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Originally Lucky Luke was a comic book series that was created by Maurice de Bevere (Morris), who published Lucky Luke's first adventure “Arizona 1880” on December 7th, 1946 in Spirou Magazine. In the 1940s Maurice and three colleagues were all working with Spirou Magazine, and were know as “The Gang of Four.” Not long after, his colleagues took on older comic series, but Maurice decided to make one of his own, Lucky Luke. In continental Europe it became a best-selling comic book series, in which Morris continued to create until his death in 2001 at age 77. Following his death his last works were published and stopped being published in 2002.

The comic takes place in the American old west starring a cowboy named Lucky Luke who travels the west along with his horse Jolly Jumper, and rights the wrongs that have been brought about and protect the west from wrongdoers such as the most popular enemies the Dalton brothers. It began as a semi-series comic book series with occasional on screen deaths, lots of gunplay, and humor tints through in here and there, but then in 1955 a different writer, Rene G oscinny, the author of Asterix, took over the series. Goscinny then turned it into a parody of The Old Western, and turned the protagonist himself into a Drifter who became popular in the US with his skills that he was often seen as the last resort for the government to turn to in time of need.

Today this series is the best-selling European comic book series of all time with over 300 million copies sold is over 30 different languages including some African languages and Asian. This comic book series has spark inspiration to all people with its balance of a serious plot all while still keeping it on its toes with funny jokes and imitations here and there. This year at the Angouleme Comics Festival, Lucky Luke, the ‘cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow,’ celebrated 70 years in 2016.