“The man who shoots faster than his shadow” will continue his adventures in the guise of a seventh designer. Blutch will indeed continue to bring Lucky Luke to life under his pencil, Dargaud editions announced on Tuesday.
According to the publication program of the house which publishes the adventures of the solitary cowboy, the album The Untamed (48 pages, 13 euros in France) will be released on December 1st. He will give Lucky Luke an unnatural role: that of nanny, when he comes across two children without their parents, including a trigger-happy girl.
Lucky Luke in mourning for Morris since 2001
Lucky Luke was born in 1946 under the pencil of the Belgian Morris. Since the death of its creator in 2001, the character has been taken over with faithful graphics by the designer Achdé, who has signed 11 albums. Then, from 2016, it was adapted by four other authors, Matthieu Bonhomme (two albums), Guillaume Bouzard, Ralf König and Mawil (one album each).
Blutch (Christian Hincker at civil status) is one of the big names in comics. Grand Prix of the Angoulême festival in 2009, his main works modern speed, It was happiness Or Pleasure. He had already drawn Lucky Luke on a board of variations2017 album where he reinterpreted several classic comics such as Asterix, Blake and Mortimer or Blueberry.
Autumn, in comics, will see this Lucky Luke compete with Asterix (White IrisOctober 26), Gaston Lagaffe (The Return of LagaffeNovember 22) and Corto Maltese (The Queen of BabylonOctober 18).