Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Lucky Luke 1 & 2

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Recently i have tended to go for European comics of the more serious and clear line style though Asterix is my first love and Lucky Luke is very much in that vein and the first 2 Cinebook released Lucky Luke volumes "Billy The Kid" and "Ghost Town" were even written by the co-creator of Asterix the unsurpassed René Goscinny and drawn by the equally talented Morris.

Drawn in a similar style to Asterix and also similarly humorous yet intelligent Lucky Luke does differ quite a bit from the famous ancient Gaul. Luke is a drifter cowboy who can draw his sixgun faster than his shadow. Luke wanders the Wild West sorting out unfairness and wrongdoing where ever he finds it. Unlike Asterix Luke doesn't have a sidekick unless you count his horse who occasionally talks and delivers Snowy like sarcasm where needed.

I enjoyed both of these volumes and as Cinebook have published over 20 more to date (and in French the series is in the 70s by now) there will be plenty more to enjoy in the years to come. Goscinny and Morris pack a lot of story into each volume and the humour is often subtle and multi-layered. The only question is over Luke himself, i found it not that easy to warm to his character and would probably like a bit of back story. Maybe that will come after reading further volumes...
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  1. IpComicsNovember 3, 2010 at 1:01 PM

    I agree with you very much! In fact I was introduced to Lucy Luke much earlier than Asterix, baecause LL ran as a "one page per week" story in on of the magazines my mother did read here in Norway. Around 1964 I think, and we did not see any Asterix stories untill 1966. When both started to run in their own books I was hooked completely and now have them complet of course. I am glad the now are presented in GB as well, and hope a lot of comic fans will be able to love the stories as I did.

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