After giving up smoking, Lucky Luke is he going to drink ? In any case, the new adventures of lone cowboy will take place in the mists of the northern United Statesin the middle social conflict in the beera totally new universe for him.
A cowboy under pressureto be published Friday, November 15, 2024 by Lucky Comics, is the eleventh album from Achdé’s new series. The artist, who succeeded the character’s creatorMorris, remains faithful to his master’s graphics.
A gallop through the industrial revolution
But for this adventure, a new approach was needed: the action takes place mainly in a big city, Milwaukee, and the settings are typical of the Industrial Revolution. Industrial Revolutionvery little – if ever – touched on by Morris, who was nevertheless Belgian.
“I put the pressure on Hervé” (Darmenton, Achdé’s real name), laughs scriptwriter Jul (Julien Berjeaut). “Everything was complicated, because I don’t like ‘doing the city’,” confirms Jul. designer. As I’ve always said, I’ve taken over Lucky Luke because I wanted to draw deserts, cacti and heads of cow “.
So did he take pleasure in depicting these pipes, tanks, production lines and other brick warehouses? Not at all,” he replies. But it’s funny, let’s say it’s a challenge. The fun comes when you succeed!
Lucky Luke as a social mediator
In A cowboy under pressureLucky Luke, far from his Wild Westof the Great Plains, with its ranches, small isolated towns and open horizons, is called upon to reconcile the two. bosses and workers brewers on the wages and working conditions.
He’s full of good will, but knows nothing of the world of Miller, Blatz and Schlitz, marked by their origins. German or Nordic populations, and the balance of power between social classes…
Jul hopes that readers will find that “it’s like the Lucky Luke of the great era, that we love it and, at the same time, that it brings something new to the table”.
Karl Marx and Donald Trump as guest stars
Hence, among other things, the telescoping between the Daltons and Karl Marx – the outlaw brothers are convinced that he’s in possession of a large hoard of cash nicknamed the Capital or the presence of a Bavarian immigrant, Friedrich Trump, owner of a saloon and a brothel – even if, in reality, the grandfather of Donald was not based in Milwaukee!
The documentation consulted for A cowboy under pressure made it possible to understand just how much beerserved in the saloon, was important in the Far West: “we had fresh beer because we made ice, we managed, we brought some back from the ice cream parlors. mountains…” comments Achdé. “So it must not have been as fresh in Arizona than in Montana,” laughs Jul.
In addition to librariesl’homme qui tire plus vite que son ombre also hits the auction block: Friday November 15, 2024, Christie’s Paris will auction 50 original plates signed by Morris. Dating from 1949 to 2001, they are estimated at between €20,000 and €80,000.