About

Known credits:
104
Birthday:
1923-12-01
Place of birth:
Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium
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Morris

Overview

Maurice De Bevere (1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and the creator of Lucky Luke, a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West. He was inspired by the adventures of the historic Dalton Gang and other outlaws. It was a bestselling series for more than 50 years that was translated into 23 languages and published internationally. He collaborated for two decades with French writer René Goscinny on the series. Morris's pen name is an Anglicized version of his first name.

Born in Kortrijk, Belgium, Morris attended the well-known Jesuit college in Aalst. His math teacher told his parents the youth would unfortunately never succeed in life, as he passed math classes doodling in the margin of his math books. The student uniforms required there inspired his choices for those of the undertakers in his Lucky Luke cartoon series.

Morris started his career after college drawing in the Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA) animation studios. This was a small and short-lived Belgian animation studio, where he met fellow artists Peyo, André Franquin and Eddy Paape.

After World War II, the company folded. Morris worked as an illustrator for Het Laatste Nieuws, a Flemish newspaper, and Le Moustique, a French-language weekly magazine published by Dupuis. He made some 250 covers and numerous other illustrations for the latter magazine, mainly caricatures of movie stars.

Morris died in 2001 of an embolism following an accidental fall.

In 1946, Morris created Lucky Luke for Spirou magazine, the Franco-Belgian comics magazine published by Dupuis. Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy who travels across the Wild West, helping those in need and aided by his faithful horse, Jolly Jumper. The first adventure, "Arizona 1880", was published in L'Almanach Spirou 1947, released on 7 December 1946.

Morris became one of the central artists of the magazine. He was one of the so-called La bande des quatre (Gang of Four), with Jijé, André Franquin, and Will. All four lived and worked for a couple of years at Jijé's studio in Waterloo, and became very good friends, stimulating each other artistically.

In 1948, Morris, Jijé and Franquin travelled to the United States (Will was still too young and had to remain in Belgium). They wanted to get to know the country, see what was left of the Wild West, and meet some American comic artists. Morris stayed the longest of the three, for six years. During his six-year stay in the U.S. Morris met Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman, and assisted them with founding their Mad magazine at EC Comics. In the U.S. he also met René Goscinny, a French comic artist and writer.

They developed a long collaboration, and Goscinny wrote all the Lucky Luke stories between 1955 and his death in 1977. In the 1950s, Goscinny was still fairly unknown, but he became the most successful comic writer in Europe, first with Lucky Luke and a few years later with his Asterix series. ...

Source: Article "Morris (cartoonist)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Directing
1978 Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons Directing Director 60
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Writing
2020 Kid Lucky Writing Characters N/A
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2020 Kid Lucky Writing Comic Book N/A
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2014 Nye Eventyr med Lucky Luke - Vol 4 Writing Comic Book N/A
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2010 The Daltons Writing Characters 69
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2009 Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book 51
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2009 Lucky Luke Writing Characters 51
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2007 Lucky Luke - Grønskollingen Writing Comic Book N/A
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2007 Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure Writing Comic Book 59
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2007 Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure Writing Novel 59
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2007 Lucky Luke - Des rails sur la prairie Writing Comic Book N/A
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2006 Rantanplan Writing Comic Book 69
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2006 Lucky Luke - Doc Doxey Writing Comic Book 59
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2006 Lucky Luke 12 - Calamity Jane Writing Comic Book N/A
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2006 Lucky Luke 10 - På sporet Af Dalton Brødrene Writing Comic Book N/A
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2006 Lucky Luke 9 - Den Hvide Kavaler Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke: Bröderna Dalton blir kidnappade Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke: Den Enarmade Banditen Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 8 - I Boretårnets Skygge Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 6 - Dalton Brødrene I Den Kolde Sne Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 5 - Den Syngende Tråd Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 4 - Vejen Til Oklahoma Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 3 - Dalton City Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 2 - Pigtråd Over Prærien Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 7 - Diligencen Writing Comic Book N/A
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2005 Lucky Luke 1 - Billy The Kid Writing Comic Book 59
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2004 Lucky Luke and the Daltons Writing Comic Book 50
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2004 Lucky Luke and the Daltons Writing Characters 50
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2003 L'héritage De Rantanplan Writing Comic Book N/A
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2003 Lucky Luke - Cirkus Vilda Västern Writing Comic Book N/A
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2002 Lucky Luke: Dalton City Writing Comic Book 59
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2001 The New Adventures of Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book 69
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1992 The Adventures of Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book N/A
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1992 Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book 66
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1992 Lucky Luke 2 Writing Comic Book 58
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1991 Lucky Luke Writing Novel 57
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1991 Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book 57
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1991 They call me Lucky Luke - Ma Dalton Writing Comic Book N/A
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1991 Lucky Luke il treno fantasma Writing Comic Book 59
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1984 Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book 67
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1984 Lucky Luke - Des barbelés sur la prairie Writing Comic Book N/A
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1983 Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Writing Author 59
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1983 Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Writing Comic Book 59
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1983 Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Writing Adaptation 59
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Witte Ridder Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Een Nieuwe Vader Voor De Daltons Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Een Betere Wereld Voor De Daltons Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Schat Van De Daltons Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Premiejager Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Dalton contre Sherlock Holmes Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Voor Een Paar Grijpstuivers Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Eenarmige Bandiet Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Spookstad Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Vliegende Cowboy Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Aasgieren Boven De Prairie Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Neven Dalton Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Het Escorte Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Fort Custer Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Het Dalton Kerstfeest Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Legendarische Held Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Daltons Spelen Indiaantje Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Zingende Draad Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Prikkeldraad In De Prairie Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Daltons In De Blizzard Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Western Circus Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Postkoets Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Daltons Kopen Zich Vrij Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Daltons Breken Uit Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Liki Liki Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - The Daily Star Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Spoorweg Door De Prairie Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Blauwvoeten Op Oorlogspad Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Ongelukkig In De Liefde Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Bootrace Op De Mississipi Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Hoeraatje Voor Holly Woods Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Le Clown Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Geketende Liefde Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lukt Luke - De Rechter Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - In Het Spoor Van De Daltons Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Laatste Buffel Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Erfenis Van Rataplan Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Jesse James Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Het 20ste Cavalerie Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Daltons Op Vrije Voeten Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - De Bende Van Joss Jamon Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Tortillas Voor De Daltons Writing Comic Book N/A
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1980 Lucky Luke - Indianen Roulette Writing Comic Book N/A
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1978 Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons Writing Comic Book 60
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1978 Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons Writing Story 60
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1978 Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons Writing Screenplay 60
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1974 Lucky Luke Le Cavalier Blanc Writing Comic Book 59
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1971 Daisy Town Writing Screenplay 60
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1971 Daisy Town Writing Comic Book 60
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1971 Daisy Town Writing Adaptation 60
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1971 Judge Roy Bean Writing Comic Book 59
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Lucky Luke - 9 - Custermania Writing Comic Book N/A
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Lucky Luke og de lovløse Writing Comic Book N/A
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Lucky Luke Mr Joseph Writing Comic Book N/A
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Lucky Luke - De Sorte Bjerge Writing Comic Book N/A
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Lucky Luke Writing Comic Book N/A
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Production
1983 Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Production Producer 59
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Art
1971 Daisy Town Art Art Direction 60
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Crew
2024 In the footsteps of Lucky Luke Crew In Memory Of 69
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