Cinebook The 9th Art: Lucky Luke 52 - The Beautiful Province

 



Lucky Luke 52 - The Beautiful Province
Authors: Gerra & Achdé
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Paperback

ISBN: 9781849182492

Price: £6.99 inc. VAT

Publication: April 2015

While taking part in a rodeo in Wisconsin, Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper meet Mario Bombardier, a Quebecois cowboy, and his mare the beautiful Province. It’s love at first sight for the two horses, and after the inevitable separation, Jolly Jumper can’t stop moping. Eventually Luke decides to head to Quebec in order to arrange a reunion – and discovers the merry atmosphere of the Nouvelle France: mounted police, bar fights, poutine, traditional French songs ... and an unscrupulous, wealthy banker...

After 52 albums I cannot seriously think of anything new to write.  From being very -very- cold to Lucky Luke, I just never actually thought much about a humorous western comic.  However, as the years (!) have rolled on since volume 1 he has grown on me.  Never ever thought he would but he has.

I can appreciate the slap-stick humour and plots as well as the vizual gags and I can also appreciate that this series is one of those attracting more younger readers to comics rather than the rather had-its-day Bean or Dandy, or whichever is still dragging itself out each week.

Above all, for Cinbebook the 9th Art and the man who started it all, Olivier Cadic, this is a graphic legacy for a few generations to come.  One day people will immediately think "Cinebook" when asked about British comics -its legacy will be that important.

For now see just how Lucky Luke, the epitome of the cool Western hero, gets on in Quebec!