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Lucky Luke #20
Billy the Kid
Lucky Luke is a 100% real hero of the Old West. He travels around delivering justice wherever he goes, accompanied by his faithful companion, Jolly Jumper. Arriving at Fort Weakling, he changes into a formidable bandit. Does his meeting with Billy the Kid influence him?
46 pages, Hardcover
First published November 16, 1961
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About the author
Morris
681 books131 followersThe 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.
'Lucky Luke' is one of the best-sellers i
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.
'Lucky Luke' is one of the best-sellers i
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May 22, 2015
I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a long way from home...
'Lucky Luke' is an extremely popular comic book series originally created in French by Maurice De Bevere and written by the great René Goscinny himself. These tales of adventures set in the American Old West featuring Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoot faster than his shadow, are immensely enjoyable for readers of all age groups and was a hugely successful comic-book series in Europe. Riding Jolly Jumper, the smartest horse in the world Lucky Luke roams the chaotic horizons of American Old West capturing gangsters and righting wrong with his lightning fast gun reflexes and ingenuity. Lucky Luke is the epitome of the classic American Cowboy hero.
Goscinny has once conceded that the plots are based on real life events from the Wild West when ever possible and this can be seen in the stories with ‘Lucky Luke’ usually meeting up with some legendary personalities from the period like Buffalo Bill, Dalton Gang, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Calamity Jane, Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln and participating in some of the most epic actual events of the old west during the course of the series.
In ‘Billy The Kid’ Lucky Luke comes across a town that is terrorized by a spoiled brat of bully named Billy the Kid. The fear for Billy among the town folks is so great that no one stands as witnesses to his various deeds of crime. So Lucky Luke stands against Billy in a mission to bring him to the local justice. After a series of adventures filled with humor and scheming Lucky Luke brings normalcy to the town by placing Billy in jail.
Compared to Asterix, you may find the Lucky Luke comics a bit dull visually but with fast action packed storyline they are as appealing as Asterix & Tintin. What makes these titles really worth reading are the extreme simplicity and charm Morris & Goscinny has placed into the narrations and the drawings. The story is simple to understand and the humor is clean & straightforward with great use of Wild West clichés and stereotype characters. The cartoon panels have a surreal appeal to them thanks to the color tones that are employed and the style of the art involved. This surreal feel of the sketches connects cleverly with the time period, which it more appealing.
'Lucky Luke' is an extremely popular comic book series originally created in French by Maurice De Bevere and written by the great René Goscinny himself. These tales of adventures set in the American Old West featuring Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoot faster than his shadow, are immensely enjoyable for readers of all age groups and was a hugely successful comic-book series in Europe. Riding Jolly Jumper, the smartest horse in the world Lucky Luke roams the chaotic horizons of American Old West capturing gangsters and righting wrong with his lightning fast gun reflexes and ingenuity. Lucky Luke is the epitome of the classic American Cowboy hero.
Goscinny has once conceded that the plots are based on real life events from the Wild West when ever possible and this can be seen in the stories with ‘Lucky Luke’ usually meeting up with some legendary personalities from the period like Buffalo Bill, Dalton Gang, Doc Holliday, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Calamity Jane, Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln and participating in some of the most epic actual events of the old west during the course of the series.
In ‘Billy The Kid’ Lucky Luke comes across a town that is terrorized by a spoiled brat of bully named Billy the Kid. The fear for Billy among the town folks is so great that no one stands as witnesses to his various deeds of crime. So Lucky Luke stands against Billy in a mission to bring him to the local justice. After a series of adventures filled with humor and scheming Lucky Luke brings normalcy to the town by placing Billy in jail.
Compared to Asterix, you may find the Lucky Luke comics a bit dull visually but with fast action packed storyline they are as appealing as Asterix & Tintin. What makes these titles really worth reading are the extreme simplicity and charm Morris & Goscinny has placed into the narrations and the drawings. The story is simple to understand and the humor is clean & straightforward with great use of Wild West clichés and stereotype characters. The cartoon panels have a surreal appeal to them thanks to the color tones that are employed and the style of the art involved. This surreal feel of the sketches connects cleverly with the time period, which it more appealing.
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December 24, 2023Teacher - " Billy, if there are 5 birds on a fence, and you shoot 1, how many birds are left ?
Billy - " None, the others would fly away. "
Teacher - " Hmm... the answer is 4, but I like the way you think. "
Billy - " I have a question for you too, Miss. There are 3 women eating ice cream. 1 licking, 1 biting, and 1 sucking. Which one is married ? "
Teacher ( nervously ) - " The one sucking ".
Billy - " Hmm... The answer is" the one with the wedding ring on" , but I like the way you think. "
Billy - " None, the others would fly away. "
Teacher - " Hmm... the answer is 4, but I like the way you think. "
Billy - " I have a question for you too, Miss. There are 3 women eating ice cream. 1 licking, 1 biting, and 1 sucking. Which one is married ? "
Teacher ( nervously ) - " The one sucking ".
Billy - " Hmm... The answer is" the one with the wedding ring on" , but I like the way you think. "
May 16, 2022
This graphic novel pits Lucky Luke against Billy the Kid. Billy has a town so terrified that they refuse to prosecute him for his crimes. It's up to Lucky Luke to save the day with a clever plan. The focus here is purely humor, which it delivers.
May 20, 2013
Pretty decent, in fact, surprisingly so. There's a kind of depth the story gets into that's reminiscent of Red Dead: Redemption; attention to detail, realism, and a decent insight into human nature.
And given that I first came across Lucky Luke in the last pages of Indrajal comics selling... some kind of orange drink? Gold Spot? there's a massive nostalgia hit as well. One that works very well with the simple yet subtle stories-within-stories I see happening here.
Yeah, it's a classic.
And given that I first came across Lucky Luke in the last pages of Indrajal comics selling... some kind of orange drink? Gold Spot? there's a massive nostalgia hit as well. One that works very well with the simple yet subtle stories-within-stories I see happening here.
Yeah, it's a classic.
May 17, 2018
شذى تستعيد الذكريات ❤ كراش الطفولة 😂🤔
December 5, 2020
Billy the Kid is the terror of the town - so after Lucky Luke fails in is convincing the townfolk to stand up to him, he finally takes matters in his hands and becomes a bigger terror, to the desperation of Billy.
November 21, 2020
Thought this would be a fun follow-up to Rick Geary's The True Death of Billy the Kid, but I was wrong. (Both are "Bonus Borrows" on Hoopla this month.) There is little interest in historical fact as the authors of this humor strip go for easy and stupid gags about a tiny psychopathic gunslinger holding an Old West town hostage to his every whim. He's Billy the Kid in name only. Enter Lucky Luke, the only man brave enough to stand up to the brat, but who takes his sweet time getting around to it.
I was immensely bored throughout, though I was taken aback when out of nowhere, three-quarters of the way through the book, Luke's horse starts talking to him. Umm, okay.
No read to read any more books from this series.
I was immensely bored throughout, though I was taken aback when out of nowhere, three-quarters of the way through the book, Luke's horse starts talking to him. Umm, okay.
No read to read any more books from this series.
April 19, 2020
Morris and Goscinny are right at top of their form with this album. One of the very best. It even features a bit of character growth, even if only with the extras.
The old Finnish versions each had some tidbits at the end - real facts about the Wild West and whatever issue the album concerned itself with, such as Billy The Kid in this instance. The versions I'm reading now (in English) don't. That's a shame.
The old Finnish versions each had some tidbits at the end - real facts about the Wild West and whatever issue the album concerned itself with, such as Billy The Kid in this instance. The versions I'm reading now (in English) don't. That's a shame.
October 25, 2009
As a child my family traveled extensively. I have vivid memories of truly regrettable year in Sweden: awkward age intensified by not being able to communicate with the children of the family with whom we were living.
One of the beguiling items these children possessed were a series of comics about a cowboy named Lucky Luke. I'd heard of & read Tintin stories--loved the tales of a boy reporter and his companions circumnavigating the globe in search of adventure and intrigue. But I had never heard of Lucky Luke--and it was in the same format at the Tintin books I loved so much: slim, over-sized paperbacks with a skinny spine and packed with amazing visuals. As I looked at the children's Lucky Lukes, I was fascinated by the pictures and frustrated not to be able to read the story--for it was in Swedish.
As a child I continued to read both Tintin and Asterix & Obelisk stories--but I never came across Lucky Luke.
Then, on a whim a few months ago, I searched Amazon and found that they've been published in English and are currently available through Cinebook Publishers. As of late Oct. '09, there are 18 volumes published with a handful more upcoming.
I've started to make my way through the series. It certainly helps to have the English translation. The story often contains puns and visual/verbal comic mis-understandings that simply would not translate if you just looked at the panels.
Some of the translations in these early editions feel a bit rough, a bit basic. I'm not sure if this is due to more simplistic writing in the originals or just a slightly weak translation that would have benefited from a thesaurus. Things may change in later editions. I've only read through the first 4 or so. Additionally, these are children's stories and not on the same calibre as Tintin and Asterix & Obelisk, which were visually very dense and always contained a true adventure or mystery. Lucky Luke by comparison seems less mature and depends more broadly on slapstick humor. The imagery is less arresting, the background left mostly empty or with a simple color wash--but the color choices are often just this side of surreal.
Still enjoyable to finally read these so many years later!
One of the beguiling items these children possessed were a series of comics about a cowboy named Lucky Luke. I'd heard of & read Tintin stories--loved the tales of a boy reporter and his companions circumnavigating the globe in search of adventure and intrigue. But I had never heard of Lucky Luke--and it was in the same format at the Tintin books I loved so much: slim, over-sized paperbacks with a skinny spine and packed with amazing visuals. As I looked at the children's Lucky Lukes, I was fascinated by the pictures and frustrated not to be able to read the story--for it was in Swedish.
As a child I continued to read both Tintin and Asterix & Obelisk stories--but I never came across Lucky Luke.
Then, on a whim a few months ago, I searched Amazon and found that they've been published in English and are currently available through Cinebook Publishers. As of late Oct. '09, there are 18 volumes published with a handful more upcoming.
I've started to make my way through the series. It certainly helps to have the English translation. The story often contains puns and visual/verbal comic mis-understandings that simply would not translate if you just looked at the panels.
Some of the translations in these early editions feel a bit rough, a bit basic. I'm not sure if this is due to more simplistic writing in the originals or just a slightly weak translation that would have benefited from a thesaurus. Things may change in later editions. I've only read through the first 4 or so. Additionally, these are children's stories and not on the same calibre as Tintin and Asterix & Obelisk, which were visually very dense and always contained a true adventure or mystery. Lucky Luke by comparison seems less mature and depends more broadly on slapstick humor. The imagery is less arresting, the background left mostly empty or with a simple color wash--but the color choices are often just this side of surreal.
Still enjoyable to finally read these so many years later!
September 25, 2018
সিরিজের প্রথম বই হিসাবে মোটামুটি। ওয়েস্টার্ন প্রেক্ষাপটে স্যাটায়ার সুপারহিরো হিসাবে লাকি লুকের ধারণা অভিনব এবং নতুন। পরিশীলিত আঁকা, পরিপাটি কালারিং, সহজ সরল প্লট। অসাধারণ কিছু নাই, সিরিজ যতো সামনে যাবে, কমিকসগুলোর মান বাড়বে আশা করি।
June 12, 2020
Fifth printing = November 2013 = £6.99
November 28, 2018
This was a cute read. There is some good humor here, but the story is targeted at kids. Still, not bad at all.
Billy the Kid has always loved the six-shooter. He's now become the most feared gunslinger in Fort Weakling. Until Lucky Luke shows up. He is viewed as the townpeople's last hope against Billy.
Billy the Kid has always loved the six-shooter. He's now become the most feared gunslinger in Fort Weakling. Until Lucky Luke shows up. He is viewed as the townpeople's last hope against Billy.
March 15, 2020
Morris’ illustrations are as playful as ever but Goscinny’s script lacks the usual sparkle, overmuch being made of the central conceit (ie. that notorious outlaw Billy the Kid is an actual child) and in-story repetitions similar to those in Goscinny’s Asterix stories.
January 3, 2021
Brilliant. Hilarious, a real page turner..bring another round of that chocolate then.
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April 18, 2021چرا لوک خوش شانس ب اندازه ی تن تن بین دهه ۶۰ ایا معروف نیس؟ ی سوال حل نشدس تو ذهنم
میگم ۶۰ چون بنظرم تن تن بیشتر از همه عاشقای ۵۰ و ۶۰ ای داره تا بعد ازونا.
وقتی میخوام تن تن بخونم ببینم چی داره ک انقد همه عاشقشن حس خیانت بم دس میده.
همچنان جذابی عزیزم فقط حیف ک دید من نسبت ب وسترنیجات و تفنگداراشون خیلی تغییر کرده وگرنه همچنان تک ستاره قلبم میبودی.
میگم ۶۰ چون بنظرم تن تن بیشتر از همه عاشقای ۵۰ و ۶۰ ای داره تا بعد ازونا.
وقتی میخوام تن تن بخونم ببینم چی داره ک انقد همه عاشقشن حس خیانت بم دس میده.
همچنان جذابی عزیزم فقط حیف ک دید من نسبت ب وسترنیجات و تفنگداراشون خیلی تغییر کرده وگرنه همچنان تک ستاره قلبم میبودی.
February 28, 2009
The first in a series of English translations of Lucky Luke's adventures, specifically the ones where Morris collaborated with Goscinny . Great work, Cinebook!
Book 1 is okay. It's good but nothing to brag about. It's just Luke against Billy the Kid who is potrayed as a spoilt brat (who is great with a gun). Billy has scared the wits out of the people of a small town that they let him do whatever he wants. Luke doesn't know how to convince the townspeople to testify against Billy the Kid until he comes up with an idea: pretend to be a worse desperado than Billy! Billy wants to be feared but when Lucky Luke behaves more horrible than him, the townspeople sees Billy as the lesser of the two evils...which Billy hates. Hilarity ensues.
Book 1 is okay. It's good but nothing to brag about. It's just Luke against Billy the Kid who is potrayed as a spoilt brat (who is great with a gun). Billy has scared the wits out of the people of a small town that they let him do whatever he wants. Luke doesn't know how to convince the townspeople to testify against Billy the Kid until he comes up with an idea: pretend to be a worse desperado than Billy! Billy wants to be feared but when Lucky Luke behaves more horrible than him, the townspeople sees Billy as the lesser of the two evils...which Billy hates. Hilarity ensues.
April 16, 2020
Hài hước, duyên dáng, nhất là sự góp lời của con ngựa Jolly Jumper.
Trẻ em đọc sẽ mê mẩn sự hào hiệp và khả năng bắn nhanh hơn chiếc bóng của mình của chàng cao bồi Lucky Luke. Người lớn đọc sẽ thấy cuốn hút bởi những vấn đề đao to búa lớn hơn như là tự do báo chí, việc ghép đôi nam nữ để đảm bảo dân số...
Nói chung cảm thấy tiếc là tìm tới Lucky Luke hơi trễ nhưng better late than never, mate!
Trẻ em đọc sẽ mê mẩn sự hào hiệp và khả năng bắn nhanh hơn chiếc bóng của mình của chàng cao bồi Lucky Luke. Người lớn đọc sẽ thấy cuốn hút bởi những vấn đề đao to búa lớn hơn như là tự do báo chí, việc ghép đôi nam nữ để đảm bảo dân số...
Nói chung cảm thấy tiếc là tìm tới Lucky Luke hơi trễ nhưng better late than never, mate!
May 26, 2021
A special and unique album. Where else could you see chocolate served exclusively at a wild west saloon, old, honorable citizens reading fairy tales to desperados, who steal red candies and get prosecuted for this and a child terrorize a whole city with its citizens unwilling to testify against him? Moreover the Daltons are present and make two funny cameos here. We even get to see a bad and wretched version of Lucky Luke, fake rest assured though!
October 18, 2019
A western comic series featuring a kick ass lead character and assortment of characters in the wild wild west. This is the first book from the series and I'm surely going to check out the rest. Rene Goscinny is the artist of Asterix series who also drew this along with Morris, the writer.
March 9, 2019
Very funny! Everyone is afraid of Billy the Kid...until Lucky Luke comes to town. Luke isn't afraid at all. My 10 year old and I both enjoyed reading this together.
October 24, 2018
Si vous voulez briller au prochain repas de famille ou à la machine à café, évitez de leur raconter cette aventure de Lucky Luke car elle n'est pas à prendre pour argent comptant : le célèbre desperado dont il est question ici, Billy The Kid, n'est pas canonique !
Ce n'est pas la première fois que les auteurs font entrer des personnages réels dans les aventures de leur lonesome cow-boy, mais ici, ils prennent des grosses libertés en faisant de Billy un sale gamin méritant une grosse fessée.
Évidemment, c'est bien plus drôle ainsi.
Les situations cocasses ne manquent pas et comme la ville où Billy a élu domicile est peuplée de couards de la pire espèce, tout le monde fait moult courbettes devant le sale gamin, lui donne l'argent de la banque, de la diligence, le tout sans qu'il ait besoin de tirer un coup de feu où qu'une victime porte plainte.
Terrorisés qu'il sont, les habitants de Fort Weakling (weakling qui veut dire « faible ») et ce n'est pas la venue du célèbre cow-boy tirant plus vite que son ombre qui va les rendre plus courageux ! Courage, laissons-nous faire et ne nous plaignons pas.
L'album est drôle du fait de Billy, le sale gosse qui ne sait pas lire, qui aime les histoires de princesses, mais sans méchantes sorcières, sinon il cauchemarde ! Billy, qui boit du chocolat chaud, pique des crises et mange des caramels.
Oui, Billy est un gamin en pleine crise d'adolescence, un enfant à qui on a passé tous les caprices, qui a braqué une diligence à pas d'âge et a juste été privé de dessert.
Même Lucky Luke n'arrive pas à en venir à bout tant ce gamin est insolent, lui qui voit le cow-boy comme un type qui le fait rire et tant la population lui fait ses quatre volontés sans broncher.
Si le dessin de Morris est excellent, l'album ne brille pas par les jeux de mots de Goscinny et on le dirait même aux abonnés absents tant on ne « sent » pas sa plume dans cet album, ce qui ne retire rien au fait que je l'apprécie, mais il manque son grain de sel, son groin de folie.
Le scénario reste excellent de par son déroulement et de par la stratégie adoptée par Lucky Luke pour venir à bout de ce sale môme qui n'a pas volé la fessée donnée en couverture, quoiqu'en dise les brillants penseurs qui l'ont consacrée au rang de torture pour enfant (alors que les adultes amateurs de sado-maso l'ont érigée en chose sensuelle).
Je viens d'apprendre qu'une fois de plus, la censure était passée par là dans la case de départ où l'on voit Billy téter le canon d'un revolver, ce qui, à l'époque, avait été jugé inappropriée par ces messieurs de la censure.
Un tome plaisant mais pas du niveau de certains, malgré tout, j'ai de la tendresse pour cet album, et cela, ça ne s'explique pas mais ça me rend sans doute plus indulgente.
J'y vois aussi un reflet de notre société où l'enfant-roi ne doit jamais être contrarié, ni stoppé dans ses bêtises, jamais grondé, et où même les adultes (politiciens) ne sont presque jamais punis pour leur fautes, aussi grosses soient-elles.
J'vous jure, il y a des fessées qui se perde !
Ce n'est pas la première fois que les auteurs font entrer des personnages réels dans les aventures de leur lonesome cow-boy, mais ici, ils prennent des grosses libertés en faisant de Billy un sale gamin méritant une grosse fessée.
Évidemment, c'est bien plus drôle ainsi.
Les situations cocasses ne manquent pas et comme la ville où Billy a élu domicile est peuplée de couards de la pire espèce, tout le monde fait moult courbettes devant le sale gamin, lui donne l'argent de la banque, de la diligence, le tout sans qu'il ait besoin de tirer un coup de feu où qu'une victime porte plainte.
Terrorisés qu'il sont, les habitants de Fort Weakling (weakling qui veut dire « faible ») et ce n'est pas la venue du célèbre cow-boy tirant plus vite que son ombre qui va les rendre plus courageux ! Courage, laissons-nous faire et ne nous plaignons pas.
L'album est drôle du fait de Billy, le sale gosse qui ne sait pas lire, qui aime les histoires de princesses, mais sans méchantes sorcières, sinon il cauchemarde ! Billy, qui boit du chocolat chaud, pique des crises et mange des caramels.
Oui, Billy est un gamin en pleine crise d'adolescence, un enfant à qui on a passé tous les caprices, qui a braqué une diligence à pas d'âge et a juste été privé de dessert.
Même Lucky Luke n'arrive pas à en venir à bout tant ce gamin est insolent, lui qui voit le cow-boy comme un type qui le fait rire et tant la population lui fait ses quatre volontés sans broncher.
Si le dessin de Morris est excellent, l'album ne brille pas par les jeux de mots de Goscinny et on le dirait même aux abonnés absents tant on ne « sent » pas sa plume dans cet album, ce qui ne retire rien au fait que je l'apprécie, mais il manque son grain de sel, son groin de folie.
Le scénario reste excellent de par son déroulement et de par la stratégie adoptée par Lucky Luke pour venir à bout de ce sale môme qui n'a pas volé la fessée donnée en couverture, quoiqu'en dise les brillants penseurs qui l'ont consacrée au rang de torture pour enfant (alors que les adultes amateurs de sado-maso l'ont érigée en chose sensuelle).
Je viens d'apprendre qu'une fois de plus, la censure était passée par là dans la case de départ où l'on voit Billy téter le canon d'un revolver, ce qui, à l'époque, avait été jugé inappropriée par ces messieurs de la censure.
Un tome plaisant mais pas du niveau de certains, malgré tout, j'ai de la tendresse pour cet album, et cela, ça ne s'explique pas mais ça me rend sans doute plus indulgente.
J'y vois aussi un reflet de notre société où l'enfant-roi ne doit jamais être contrarié, ni stoppé dans ses bêtises, jamais grondé, et où même les adultes (politiciens) ne sont presque jamais punis pour leur fautes, aussi grosses soient-elles.
J'vous jure, il y a des fessées qui se perde !
August 9, 2023
The art by morris is stunning. Deft line-work full of bounce and life. Brilliant caraicatures — Franco-Belgian artists seem to prefer focusing on noses. Morris, and all these classic European cartoonists, show their chops when it comes to horses, and horse-teams pulling stagecoaches. Really wonderful stuff, Morris is among the best, along with Uderzo (the best imo) and Peyo.
The story is good, lots of amusing gags. Such as Billy suckling a pistol, or forcing the saloon to serve only cocoa.
Luke is tasked with ending Billy’s reign of terror in Fort Weakling, but the main obstacle is the town’s cowardice. Luke spends most of the volume wrangling the townsfolk into a trial, but they aquit Billy out of terror, leading to the Act 2-ending dark night of the soul.
Luke rallies with a new plan, which sees him acting the villain. He is able to humiliate billy and show the folken that he’s not so tough and they can stand up to him. And from then on they are brave. Not believable, but makes a nice tale and premise for jokes.
The story is good, lots of amusing gags. Such as Billy suckling a pistol, or forcing the saloon to serve only cocoa.
Luke is tasked with ending Billy’s reign of terror in Fort Weakling, but the main obstacle is the town’s cowardice. Luke spends most of the volume wrangling the townsfolk into a trial, but they aquit Billy out of terror, leading to the Act 2-ending dark night of the soul.
Luke rallies with a new plan, which sees him acting the villain. He is able to humiliate billy and show the folken that he’s not so tough and they can stand up to him. And from then on they are brave. Not believable, but makes a nice tale and premise for jokes.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 2, 2018
This is the first Lucky Luke book I have read, so I can't speak to how typical it is, but it was enjoyable enough. Apart from the odd feature of a Western story in which any actual gun fighting is absent--and Morris and Goscinny nevertheless find humorous ways to work with the cliches associated with Western gunplay--this is a pleasant humorous take on the Western. Luke is the typical unflappable, incorruptible, laconic cowboy hero. Billy the Kid is literally a kid, and much humour derives from the juxtaposition of the idea of desperado and child. There are enjoyable running gags, such as the one about the poor citizen forced to read to the Kid (who is of course illiterate). Morris's art, though, lacks the verve and inventiveness of Goscinny's other famous partner, Albert Uderzo. It's perfectly fine art but not, to my eye, exceptional. Fun, but not a stand-out.
February 18, 2020
Esta es otra de las historias de Lucky Luke que me dejaron con una dolorosa sonrisa en la cara. Es muy fácil poner al hombre que puede desenvainar mas rápido que su propia sombra a disparar como un loco, pero Morris y Goscinny ponen a lucir que genios de la comedia son. El punto de Lucky Luke en esta historia, no es atrapar a Billy, sino a mostrarle a los habitantes del pueblo al que esta aterrorizando, que ellos mismos se pueden ayudar.
En la todos de los casos, gane o pierda, el trabajo de un héroe no es vencer a un villano, sino dar esperanza a quienes le rodean para que ellos mismos forjen el valor dentro de sus propias almas. Esta es una historia que disfrutaras mas si eres fan de la serie, pero si esta es tu primera, te va a gustar también. Solo no te preocupes mucho por las referencias.
En la todos de los casos, gane o pierda, el trabajo de un héroe no es vencer a un villano, sino dar esperanza a quienes le rodean para que ellos mismos forjen el valor dentro de sus propias almas. Esta es una historia que disfrutaras mas si eres fan de la serie, pero si esta es tu primera, te va a gustar también. Solo no te preocupes mucho por las referencias.
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June 16, 2024اولین کمیکی است که از لوک خوششانس خواندم اما در شمارهگذاری اصلی این شمارۀ یک نیست. در نسخۀ انگلیسی شمارهها را جابهجا کردند و ظاهراً با نسخههای بهتر -از نظر داستانی و گرافیکی- شروع کردند. تصاویر کتاب بسیار زیبا و خوشآبورنگ هستند. فرمی از شادابی در تمام فریمها هست و آدمهای بانمک. البته که تصاویر برای من پر از خاطرات هم هست چون اولین بار کارتون را تماشا کردم و حالا داشتم اصل کتاب را میخواندم.
مثل همیشه لوک با یک تبهکار روبرو میشود. اینجا مردم بینهایت از این تبهکار میترسند و هیچ کاری علیهاش نمیکنند. قصه برعکس کمیکهای آن زمان روی قضا و قدر (شانس) بنا نشده و لوک واقعاً نقشه میکشد. اینکه بتوانی تیراندازی را در کمیک بسازی کار اصلاً راحتی نیست و تیر زدنها خیلی بانمک هستند. خطچین خط تیر یا افتادن تفنگ از دست.
مثل همیشه لوک با یک تبهکار روبرو میشود. اینجا مردم بینهایت از این تبهکار میترسند و هیچ کاری علیهاش نمیکنند. قصه برعکس کمیکهای آن زمان روی قضا و قدر (شانس) بنا نشده و لوک واقعاً نقشه میکشد. اینکه بتوانی تیراندازی را در کمیک بسازی کار اصلاً راحتی نیست و تیر زدنها خیلی بانمک هستند. خطچین خط تیر یا افتادن تفنگ از دست.
March 24, 2023
Its actually the only Lucky Luke Story I read, but not own.
Therefore my Memory might be a bit inperfect.
Billy the Kid was a very big Name in the Wild West, and his Name is feared like no Bandit before him. Even the Dalton Brothers shiffed in Fear for him.
Billy the Kid, who takes on the charakteristics of a real Child terrorizes a small Town, forces them to do whatever he wants, and has full controll over it. Even after Lucky Luke tries to get him before a Jury, no one dares to speak out against him.
Lucky Luke has to find a Solution.
If my Memory serves me correctly, I had a blast reading it. It was fast paced, funny, and has good Charakters.
Therefore my Memory might be a bit inperfect.
Billy the Kid was a very big Name in the Wild West, and his Name is feared like no Bandit before him. Even the Dalton Brothers shiffed in Fear for him.
Billy the Kid, who takes on the charakteristics of a real Child terrorizes a small Town, forces them to do whatever he wants, and has full controll over it. Even after Lucky Luke tries to get him before a Jury, no one dares to speak out against him.
Lucky Luke has to find a Solution.
If my Memory serves me correctly, I had a blast reading it. It was fast paced, funny, and has good Charakters.
April 4, 2024
In Billy the Kid, Lucky Luke traipses into the town of Fort Weakling, a small, prototypical frontier town in Texas. Known to everyone except for Luke, Fort Weakling is home to William H. Bonney, AKA "Billy the Kid". The townsfolk live in terror of the Kid due to his nasty quick draw and petulant demeanor. Luke hatches a plot with some locals to take down the Kid, but when the townsfolk learn that Luke might be more terrible than their original tormenter, they quickly turn on him. It's an amusing little adventure, but maintains the classic Western tropes well. It's not superbly original by any means, but Morris' charming artwork really makes this an entertaining enough time.
October 25, 2022
Another Lucky Luke adventure. In this case with a rather young Billy the Kid who is extremely nasty, has to have every thing his way and gets right in to robbing a stagecoach. He terrorizes a town. Luke puts him in charge of things and the townspeople can't do anything.
Luke has a rather interesting way, though, of turning that fear of Billy the Kid into admiration for him which is something that he can't actually handle.
It's sort of a running gag type of approach and it works. Another good story in the series.
Luke has a rather interesting way, though, of turning that fear of Billy the Kid into admiration for him which is something that he can't actually handle.
It's sort of a running gag type of approach and it works. Another good story in the series.
November 22, 2018
Оце було прикольно. Щасливчик Люк був у якихось журналах, які я гортав малим.
Плюс є ж кумедна екранізація персонажа.
Загалом усе жваво, гротекскно, з гумором.
Біллі the Кід — хлопчик з револьвером, що тероризує місто, змушує старого читати йому на ніч казки, а в салуні подавати лише шоколад. Одна біда — Щасливчик Люк стріляє краще за нього.
Така штука, яка проковтується за один раз, важко зупинитись.
Плюс є ж кумедна екранізація персонажа.
Загалом усе жваво, гротекскно, з гумором.
Біллі the Кід — хлопчик з револьвером, що тероризує місто, змушує старого читати йому на ніч казки, а в салуні подавати лише шоколад. Одна біда — Щасливчик Люк стріляє краще за нього.
Така штука, яка проковтується за один раз, важко зупинитись.
March 23, 2020
Πάντα μου άρεσε ο Μπίλυ ο Τρομερός στο καρτούν, αλλά δε θυμάμαι αν είχα διαβάσει το κόμικ μικρός. Ευχάριστα το διάβασα, αλλά δεν μπορώ να πω ότι ξετρελάθηκα κιόλας. Ο Goscinny είναι μάστερ όμως γενικά και μου κάνει εντύπωση το ότι έχω πέσει σε κάμποσα μέτρια κόμικς του Lucky Luke με αυτόν στα κείμενα.
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