''Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection'' is a series of books collecting the complete output of the Belgian comic title ''

Lucky Luke ''Lucky Luke'' is a Western ''bande dessinée'' series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny. Their par ...

'', a comic title that was first published and introduced in the Belgian magazine '' Spirou'' during the late 1940s, and later continuing in ''

Pilote Cover of the first ''Pilote'' issue #0 ''Pilote'' () was a French comic magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as ''Astérix'', '' ...

'' before finally switching back to ''Spirou'' and being collected in the album format. The comic title was created by

Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...

in 1949, and later also written by

René Goscinny René Goscinny (, ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the ''Astérix'' comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Raised largely in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he attended French schoo ...

. The publisher behind this reprint book collection is

Cinebook Ltd Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy. They typically tr ...

. The first volume of the series was released in June 2019.

Background

Jerome Saincantin of

Cinebook Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy. They typically tr ...

stated in an interview in April 2019 that they would release a complete hardcover collection of Lucky Luke. Seventy years after the ''Lucky Luke'' series original debut in

French language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...

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 English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

was released in late June 2019 by the

U.K. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

publishing company

. Before this hardcover collection series, Cinebook had since 2006 until this hardcover collection's debut published about seventy translated ''Lucky Luke''

softcover A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, lea ...

albums, each one featuring a single ''Lucky Luke'' album (

bande dessinée (singular ; literally 'drawn strips'), abbreviated BDs and also referred to as Franco-Belgian comics (), are comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium. These countries have a long traditio ...

). 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., a joint venture by the company Lucky Productions and the French publisher

Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. ...

. Other translated versions of this work are: * ''Lucky Luke - Nouvelle Intégrale'' — a Belgian series published by

Dupuis Éditions Dupuis S.A. () is a Belgium, Belgian publisher of comic albums and magazines. Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in 1922 by Jean Dupuis, and is mostly famous for its comic comics album, albums and magazines. It is ...

since 2016. * ''Lucky Luke - Samling'' — a Swedish equivalent from the publisher Albumförlaget, a series published since 2017.

Format

The books of this series measure 8.5 inches × 11.3 inches (217 mm × 287 mm), are of the

hardcover A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occa ...

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

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. Volumes of the series are sold separately and the

MSRP The list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), or the recommended retail price (RRP), or the suggested retail price (SRP) of a product is the price at which its manufacturer notionally recommends that a retailer ...

per hardcover volume is set at $29.99 or £24.99, the collection is also available as a

digital comic Digital comics (also known as electronic comics,Ian Hague, ''Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels'', Routledge, 2014, ch. 2: "Sight, or, the Ideal Perspective and the Physicality of Seeing". eComics, e-comi ...

Volumes

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References

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External links

Publisher website - Cinebook - ''Lucky Luke - The Complete Collection''

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