Authors: Jul; illustrated by Achdé
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: Dcember 2022
£7.99 Incl VAT
ISBN: 9781800440845
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/lucky-luke-82-rin-tin-cans-ark-p-4502.html
Arriving in Cattle Gulch, Lucky Luke runs into an unexpected scene: an apparent crackpot called Ovid Byrde is about to get lynched. The man’s revolutionary opinions – animal welfare and the sanctity of life – aren’t particularly well-received in this town full of ranchers and cowboys! After Luke intervenes, though, the locals simply ignore Byrde … until he suddenly finds gold, and a pack of unscrupulous bandits take advantage of the poor idealist to establish a vegetarian dictatorship!
There were the two serious takes on Lucky Luke but something seemed off about the volume numbering here....apparently I never saw 79 so that explains why something was niggling my mind! The problem was, after my recent "brain fog" I was positive Lucky Luke was past 100😂
Not complaining as 82 is still a great run.
You know the routine by now -gags, gunplay and lots of visual humour. I like the way that colours are used every so often to great effect -a figure wholly yellow with a red panel background or even orange figure with a white or yellow background. Page 18 has a very dramatic and effective silhouette on white. I notice these things.
Also a nice brief bio of Henry Bergh (1813-1888) the founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
A serious message but a great deal of fun an d gags -a good one about having to wait 150 years before they dish up vegetarian meals in schools made me laugh. recommended as always.
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