Balladi Daltoneista

Lucky Luke #49

by Morris, Annukka Kolehmainen (Translator)

Ce personnage immortel parcourt depuis 1947 (44 ans !) l'histoire de l'ouest américain. Il y a rencontré des personnages célèbres (Jesse James, Calamity Jane, Billy the Kid, Sarah Bernhardt...). Lucky Luke est l'homme des missions impossibles, le défenseur des pauvres, des veuves et des orphelins, bref le parfait héros ! Son cheval, Jolly Jumper, est un parfait compagnon de ce poor lonesome cowboy. Les frères Dalton se dressent perpétuellement sur le chemin de Lucky Luke ce qui permet à ce dernier de les poursuivre continuellement et de les confier à la justice. Autre personnage traditionnel de la série : Rantanplan, le chien le plus bête du farwest qui a vécut de façon autonome 2 albums. Lucky Luke est, avec Astérix et Tintin, le plus célèbre personnage de l'histoire de la BD : cette série, accessible à tous, est devenu un mythe grâce à Morris et Goscinny. Ce personnage a fait l'essentiel de sa formidable carrière dans les pages de SPIROU, PILOTE et LE JOURNAL DE LUCKY LUKE. Une exploitation merchandising et audiovisuelle (dont aux États-Unis) a permis d'introduire Lucky Luke auprès d'une très large couche de la population et auprès de plusieurs générations de lecteurs. A noter qu'après la disparition de Goscinny, plusieurs scénaristes ont travaillé sur la série : Vicq, De Groot, Fauche et Léturgie, Lodewijk, Lo Hartog Van Banda et Vidal. L'essentiel des albums se trouvent chez Dupuis et Dargaud., la nouveauté chez Lucky Productions.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Graphic Novels, Westerns, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

The Belgian author Morris (full name Maurice de Bevere) is best known for his humorous cowboy character, Lucky Luke. Morris started his career in 1945 in Le Moustique, creating various covers and illustrations. By the end of the 1940s, Morris met his colleagues Jijé, Franquin and Will. These four artists would be called "The Gang of 4", because they all worked in Jijé's studio at that time. The first episode of Lucky Luke, 'Arizona 1880', was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, and was later continued in Spirou. In his early 'Lucky Luke' comics, Morris was greatly inspired by animated cartoons à la Disney.
In 1949, Jijé took Morris and Franquin to the US, where Morris met Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman, whom he helped with their plans for Mad Magazine. He also met René Goscinny in the US. In 1955, Morris returned to Europe and collaborated with René Goscinny on 'Lucky Luke'. Goscinny wrote the scenarios of over 35 stories, which led to the great success of the series.
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Reviews

[Geoffery Crescent]

Ah Lucky Luke. It's not quite as subtle as Asterix and it's not quite as clever as Tintin. But maaaaaaan. So, to answer your question, which I can only assume is 'why are you reading a French language version of a picture book adaptation of a 1970's animated film?' it's partly to keep my hand in my Francophone abilities, partly my penchant for obscure bande dessinée apocrypha and partly so anyone visiting my home and using the bathroom will see it and think I'm fancy. Alright, so it's mostly the latter. But either way it's a nice little tale and the quite literally the last thing Rene Goscinny worked on; he recorded the vocals for Luke's horse Jolly Jumper the day before he died. I can't give it more than three stars though, that racist Asian caricature is yikes on several bikes. Or tiens dans beacoup des velos, if you prefer.

[Al Capwned]

The first story is quite good but the rest is less than mediocre mostly.

[Cuervo Solitario]

Este álbum es un recopilatorio compuesto por una historia central, «La balada de los Dalton», que viene acompañado de tres historietas cortas. Es, también, un cómic de transición entre la primera etapa del personaje y su época clásica con Goscinny y Morris a las riendas de la colección. Esto es algo que se ve claramente en la parte principal, donde los autores se conforman con jugar con el propio universo de Lucky Luke y donde las referencias cruzadas a la propia colección funcionan para divertir, entretener y sorprender. Así, la concatenación de gags funciona a la perfección para llevarnos a un final redondo.
Luego, tenemos «Un amour de Jolly Jumper», que se podría traducir por un encanto o un amor, perdiendo en algo el doble sentido del título, mezcla humor y emotividad cuando nuestro heroico caballo sufre de mal de amores. Concluimos con «Lío en Pancake Valley» y «Escuela de sheriffs», donde de nuevo el ingenio y una estructura redonda hacen que su simplicidad funcione bien.
En conjunto es un cómic que muestra la profesionalidad de Goscinny y Morris, lo que compensa la falta de extensión. No es una de las entregas más memorables, pero sí una de las que fueron dando solidez al personaje.

[Peter Toth]

This was the first Lucky Luke book that I wholeheartedly enjoyed reading up together with my kids. The first story, the "Ballad of the Daltons" is around 30 pages, and another 3 short stories make up this edition. I loved the humour, the way he dealt with the bandits, the Indian sitter he had to save amongst many, all-in-all a well-rounded story with lots of fun and laughing. The other 3 shorter ones are also ok, this was really good fun that I enjoyed!

[Η Cultσα]

Η ομώνυμη μεγάλη ιστορία είναι πολύ δυνατή και φαίνεται να ήταν σε κείμενα Goscinny. Οι υπόλοιπες δε λένε και πολλά.

[Hanussen]

Balada trpí stejnými adaptačními nedostatky jako Daisy Town. Doplňující příběhy jsou taky slabší.

[Miran]

Good book

[Black Cat]

this was soo fun. the horse getting a crush and the daltons acc working together w tom was a recipe for amusement.

[StrictlySequential ArtNarrative]

2016 = £6.99 / $11.95

"The Ballad of the Daltons" (Goscinny)
***
"Blue Stallion" (Greg)
*****
"Ruckus in Pancake Valley" (Morris)
****
"The Sheriff School" (Morris)
**
->But all art is done by Morris<-

[Derek Royal]

Read for the December episode of our Euro Comics series for The Comics Alternative.

[Comics Alternative]

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[Mathilde]

Ce n'est pas une BD mais une histoire. Le texte est en retard sur les images