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Morris

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born

December 01, 1923 in Kortrijk, Belgium

died

July 16, 2001

gender

male

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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The Belgian author Morris 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...more

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Books by Morris

Average rating: 3.67 · 5,171 ratings · 163 reviews · 190 distinct works

	Billy the Kid (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 1) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.75 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1961 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Town (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 2) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.65 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Dalton City (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 3) by Morris (illustrations), René Goscinny 3.73 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Jesse James (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 4) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.79 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1971 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Ma Dalton (Lucky Luke Series) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.82 avg rating — 249 ratings — published 1971 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Calamity Jane (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 8) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.81 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1966 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Barbed Wire on the Prairie (Lucky Luke Adventure, vol. 7) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.72 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1965 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Western Circus (Lucky Luke Series) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.71 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Canyon Apache (Lucky Luke #17) by Morris, René Goscinny 3.68 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 1971 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Sarah Bernhardt (Lucky Luke #50 / #19) by Morris (dessins), X. Fauche (scénario), J. Léturgie (scénario) 3.56 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1982 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Series by Morris

Lucky Luke (72 books)
by Morris, René Goscinny

3.66 avg rating — 4,972 ratings

Rantanplan (19 books)
by Morris, Jean Léturgie, Xavier Fauché

3.28 avg rating — 43 ratings

Lucky Luke L'Intégrale (23 books)
by Morris, René Goscinny

4.71 avg rating — 28 ratings

Quotes by Morris

“Lucky Luke: I wonder how you manage to read with everything that's going on.

Jolly Jumper: By turning the pages just like everyone else.”
― Morris, The Bridge on the Mississippi

tags: comic-book , humour

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