Morris
Maurice De Bevere (1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist, 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.
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 drawing in the Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA) animation studios. This was a small and short-lived Belgian animation studio, where he met fellow artists Peyo, André Franquin and Eddy Paape.
After World War II, the company folded. Morris worked as an illustrator for Het Laatste Nieuws, a Flemish newspaper, and Le Moustique, a French-language weekly magazine published by Dupuis. He made some 250 covers and numerous other illustrations for the latter magazine, mainly caricatures of movie stars.
Morris died in 2001 of an embolism following an accidental fall.
In 1946, Morris created Lucky Luke for Spirou magazine, the Franco-Belgian comics magazine published by Dupuis. Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy who travels across the Wild West, helping those in need and aided by his faithful horse, Jolly Jumper. The first adventure, "Arizona 1880", was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, released on 7 December 1946.
Morris became one of the central artists of the magazine. He was one of the so-called La bande des quatre (Gang of Four), with Jijé, André Franquin, and Will. All four lived and worked for a couple of years at Jijé's studio in Waterloo, and became very good friends, stimulating each other artistically.
In 1948, Morris, Jijé and Franquin travelled to the United States (Will was still too young and had to remain in Belgium). They wanted to get to know the country, see what was left of the Wild West, and meet some American comic artists. Morris stayed the longest of the three, for six years. During his six-year stay in the U.S. Morris met Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman, and assisted them with founding their Mad magazine at EC Comics. In the U.S. he also met René Goscinny, a French comic artist and writer.
They developed a long collaboration, and Goscinny wrote all the Lucky Luke stories between 1955 and his death in 1977. In the 1950s, Goscinny was still fairly unknown, but he became the most successful comic writer in Europe, first with Lucky Luke and a few years later with his Asterix series. ...
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Películas (84)
Nye Eventyr med Lucky Luke - Vol 4
2014 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke
2009 · Characters, Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Grønskollingen
2007 · Comic Book
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
2007 · Novel, Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Des rails sur la prairie
2007 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Doc Doxey
2006 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 12 - Calamity Jane
2006 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 10 - På sporet Af Dalton Brødrene
2006 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 9 - Den Hvide Kavaler
2006 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke: Den enarmade banditen
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke: Bröderna Dalton blir kidnappade
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 8 - I Boretårnets Skygge
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 6 - Dalton Brødrene I Den Kolde Sne
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 5 - Den Syngende Tråd
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 4 - Vejen Til Oklahoma
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 3 - Dalton City
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 2 - Pigtråd Over Prærien
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 1 - Billy The Kid
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 7 - Diligencen
2005 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2004 · Characters, Comic Book
L'héritage De Rantanplan
2003 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Cirkus Vilda Västern
2003 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke: Dalton City
2002 · Comic Book
The Adventures of Lucky Luke
1992 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke 2
1992 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke
1991 · Novel, Comic Book
Lucky Luke il treno fantasma
1991 · Comic Book
They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton
1991 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Des barbelés sur la prairie
1984 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983 · Producer, Adaptation, Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Het 20ste Cavalerie
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Dalton contre Sherlock Holmes
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Aasgieren Boven De Prairie
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Erfenis Van Rataplan
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Schat Van De Daltons
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - In Het Spoor Van De Daltons
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Daltons Breken Uit
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Spoorweg Door De Prairie
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Een Betere Wereld Voor De Daltons
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Witte Ridder
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Prikkeldraad In De Prairie
1980 · Comic Book
Jesse James
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Spookstad
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Le Clown
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Hoeraatje Voor Holly Woods
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Ongelukkig In De Liefde
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Voor Een Paar Grijpstuivers
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Liki Liki
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Het Dalton Kerstfeest
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Western Circus
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Tortillas Voor De Daltons
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Daltons In De Blizzard
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Daltons Kopen Zich Vrij
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Bootrace Op De Mississipi
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Daltons Op Vrije Voeten
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Daltons Spelen Indiaantje
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Zingende Draad
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Indianen Roulette
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Neven Dalton
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Bende Van Joss Jamon
1980 · Comic Book
Lukt Luke - De Rechter
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Een Nieuwe Vader Voor De Daltons
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Geketende Liefde
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Laatste Buffel
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Het Escorte
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Vliegende Cowboy
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Eenarmige Bandiet
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Postkoets
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Legendarische Held
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Blauwvoeten Op Oorlogspad
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - Fort Custer
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Premiejager
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke - The Daily Star
1980 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
1978 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Comic Book
Lucky Luke Le Cavalier Blanc
1974 · Comic Book
The Cowboy Who Loves His Horse
1974 · Characters, Comic Book
Daisy Town
1971 · Screenplay, Adaptation, Art Direction, Comic Book, Director
Judge Roy Bean
1971 · Comic Book
Çifte Tabancalı Damat
1967 · Characters, Comic Book
Lucky Luke og de lovløse
· Comic Book
Lucky Luke Mr Joseph
· Comic Book
Lucky Luke - 9 - Custermania
· Comic Book
Lucky Luke - De Sorte Bjerge
· Comic Book
Lucky Luke in Welcome to Fanga Town
· Comic Book
Series (10)
Lucky Luke
2026 · Comic Book, In Memory Of
In the boots of Lucky Luke
2024 · In Memory Of
Kid Lucky
2020 · Characters, Comic Book
The Daltons
2010 · Characters
Rantanplan
2006 · Comic Book
The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
2001 · Comic Book, Creator
Lucky Luke
1992 · Comic Book
Lucky Luke
1984 · Comic Book
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
Lucky Luke
· Comic Book