Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection

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Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection
Publication information
Publisher Cinebook
FormatHardcover
Digital comic
Genre Western fiction
Historical fiction
Humor
Publication dateJune 26, 2019
No. of issues5 to date
Main character(s) Lucky Luke
Jolly Jumper
Rantanplan
The Dalton Brothers
Creative team
Written by Morris
René Goscinny
Artist(s) Morris

Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection is a series of books collecting the complete output of the Belgian comic title Lucky Luke , a comic title that was first published and introduced in the Belgian magazine Spirou during the late 1940s, and later continuing in Pilote before finally switching back to Spirou and being collected in the album format. The comic title was created by Morris in 1949, and later also written by René Goscinny. The publisher behind this reprint book collection is Cinebook Ltd. The first volume of the series was released in June 2019. [1]

Contents

Background

Jerome Saincantin of Cinebook stated in an interview in April 2019 that they would release a complete hardcover collection of Lucky Luke. [2]

Seventy years after the Lucky Luke series original debut in French language version of the magazine Spirou in 1949, the first volume of the first-ever hardcover book collection of Lucky Luke translated to the english language was released in late June 2019 by the U.K. publishing company Cinebook Ltd. Before this hardcover collection series, Cinebook had since 2006 until this hardcover collection's debut published about seventy translated Lucky Luke softcover albums, each one featuring a single Lucky Luke album (bande dessinée).

The Cinebook hardcover collection is very similar to the editions of the French collection Lucky Luke - L'Integrale, the original model of the collection series and it's later translated collections., [3] [4] a joint venture by the company Lucky Productions and the French publisher Dargaud. [5]

Other translated versions of this work are:

Format

The books of this series measure 8.5 inches × 11.3 inches (217 mm × 287 mm), are of the hardcover kind and are printed in full color. The paper stock used in the volumes is of thick, matte quality. The binding type used for the volumes is sewn binding.

The volumes are published in chronological order and the stories featured in them are arranged in chronological order as well. Each hardcover volume contains several of the original standalone bande dessinée albums. The original French album covers are showcased before each album reprint together with the first publication date and place for each original album story in the collected volumes and each album story is ended with the original corresponding album back cover as well.

The extras include a thorough introduction written by Christelle and Bertand Pissavy-Yvernualt contains biographical material about the writers, photos of material related to the Lucky Luke comic, facts about the comic's characters, and information about the work and the people behind this collected edition itself, which in total amounts to about 50 pages of extras per volume.

In the earliest volumes, the readers are able to follow the style evolution of the comic from cartoon style to a more realistic drawing style of the characters and environments. [1] [8] [9] Volumes of the series are sold separately and the MSRP per hardcover volume is set at $29.99 or £24.99, the collection is also available as a digital comic. [10] [4] [11]

Volumes

Volumes
VolumeRelease dateTitleOriginal
publication
years		Collected albumsArtistWriterPage countISBN
12019-06-27Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection Vol. 11949–1951Arizona
Rodeo
Dick Digger's Gold Mine		 Morris Morris 216 978-1-84918-454-0
22019-08-01Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection Vol. 21952–1954Under a Western Sky
Lucky Luke versus Pat Poker
Outlaws		 Morris Morris 216 978-1-84918-455-7
32019-10-17Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection Vol. 31955–1956Doc Doxey's Elixir
Phil Wire
Rails on the Prairie		 Morris Morris
& René Goscinny 		216 978-1-84918-359-8
42022-02-01Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection Vol. 41956-1957The Bluefeet are Coming!, Lucky Luke vs Joss Jamon, The Dalton Cousins Morris Morris
& René Goscinny 		144978-1-80044-047-0
52022-02-01Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection Vol. 51957–1959The Judge, The Oklahoma Land Rush, The Daltons' Escape Morris Morris
& René Goscinny 		144 978-1-80044-048-7

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lucky Luke: The Complete Collection Volume 1". March 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Chadwick, Simon (April 19, 2019). "A Chat With Cinebook's Jerome Saincantin & Erica Olson Jeffrey".
  3. ↑ "What is "Pilote"? A tour through the home of Asterix, Valerian, and Lucky Luke - Pipeline Comics". January 31, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Lucky Luke: the Complete Collection Volume 1 – via frenchculture.org.
  5. ↑ "Lucky Luke - Intégrales". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
  6. ↑ "Lucky Luke - Nouvelle Intégrale, the comic book serie by Goscinny - Morris -". DUPUIS, publisher of graphic novels & comic book titles.
  7. ↑ Morris (2017). Lucky Luke Samling 1. ISBN   9789186783600 – via www.albumforlaget.se.
  8. ↑ "Lucky Luke: The Complete Collection Volume 2". March 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Slings & Arrows". theslingsandarrows.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  10. ↑ Valdivieso, Omar (2019-12-05). Lucky Luke: The Complete Collection Hardcover vols 1 & 2 Overview! (YouTube video). US: Near Mint Condition . Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  11. ↑ "Episode 32: 2020 "Resolutions": Write a Book?!?". www.pipelinecomics.com. 31 December 2019.
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