Lucky Luke was a series from the 40s-70s in France, one of the first among Spirou and Gaston to be true longform graphic novel BDs. Originally a cartoony gag comic, for it's 70th anniversary, legendary franco-belgian comic artist Bonhomme was given the reins to pen a return to the franchise, re-interpreting Luke using his vast comic-making experience, and the result shot to the top becoming the best selling book in France and Belgium since late April. This came out last month and even if you aren't european, you'll probably have seen it somewhere. I can't understate how huge of a single TPB this is.
and now, it's been translated.
Buckle up, it's storytime: >the Man Who Shot Lucky Luke
.....every single lucky luke comic, from the very beginning, has ended with him singing that song. Every single one.
Ryan King
Perfect. Thanks, OP.
Caleb Long
This had a gameboy game back in the day and everytime you shot someone their pants would fall down.
Gavin Richardson
I love the excuse to keep him from smoking was that there was no tobacco to be found. It was clever.
Smoking isnt the cool thing it used to be.
Grayson Sanders
I really wanted to read Bonhomme's Texas Cowboy comics, but they're not only impossible to find, but also I don't think they've been translated from french yet.
Benjamin Walker
>Two Pair, Aces and Eights
Of course.
Kevin Reed
it's huge because his cigarette is iconic, too. Fitting they'd take something as massive as this anniversary comic, and do a big thing with it. Making it a bit more serious was perfect... it's rare you get a cartoony thing get srs'd up and have it be this good.
like, REALLY good.
again if you guys have a site I can upload the CBR let me know.
Jace Phillips
if you have scans, dude, I'll get cracking on it. After this, it'd be amazing I bet
Leo Nelson
Nah, I couldn't find them anywhere. But it's ok, I'm learning french and one day I'll read all those damn BDs by myself!
Alexander Evans
welcome! I've learned a ton of french that way, enough to translate these!
...it's a pipe dream but I'd do about anything for bonhomme to take up the mantle and do another one. This was SO fuckin' good, so cinematic. yknow?
Ayden Perez
Yeah, it's really atmospheric. Have you read pre-flashpoint Jonah Hex? It's pretty great, you should check it out.
William Williams
That was great OP, used to read LL in my native language and loved it. Thanks for story timing.
You could try sendspace.com to upload the cbr, don't know how well it handles larges files though.
feel free to share this wherever you like, however you like, until they release a real translation that you can buy.
Landon Ramirez
God bless you
Robert Wright
Missed Page 12.
Henry James
Not OP, grabbed it from the cbz here The page order appears to be wrong in it, don't know how to fix that myself.
Aaron Perez
The coloration is so simple yet amazing. And a real continuation of Morris' colors.
Asher Jackson
I love how Luke was prevented from smoking, like he always did in his old comics, and finally settled for the straw he used to chew in his cartoons. Nice touch.
Ryan Butler
>one of the first among Spirou and Gaston to be true longform graphic novel BDs But.... Gaston was never longform.
Anyway, thanks for sharing OP.
John Nguyen
fuck, I'm really sorry. This is the first time I've done all this lol.
here, AND in apology, it's in high resolution, so it'll look far better!
thanks, sorry again... maybe you can read it easier now for yourself?
>rolling cigarettes in the rain when you could just go under a porch Now you're just being dumb, Luke.
Levi Hall
he wasn't? who am I thinking of then? damn.
well, admittedly I've only really read a bunch of spirou and more official tpbs
he was desperate, bro. desperation makes a fool of us all
Camden Lee
how fucking nasty would dry, stale, shitty tobacco taste after getting rained on and muddied up
Evan Diaz
Speaking of Spirou, I'm interested in storytiming the latest album which sees the return of the Marsupilami, but I'm not used to downloading franco-belgian comics so I can't find it.
Carter Watson
I know Luke's always had a weird face but this one looks literally asian.
"Terracotta" doesn't feel like a word some schmo in the middle of nowhere in the west would use. >there was literally a mining town named Terra Cotta My mistake I guess.
Matthew Jones
he squints a lot. everyone in bonhomme's comics has eyes like that desu
terra cotta is a red clay, the pots made from it are named for it. It's a racist reference
Jaxon Mitchell
I love how veryone being super on edge because they can^t have a smoke is a major plot point.
Easton Johnson
While the thing with the cigarettes was nice, I also enjoy the way you keep expecting Jolly Jumper to start talking, but he never does.
Very nice. I'd love for this to become a regular thing. Like every couple of volumes do a serious Luke story.
Lincoln Jenkins
Of course it would be a fucking fakeout. Might aswell read capeshit.
Levi Adams
Great read, thanks!
Adrian Rogers
Spirou got a chance at more serious stuff, it's turned out great so far, so I would have no prob with bonhomme who clearly knows his way around westerny shit to do more
.............I'm gonna miss Doc tho
Xavier Ross
This is how you do a gritty reboot. Despite everything Luke is still Luke and that's what makes it great. It's kinda like if you put Trinity in the world of Unforgiven.
Cameron Johnson
Westerns featuring nonwhites aren't particularily unusual in the first place.
In French comics, that is.
Andrew Lee
>it's turned out great so far
The Machine that Dreams isn't controversial as fuck, yes.
Nolan Cooper
What's with all those "modern revivals" of old European characters lately and why did Corto Maltese's have to suck so fucking much?
