Lucky Luke, Band 54 - Die Daltons und der Psycho-Doc

Lucky Luke #45

by Morris, René Goscinny

Der österreichische Arzt Professor Dr. Dr. Otto von Himbeergeist vertritt die These, dass Kriminelle im Grunde kranke Menschen seien, die durch frühkindliche Erlebnisse auf die schiefe Bahn gerieten. Trotz einiger erstaunlicher Erfolge, schlägt sein Versuch, seine prä-analytischen Thesen an den Daltons zu beweisen, fehl. Er wird selbst zum Gauner und muss von Lucky Luke eingefangen werden.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Westerns

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

The 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

Reviews

[Christine Goudroupi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Το είχε προτείνει ο καθηγητής Ψυχολογίας που είχαμε στη σχολή.

[Faye* · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first “victim” on my quest to decrease my physical TBR. ;)
To be honest, I bought this comic book about 2.5 years ago as a souvenir from Brussels and not because I was particularly interested in reading a Lucky Luke comic. It was a quick and okay read. I liked the illustration style and the story was funny at times; I was also glad to see that my French is not completely gone yet. ;)

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this story well illustrates my problem with the Daltons: their story is static. Nothing ever really happens to them, and there are no permanent changes. They just show up, try to escape prison and kill Lucky Luke, and fail. It gets tiresome after a while.

[Ευθυμία Δεσποτάκη · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ο Ραν Ταν Πλαν που λιποθυμάει μετά την κρίση εξυπνάδας, είναι μία εικόνα που ΠΟΤΕ δεν πρόκειται να ξεχάσω. Άσε που μια στο τόσο τη βλέπω και λάιβ, με κάτι γνωστούς μου, σκέτα τζιμάνια :P

[Mariele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich hatte mal einen Mitbewohner im Studentenwohnheim, dessen Gebaren, Dünkel, Wortwahl, sogar Aussehen doch sehr an den Herrn Prof. Dr. Dr. Otto von Himbeergeist erinnern. Hah!

[Ivriba · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was totally awesome.

[Thomas Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

By Goscinny & Morris, originally published in French in 1975 as /La Guérison des Dalton/ (A Cure for the Daltons). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cur...
Very funny.

amazon has both English editions in paperback, and the French on kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Dalton-Brother...
https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Daltons-L...
https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Luke-Gu%...

[The Cannibal · Rating 3 out of 5]

La psychanalyse pourrait-elle guérir les despérados les plus terribles ?? Leur méchanceté serait-elle due à une enfance malheureuse ? Et si la criminalité est une maladie, peut-on la guérir ?

C'est ce que va nous prouver le professeur Otto von Himbeergeist (vous me copierez son nom 20 fois) avec, accrochez-vous bien, les Dalton !!

Ce que j'ai apprécié dans cet album que je viens de découvrir (ceux des éditions Dupuis sont toujours des relectures, ceux de chez Dargaud sont des découvertes), c'est la manière dont les auteurs se moquent de la psychanalyse et de sa propension à toujours tout ramener à l'enfance, ainsi que le fait que notre poor lonesome cow-boy soit totalement dépourvu devant les méthodes du professeur von Himbeergeist.

Ici, pas de flingue, juste des mots. On ne met pas en fuite des bandits avec son six-coups, mais avec ses paroles. D'ailleurs, pourquoi Lucky Luke aime-t-il tant utiliser son révolver, hein ?? On devrait aussi se pencher sur son cas…

Si certains gags sont un peu redondants, notamment avec cette propension que tout le monde a de raconter son enfance au professeur à la barbichette, j'ai apprécié l'effet que sa thérapie aura sur des personnages tels que Averell Dalton et sur le chien le plus bête de l'Ouest, Rantanplan !

Si nous avions déjà eu l'occasion de voir les Dalton se racheter une conduite avec "Les Dalton se rachètent" qui était bourré d'humour, nous nous trouvons une fois de plus dans cette envie de les réinsérer dans la société, de les transformer en moutons, mais tout en restant dans une autre histoire que la première, heureusement que les auteurs ont su éviter le copié-collé !

Cet album-ci est moins drôle et différent de son prédécesseur, il n'en a pas sa magie et son humour, mais je ne me plaindrai pas car j'ai passé un excellent moment de détente et d'humour, notamment avec le coup du portefeuille et du maillon faible qui fera capoter toute l'affaire.

Pour une fois que la psychanalyse fonctionne !

Oups, j'espère qu'aucun psy ne lit mes bêtises, sinon, il va me demander de raconter mon enfance !

[Maarten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Psychotherapy meets western in a comic book for kids - and it works! :)

[Sunae · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this Issue, it has such good Art, and Jokes.

Did Luky Lucke found his Match? Not quiet, but Professor Dr. von Himbeergeist managed to see right trought him, and made him realy nervouse. Its allways nice when Lucky Luke looses his cool.
Hes a very perfect Person, mainly a Solution to a Problem made flesh, here he finds himselfe as the Butt of the Joke, and it works.

The Joke about the different Prisoners, and why there convicted is one of my favorite in the Series.
Every new Prisoner had his own Joke, but then all the Jokes build each other up, until Ronald Weatherford who serves as the Climax. And even Himbeergeist gets a last snarky Comment in.
Its peak commedy.
Like many Comics of this Series, the Story has one returning Running Gag. That is the Reaction to Himbeergeists Question.
Hes usually just asking one specific Question, what leads into them telling him there entire Lifestory, and at the End breaking down crying. Often resulting into them changing there Life completly.

Besides beeing overall pretty, I do like the reveal Moment, where Himbeergeist declares he sould have been a Criminal from the start. He will become the most dangerous Desperado of the entire wild West. This sudden Spin he did, and the whide Eyes gave him a very irradic, and insane Aura, realy sells the Scene.

The Story is well paced, the Events lead well into each other, and the Changes in Objective feel natural.
I got this Book as Collection Edition together whit the Storys MaDalton, the Emperor of America, and Goldrush, and I can say this Collecion has no weak Issue.
All of them where excellent Storys. worth reading.
Over and over again.

[Andreas Stamatopoulos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Η συγκεκριμένη ιστορία του Λούκυ Λουκ πρωτοκυκλοφόρησε το 1975 σε κείμενο Γκοσινι και εικονογράφηση Μορίς. Ένας διάσημος ψυχίατρος αναλαμβάνει να θεραπεύσει τους αδελφούς Ντάλτον και να τους επαναφέρει στον ίσιο δρόμο... Ο Λούκυ Λουκ όμως έχει τις επιφυλάξεις του... Ενδιαφέρουσα ιστοριούλα που κινείται στο γνωστό μοτίβο Ντάλτον εναντίον Λούκυ Λουκ... Διαβάζεται ευχάριστα και δεν απογοητεύει τον αναγνώστη.

[Rangga Sukmawijaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dalton bersaudara bisa disembuhkan dari perangai jahat mereka yang akut? Siapa tahu?
Seorang dokter, psikolog tepatnya (walaupun dalam cerita ini, bidang ilmu ini belum resmi ditemukan), yang berasal dari Eropa datang ke Amerika untuk menerapkan metodenya dalam menyembuhkan para penjahat kambuhan. Pasien pilihannya adalah Joe Dalton dan saudara-saudaranya. Tapi, bisakah mereka disembuhkan? Lucky Luke-lah yang mengawasi prosesnya.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

2010 = £5.99 / $11.95

aka "The Dalton Brothers' Analyst" (older Brit translation)

Preceding Freud comes a Bavarian area headshrinker to the Wild West to prove that he can cure the most hardened of evil by digging into their childhood. It's funny but when the big plot-twist ensues the laughs abound. RinTinCan (the dumbest dog of the West) plays a huge role and isn't as dopey as usual.

Morris' brush is more precise than I'm used to but the colorist didn't do very well..

[Antonio Meridda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il più divertente episodio di Lucky Luke, vede lo stesso alle prese con un geniale psicologo convinto che ogni "desperado", persino i famigerati Dalton, sia in realtà solo una persona malata e bisognosa di cura. Avrà ragione lo psicologo o i Dalton saranno irrecuperabili?

[Tim Orfanos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Από τις πιο πρωτότυπες ιστορίες της σειράς με τον Λούκυ Λουκ και τους Ντάλτονς, όπου 'καυτηριάζονται' οι φροϋδικές θεωρίες και, γενικά, η αξία της ψυχολογίας και της ψυχιατρικής.... με απρόβλεπτα αποτελέσματα.

[Η Cultσα · Rating 5 out of 5]

Υπέροχο. Κατάφερε ακόμα και να με ξενίσει λίγο εκεί που ο Λούκυ τσακώνεται με την Ντόλυ (Jolly Jumper το ορίτζιναλ όνομα και είναι και γένους αρσενικού, δεν ξέρω γιατί στα ελληνικά έγινε αυτή η μετατροπή). Ήταν κάπως διαφορετικό. Επίσης, από τις καλύτερες εμφανίσεις των Ντάλτον.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

Une aventure de Lucky Luke qui tient bien la route mais que je ne classerais pas parmi les meilleures, le tout manquant un peu de rebondissements. J'ai bien aimé l'arc narratif autour de Rantanplan, en revanche.

[Jeral Rivarola · Rating 3 out of 5]

No tiene el mismo efecto que de niño/puberto, pero lo leí con una sonrisa de principio a fin.

[Xan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conozco a un par de profesionales de la medicina mental a los que les vendrá bien volver a leer este libro.

[Al Capwned · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lovely Lucky Luke adventure with references to Freudian psychoanalysis.

[Audrey Martel · Rating 5 out of 5]

J’avais sûrement rien compris à dix ans, mais là, j’adore Lucky Luke !!

[Ioannidesz Evjeniosz · Rating 5 out of 5]

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Timo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pitkästä aikaa oikein hyvä ja hauska Lucky Luke. Paljon hyviä oivalluksia.

[julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

más flojillo de lo que recordaba.

[Black Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Julls · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Pinko Palest · Rating 5 out of 5]

από τους καλύτερους Λούκυ Λουκ, με τους Ντάλτον σε φοβερά κέφια. Στην ελληνική βερσιόν δεν αποδίδεται δυστυχώς τόσο καλά η γερμανική προφορά του ψυχαναλυτή. Μερικές από τις ατάκες έχουν μείνει κλασσικές

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, what do you do if you have a gang of hard-bitten criminals like the Daltons? Have them psychoanalyzed by a German psychiatrist.

Which, of course, doesn't go exactly according to plan. Matters are worse for Luke who has to deal with yet another mess.

It's hilarious how some react to the psychiatrist, what happens to him and how everything gets solved in the end (of course, because it's Lucky Luke!)

[Elusive.Mystery · Rating 3 out of 5]

A comic book featuring Lucky Luke, the lonesome cowboy, far, far way from home and his horse Jolly Jumper: a German doctor tries a new method to cure the incurable Dalton brothers. In French.

[Chevalier_de_fortune · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny, a little bit reactionary and with a wonderful one-penel-homage to Charles M. Schulz