'')
*17. ''Sur la piste des Dalton'', 1962 (''On the Daltons' Trail'')
*18. ''À l'ombre des derricks'', 1962 (''In the Shadow of the Derricks'')
*19. ''Les Rivaux de Painful Gulch'', 1962 (''The Rivals of Painful Gulch'')
*20. ''Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke), Billy the Kid'', 1962
*21. ''Les Collines noires'', 1963 (''The Black Hills'')
*22. ''Les Dalton dans le blizzard'', 1963 (''The Daltons in the Blizzard'')
*23. ''Les Dalton courent toujours'', 1964 (''The Daltons Always On The Run'')
*24. ''La Caravane'', 1964 (''The Wagon Train'')
*25. ''La Ville fantôme'', 1965 (''Ghost Town'')
*26. ''Les Dalton se rachètent'', 1965 (''The Daltons Redeem Themselves'')
*27. ''Le Vingtième de cavalerie'', 1965 (''The 20th Cavalry'')
*28. ''L'Escorte'', 1966 (''The Escort'')
*29. ''Des barbelés sur la prairie'', 1967 (''Barbed Wire on the Prairie'')
*30. ''Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke), Calamity Jane'', 1967
*31. ''Tortillas pour les Dalton'', 1967 (''Tortillas for the Daltons'')

Dargaud Publishing

*32. ''La Diligence (comics), La Diligence'', 1968 (''The Stagecoach'')
*33. ''Le Pied-tendre'', 1968 (''The Tenderfoot'')
*34. ''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', 1969
*35. ''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', 1969
*36. ''Western Circus'', 1970
*37. ''Canyon Apache'', 1971 (''Apache Canyon'')
*38. ''Ma Dalton'', 1971
*39. ''Chasseur de primes'', 1972 (''The Bounty Hunter'')
*40. ''Le Grand Duc'', 1973 (''The Grand Duke'')
*41. ''L'Héritage de Rantanplan'', 1973 (''Rantanplan's Inheritance or Rin-Tin-Can's Inheritance'')
*42. ''7 histoires complètes'', 1974 (''7 Full Stories or 7 Stories'')
*43. ''Le Cavalier blanc'', 1975 (''The Dashing White Cowboy'')
*44. ''La Guérison des Dalton'', 1975 (''A Cure for the Daltons'')
*45. ''L'Empereur Smith'', 1976 (''Emperor Smith'')
*46. ''Le Fil qui chante'', 1977 (''The Singing Wire'')
*50. ''La Corde du pendu'', 1982 (''The Hanged Man's Rope or The Hanged Man's Noose'')
*51. ''Daisy Town (comics), Daisy Town'', 1983
*55. ''La Ballade des Dalton#Published versions, La Ballade des Dalton et autres histoires'', 1986 (''The Daltons' Ballad and Other Stories or The Ballad Of The Daltons And Other Stories'').
Between ''Le Fil qui chante'' and ''La Corde du pendu'' is ''La Ballade des Dalton'', 1978 (''The Daltons' Ballad'' or ''The Ballad of the Daltons''), an adaptation from the animated film.

By Morris and various writers (1980–2002)

Dargaud Publishing

*47. ''Le Magot des Dalton'', 1980, by Vicq (''The Daltons' Stash'' or ''The Daltons' Loot'')
*48. ''Le Bandit manchot'', 1981, by Bob de Groot (''The One-Armed Bandit'')
*49. ''Sarah Bernhardt (Lucky Luke), Sarah Bernhardt'', 1982, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche
*52. ''Fingers'', 1983, by Lo Hartog Van Banda
*53. ''Le Daily Star'', 1983, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche (''The Daily Star'')
*54. ''La Fiancée de Lucky Luke'', 1985, by Guy Vidal (''Bride of Lucky Luke'' or ''Lucky Luke's Fiancee'')
*56. ''Le Ranch maudit'', 1986, by Jean Léturgie, Xavier Fauche and Claude Guylouis (''The Cursed Ranch'')
*57. ''Nitroglycérine'', 1987, by Lo Hartog Van Banda (''Nitroglycerine'')
*58. ''L'Alibi'', 1987, by Claude Guylouis (''The Alibi'')
*59. ''Le Pony Express'', 1988, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche (''The Pony Express'')

Lucky Productions

*60. ''L'Amnésie des Dalton'', 1991, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche (''The Daltons' Amnesia'')
*61. ''Chasse aux fantômes'', 1992, by Lo Hartog Van Banda (''Ghost Hunt'')
*62. ''Les Dalton à la noce'', 1993, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche (''The Wedding Crashers'')
*63. ''Le Pont sur le Mississippi'', 1994, by Jean Léturgie and Xavier Fauche (''The Bridge on the Mississippi'' or ''Bridge Over the Mississippi'')
*64. ''Kid Lucky'', 1995, by Pearce and Jean Léturgie
*65. ''Belle Star'', 1995, by Xavier Fauche
*66. ''Le Klondike'', 1996, by Yann and Jean Léturgie (''The Klondike'')
*67. ''O.K. Corral'', 1997, by Eric Adam and Xavier Fauche
*68. ''Oklahoma Jim'', 1997, by Pearce and Jean Léturgie
*69. ''Marcel Dalton'', 1998, by Bob de Groot

Lucky Comics

*70. ''Le Prophète'', 2000, by Patrick Nordmann (''The Prophet'')
*71. ''L'Artiste peintre'', 2001, by Bob de Groot (''The Painter'' or ''The Artist'')
*72. ''La Légende de l'Ouest'', 2002, by Patrick Nordmann (''Legends of the West'')

By Achdé and various writers (since 2004)

Lucky Comics

*73. ''La Belle Province'', 2004, by Laurent Gerra (''The Beautiful Province'')
*74. ''La Corde au cou'', 2006, by Laurent Gerra (''Tying the Knot'' or ''From the Gallows to the Altar'')
*75. ''L'Homme de Washington'', 2008, by Laurent Gerra (''The Man from Washington'')
*76. ''Lucky Luke contre Pinkerton'', 2010, by Daniel Pennac and Tonino Benacquista (''Lucky Luke versus The Pinkertons'')
*77. ''Cavalier seul'', 2012, by Daniel Pennac and Tonino Benacquista (''Lone Riders'')
*78. ''Les tontons Dalton'', 2014, by Laurent Gerra and Jacques Pessis (''The Dalton Uncles'')
*79. ''La Terre promise'', 2016, by Jul (''The Promised Land'')
*80. ''Un cow-boy à Paris'', 2018, by Jul (''Cowboy in Paris'')
*81. ''Un cow-boy dans le Coton'', 2020, by Jul (''A Cowboy in High Cotton'')
*82. ''L'Arche de Rantanplan'', 2022, by Jul (''Rintincan's Ark'')
*83. , 2024, by Jul (''Trouble Brewing'')

''Kid Lucky'' spin-off

# , 2011 (''Cowboy in Training'')
# , 2013 (''The Dangerous Lasso'')
# ''Statue Squaw'', 2015
# , 2017 (''Follow the Arrow'')
# , 2019 (''Kid or Double'')

Special editions and homages

*, 2016, by Matthieu Bonhomme (''The Man Who Shot Lucky Luke'')
* , 2017, by Guillaume Bouzard (''Jolly Jumper Stops Responding'')
* , 2019, by Mawil (''Lucky Luke Saddles Up'')
*''Lucky Luke: Wanted'', 2021, by Matthieu Bonhomme (''Wanted Lucky Luke'')
*, 2021, by Ralf König (''Swiss Bliss'').
* , 2023, by Blutch (''Untamed'').

English translations

Apart from the collections mentioned below, Lucky Luke comics were published in British comic book magazines such as ''Film Fun Comic'' or ''Giggle Comics, Giggle'' (in 1967). The ''Giggle Comics, Giggle'' version had Luke's name changed to "Buck Bingo".

Brockhampton Press Ltd, Leicester, began publishing the books in hardcover and softcover, with six titles from 1972 to 1974, translated by Frederick W Nolan. Brockhampton became part of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd in 1976, and under their children's imprint, Knight Books, Hodder published mini-sized paperback editions of the first six books, in 1976 to 1977. In 1980 and 1982, Hodder & Stoughton published three new titles as Hodder Dargaud, as well as reprints of the previous six.

Cinebook Ltd have been publishing English language translations of Lucky Luke in softcover album format since 2006. One new volume is released every two months. In India only, Euro Books, a division of Euro Kids International Ltd. published English versions of 24 Lucky Luke titles in 2009.

In 2019, Cinebook began releasing a hardcover collection of ''Lucky Luke'', published in chronological order featuring three to four original albums per volume together with a vast amount of extras included, titled ''Lucky Luke – The Complete Collection''.

Cinebook also published translations of the two Matthieu Bonhomme homages: ''Wanted Lucky Luke'' (2016) and ''The Man Who Shot Lucky Luke'' (2021). ''Untamed'' by Blutch was published in 2024.

List of single albums in English

Brockhampton Press (UK)

*''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', 1972
*''The Stagecoach'', 1972
*''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', 1973
*''The Tenderfoot (Lucky Luke), The Tenderfoot'', 1974
*''Western Circus (Lucky Luke), Western Circus'', 1974
*''Apache Canyon'', 1974

Knight Books (UK)

*''The Stagecoach'', 1976
*''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', 1976
*''Jesse James'', 1976
*''Le Pied-tendre, The Tenderfoot'', 1976
*''Apache Canyon'', 1977
*''Western Circus'', 1977

Hodder Dargaud (UK)

*''Ma Dalton (Lucky Luke), Ma Dalton'', 1980
*''Curing the Daltons'', 1982
*''The Dashing White Cowboy (Lucky Luke), The Dashing White Cowboy'', 1982

Dargaud USA and Canada

*''The Stage Coach'', US, 1980s
*''The Greenhorn'', US, 1980s
*''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', US, 1980s
*''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', US, 1980s
*''Western Circus (Lucky Luke), Western Circus'', US, 1980s
*''Ma Dalton (Lucky Luke), Ma Dalton, US, 1980s
*''The Dalton Brothers' Analyst'', Canada, 1982
*''Curing the Daltons'', Canada, 1982

Fantasy Flight Games, Fantasy Flight (US)

*''The Stage Coach'', 1990s
*''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', 1990s

Ravette Books (UK)

*''The Dalton Brothers Memory Game'', 1991

Glo'worm (UK)

*''Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke), Calamity Jane'', 1998
*''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', 1998
*''Ma Dalton (Lucky Luke), Ma Dalton'', 1999
*''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', 1998
*''The Tenderfoot (Lucky Luke), The Tenderfoot'', 1999
*''Western Circus (Lucky Luke), Western Circus'', 2000
*''The Dashing White Cowboy (Lucky Luke), The Dashing White Cowboy'', 2000

Cinebook Ltd

# ''Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke), Billy The Kid'', 2006,
# ''Ghost Town (Lucky Luke), Ghost Town'', 2006,
# ''Dalton City (Lucky Luke), Dalton City'', 2006,
# ''Jesse James (Lucky Luke), Jesse James'', 2006,
# ''In the Shadow of the Derricks (Lucky Luke), In the Shadow of the Derricks'', 2007,
# ''Ma Dalton (Lucky Luke), Ma Dalton'', 2007,
# ''Barbed Wire on the Prairie (Lucky Luke), Barbed Wire on the Prairie'', 2007,
# ''Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke), Calamity Jane'', 2007,
# ''The Wagon Train (Lucky Luke), The Wagon Train'', 2008,
# ''Tortillas for the Daltons'', 2008,
# ''Western Circus (Lucky Luke), Western Circus'', 2008,
# ''The Rivals of Painful Gulch'', 2008,
# ''The Tenderfoot (Lucky Luke), The Tenderfoot'', 2008,
# ''The Dashing White Cowboy (Lucky Luke), The Dashing White Cowboy'', 2008,
# ''The Daltons in the Blizzard (Lucky Luke), The Daltons in the Blizzard'', 2009,
# ''The Black Hills (Lucky Luke), The Black Hills'', 2009,
# ''Apache Canyon (Lucky Luke), Apache Canyon'', 2009,
# ''The Escort (Lucky Luke), The Escort'', 2009,
# ''On the Daltons' Trail (Lucky Luke), On the Daltons' Trail'', 2009,
# ''The Oklahoma Land Rush (Lucky Luke), The Oklahoma Land Rush'', 2009,
# ''The 20th Cavalry (Lucky Luke), The 20th Cavalry'', 2010,
# ''Emperor Smith (Lucky Luke), Emperor Smith'', 2010,
# ''A Cure for the Daltons (Lucky Luke), A Cure for the Daltons'', 2010,
# ''The Judge (Lucky Luke), The Judge'', 2010,
# ''The Stagecoach (Lucky Luke), The Stagecoach'', 2010,
# ''The Bounty Hunter (Lucky Luke), The Bounty Hunter'', 2010,
# ''Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon (Lucky Luke), Lucky Luke versus Joss Jamon'', 2011,
# ''The Dalton Cousins (Lucky Luke), The Dalton Cousins'', 2011,
# ''The Grand Duke (Lucky Luke), The Grand Duke'', 2011,
# ''The Daltons' Escape (Lucky Luke), The Daltons' Escape'', 2011,
# ''Lucky Luke versus the Pinkertons'', 2011,
# ''Rails on the Prairie (Lucky Luke), Rails on the Prairie'', 2011,
# ''The One-Armed Bandit'', 2012,
# ''The Daltons Always On The Run (Lucky Luke), The Daltons Always On The Run'', 2012,
# ''The Singing Wire (Lucky Luke), The Singing Wire'', 2012,
# ''Les Dalton se rachètent, The Daltons Redeem Themselves'', 2012,
# ''Fingers'', 2012,
# ''Doc Doxey's Elixir'', 2012,
# ''The Man from Washington'', 2013,
# ''Phil Defer, Phil Wire'', 2013,
# ''The Daily Star'', 2013,
# ''Lone Riders'', 2013,
# ''The Bluefeet are coming! (Lucky Luke), The Bluefeet are coming!'', 2013,
# ''Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker (Lucky Luke), Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker'', 2013,
# ''Tying the Knot'', 2014,
# ''The Pony Express'', 2014,
# ''Hors-la-loi (Lucky Luke), Outlaws'', 2014,
# ''Dick Digger's Gold Mine'', 2014,
# ''The Daltons' Amnesia'', 2014,
# ''Seven Stories'', 2014,
# ''The Painter'', 2015,
# ''The Beautiful Province'', 2015,
# ''Nitroglycerin'', 2015,
# ''Rodeo (Lucky Luke), Rodeo'', 2015,
# ''Arizona (Lucky Luke), Arizona'', 2015,
# ''Sous le Ciel de l'Ouest, Under a Western Sky'', 2015,
# ''Legends of the West'', 2016,
# ''The Daltons' Stash'', 2016,
# ''Bride of Lucky Luke'', 2016,
# ''La Ballade des Dalton, The Ballad of the Daltons and other stories'', 2016,
# ''Daisy Town (comics), Daisy Town'', 2016,
# ''The Cursed Ranch'', 2016,
# ''Sarah Bernhardt (Lucky Luke), Sarah Bernhardt'', 2017,
# ''The Wedding Crashers'', 2017,
# ''Ghost Hunt'', 2017,
# ''The Promised Land'', 2017,
# ''Belle Starr'', 2018,
# ''Bridge Over the Mississippi'', 2018,
# ''Kid Lucky'', 2018,
# ''The O.K. Corral'', 2018,
# ''A Cowboy in Paris'', 2018,
# ''Marcel Dalton'', 2019,
# ''The Prophet'', 2019,
# ''The Klondike'', 2020,
# ''L'Héritage de Rantanplan, Rin Tin Can's Inheritance'', 2020,
# ''Oklahoma Jim'', 2020,
# ''A Cowboy in High Cotton'', 2020,
# ''The Dalton Uncles'', 2021,
# ''Steaming up the Mississippi'', 2021,
# ''The Alibi'', 2021,
# ''The Hanged Man's Rope and Other Stories'', 2022,
# ''Rin Tin Can's Ark'', 2022,
# ''Trouble Brewing'', 2024,

Eurokids (India)

# ''The Alibi'', 2009,
# ''Ghost Hunt'', 2009,
# ''Kid Lucky'', 2009,
# ''Oklahoma Jim'', 2009,
# ''The Prophet'', 2009,
# ''Belle Star'', 2009,
# ''The Klondike'', 2009,
# ''The Pony Express'', 2009,
# ''Sarah Bernardt'', 2009,
# ''The bridge on the Mississippi'', 2009,
# ''The Hanged Man's Rope and other stories'', 2009,
# ''The Ballad of the Daltons and other stories (Lucky Luke), The Ballad of the Daltons and other stories'', 2009,
# ''Daisy Town (comics), Daisy Town'', 2009,
# ''Fingers'', 2009,
# ''Marcel Dalton'', 2009,
# ''The Artist'', 2009,
# ''The legend of the west'', 2009,
# ''The Daily Star'', 2009,
# ''Lucky Luke's fiancé'', 2009,
# ''Nitroglycerine'', 2009,
# ''The Cursed Ranch'', 2009,
# ''The Beautiful Province'', 2009,
# ''From the Gallows to the Altar'', 2009,
# ''The Dalton's Loot'', 2009,

Europe Comics

# ''The Man Who Shot Lucky Luke'', 2016
# ''Cowboy in Training'', 2017
# ''Dangerous Lasso'', 2017
# ''Statue Squaw'', 2017
# ''Follow the Arrow'', 2019

In other media

Films

Animation

*Goscinny directed and co-produced two animated Lucky Luke films:
**''Daisy Town (1971 film), Daisy Town'' (1971)
** (1978)
*The French company Xilam produced a theatrical animated film: ''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' (5 December 2007)

Live-action

There are a number of feature adaptations from various countries, including:
*Turkish films:
** (1970), starring Izzet Günay
** (1975), starring Sadri Alışık
*Italian films, both starring Terence Hill:
**''Lucky Luke (1991 film), Lucky Luke'' (1991)
**''Lucky Luke 2'' (1991)
*French films, both produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Yves Marmion:
** (2004), featuring Til Schweiger as Lucky Luke (one of the most expensive European films ever made)
**''Lucky Luke (2009 film), Lucky Luke'' (2009), starring French actor Jean Dujardin as Lucky Luke

Television

In 1983, Hanna-Barbera Productions, France 3, Gaumont Film Company, Extrafilm Berlin and Morris collaborated to produce the animated TV series ''Lucky Luke (1984 TV series), Lucky Luke'', which ran for 26 episodes and was based on original album stories. The series' main voice actors were William Callaway as Lucky Luke, Robert Ridgely as Jolly Jumper, Paul Reubens as Bushwack, Frank Welker as Joe Dalton, Rick Dees as Jack Dalton, Fred Travalena as William Dalton, Bob Holt (actor), Bob Holt as Averell Dalton, and Mitzi McCall as Ma Dalton. Additional voices were provided by Peter Cullen, Pat Fraley, Barbara Goodson, and Mona Marshall.

In 1990, a new animated series of 26 episodes was produced by IDDH, with the collaboration of Morris, based on album stories not adapted in the prior series.

The 1992 live-action Italian television series, ''Lucky Luke (1992 TV series), Lucky Luke'', also known as ''The Adventures of Lucky Luke'', was based on the films of the previous year and again starred Terence Hill.

In 2001, Xilam produced the 52-episode animated series (''The New Adventures of Lucky Luke''). It was made available on an eight-disc DVD set with French and English audio tracks. This series also featured Colonel George Armstrong Custer, Custer, who is an Indian-hater and a dwarf in this incarnation. Unlike the two earlier animated series, this series featured original stories.

Xilam produced two further animated series involving Lucky Luke: ''Rintindumb'' (2006) and (2010).

Mediatoon Distribution produced ''Kid Lucky'' in 2020.

Video games

''Lucky Luke'' video games have been released for many platforms, most of them by Atari SA, Infogrames for the European market. Only Game Boy Color and PlayStation versions were released in North America.

A Lucky Luke game was developed for mobile phones by The Mighty Troglodytes. ''Lucky Luke: Go West'' was released in Europe for Microsoft Windows, Windows, Wii, and Nintendo DS in late 2007.

In 2013, French publishers Dupuis and Anuman Interactive announced the development of a new Time Management game: ''Lucky Luke: Transcontinental Railroad'' (set in the 1860s) for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android (operating system), Android.

* ''Lucky Luke'' – Tiger Handheld – 1984
* ''Lucky Luke: Nitroglycerine'' – Coktel Vision, C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Thomson TO – 1987
* ''Lucky Luke: The Video Game'' – Philips Interactive, Philips CD-i – 1996
* ''Lucky Luke'' – Infogrames, Game Boy (Europe only) – 1996 and Game Boy Color – May 1999
* ''Lucky Luke'' – SNES, MS-DOS, and Windows (Europe only) – October 1997
* ''Lucky Luke'' – Infogrames, PlayStation – 1998 and Windows (Europe only) – 2000 as ''Lucky Luke: On the Dalton's Trail''
* ''Lucky Luke: Desperado Train'' – Game Boy Color (Europe Only) – 2000 (Infogrames)
* ''Lucky Luke: Western Fever'' – Windows and PlayStation (Europe only) – 2001
* ''Lucky Luke: Wanted!'' – Game Boy Advance (Europe only) – 11 February 2001 (Infogrames)
* ''Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure'' – DS, Windows, Wii – 2007

Tributes

In the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, the permanent exhibition pays homage to the pioneers of Belgian comics, with Morris being among them. In the room dedicated to his work, the entry has Bar (establishment), saloon doors and Luke's shadow can be seen on the floor and on the wall.

In 1992, as part of Brussels' Comic Book Route, a wall in the Rue de la Buandrie/ Washuisstraat in Brussels was dedicated to Lucky Luke. It was designed by D. Vandegeerde and G. Oreopoulos.

Since 2007, the Rue des Pierres/ Steenstraat in Brussels has a commemorative plaque with the name / placed under the actual street sign.

In Charleroi, Belgium, a statue of Lucky Luke can be seen in Astrid Park. The nearby Charleroi Metro station Parc (Charleroi Metro), Parc is also decorated with scenes of Lucky Luke.

In 2000, statues of Lucky Luke, Ratanplan and Joe Dalton were erected in the , Middelkerke, Belgium. They were designed by Luc Madou.

In 1993, French rapper MC Solaar released his song with references to Lucky Luke and the The Daltons (Lucky Luke), Daltons.

Lucky Luke is also referenced in the 2010 Obsidian Entertainment-developed and Bethesda Softworks-published video game ''Fallout: New Vegas''. Posters appear in the game, as well as in some loading screens, stating "There's a new sheriff in town and he's looking for deputies ... Become a part of the human dignity bloc". Accompanying this text is an image of a frontier-era sheriff doing a finger gun motion with both hands. Aside from the star-shaped sheriff badge he wears, the sheriff is dressed identically to Lucky Luke, sporting his trademark white hat, yellow shirt, black vest, and red bandana tied around his neck.

In 2015, Danish reggaeton band Camilo & Grande released a single titled "Lucky Luke", in which they liken their lives to that of Lucky Luke.

In 2022, the Belgian government included a tribute to Lucky Luke in the visa pages of its newly redesigned Belgian passport, passport. It features a blank silhouette of Luke and Jolly Jumper in Monument Valley, with the full detail of the characters being revealed under UV light.

See also

*Brussels' Comic Book Route
*Cocco Bill

Notes

References

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Further reading

* Lefèvre, Pascal. 1998. "Lucky Luke, a 'lonesome cowboy' for more than half a century. In The Low Countries, 1998–1999". In ''The Low Countries: Arts and Society in Flanders and the Netherlands: A Yearbook, 1998-99''. Stichting Ons Erfdeel.

External links

''Lucky Luke'' official site


English publisher of ''Lucky Luke'' - Cinebook Ltd


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