These books are huge over here (Germany). Early stuff is just OK in my book, but the series got really brilliant when Rene Goscinny joined the show. Tons of historical figures to come, also western actors like Lee van Cleef etc. showing up. And yeah, the art will look significantly different at that point. ;-)
Lucky Luke is incredible, especially when Goscinny gets on board, contributing with his writing. Read it all already, chewing my dad's old volumes multiple times and hope they finish this line, I look forward to start doing these.
I love that you've covered this quite obscure comic. I've been a Lucky Luke fan since being a kid - still have some of the old books from the 1970s - and really like these collected versions. It was surprising how different he looked in the early days. Here's hoping they continue the run.
Beefers26 If there’s a comic that’s not obscure it’s Lucky Luke. New stories still have a first printing of half a million copies today. And it exists since 1946.
Just found this video. I will definitely pick these up. Bern interested in westerns. I placed a cinebook order with some thoragal and a few others. I'm hoping they will do a thoragal hardcover like this too. Blueberry is the holy grail of westerns. I'd love a hardcover collection of that
I have a smurfs book that also has an extensive intro in the history of its creation and the people behind it all. I believe it is only available in French but really cool to see early sketches and old photos. Really happy to see Lucky Luke get a nice release like this, it's one of the first comics I remember reading as a child. Thanks for sharing
Awesome, I've been waiting for this collection for a long time, now. I use to read it a lot when I was a kid and a teenager. The art gets better and better over the years. Thanks, Omar.
Importance of cultural impact in France/Belgium 1) Tintin (Hergé) 2) Astérix (Goscinny/Uderzo) 3) Lucky Luke (Morris then Goscinny/Morris) 4)The Smurfs (Peyo) 5/6) Spirou/Gaston (Franquin/Franquin)
@@NearMintCondition 100% . You do such a great job with all these videos. I have ahad a lot of my friends here in India subscribe to your channel. Keep up the good work.
I've been collecting Lucky Luke since my childhood. It's a great comic for kids and adults. I remember that as a kid I watched the cartoon and wanting to be a cowboy. If you like Asterix or want to read something fun with (or without) your kids, I highly recommend it. Greetz a Dutch fan
Fantastic video, really good to see a review of Lucky Luke on your channel. I have been reading these since l was about 5 and still continue to this day some 40 years later along with others like Asterix and Ttintin to name a few. Still collecting the soft covers but will definitely be picking these up also.
Wow! Great! absolutely love it, Should be very strange to you folks from the US to see these books on this channel, like it is, -a bit, strange to me to see them in the English language, but these HC are beautiful, even if I have them in individual albums (European style, I want these! The first stories are a bit crude, but when Coscinny comes aboard they were flying (or to stay in the fifties, 'Rockin' and Rollin'!') Omar could you ask the publisher if they are planning more books? If they are anything like the Barks books the are a pleasure to own. Again thanks for this wonderful preview!
Omar - Volume 3 is when Rene Goscinny comes on and writes it till his death ( as well as Asterix and his third famous series Iznogoud) and early Lucky luke was inspired by Disney
Lucky Luke is huge in europe, but mostly the Goscinny/Morris. Those are the most classic albums. After Goscinnys death Morris colaborated with alot of other writers and after his death other people has taken over the pen. I really recomend the classic era stuff, like Calamity Jane, Ghost Town and Ma Dalton. There are also a couple of great alternative Lucky Luke stories like "The man who killed Lucky Luke". (It's made in a more modern and moody style but are still great.) I will pick up the books as soon as i can!
I highly recommend Lucky Luke! I Don't think i have read the earliest adventures. Those i have read are probably the later ones, since the art is pretty the same in all of them, i guess Goscinny had found his style then. But they are good and gives many laughs!
I am completely ignorant to Lucky Luke or, at least, I was before I watched this video. It looks kind of cool to me! I love finding things I never knew existed. This may need some exploration from me.
I only want to get one. Should I buy the First edition (Red) or the Second (Blue). Quality of the humour and sketching skills is what I am looking for. I am familiar with Lucky Luce.
I loved the Lucky Luke animated series when I was young, never read any of the comic books though, but might be interested in checking those out. Looks like the character has gone through quite some different looks over time..
I stumbled across a Lucky Luke animated movie a while back. Disney-feature-film quality 2-D animation....but apparently it has yet to be translated into English. I would be interested in checking out the comics, but, eh, budget...
The first three volumes of these are awesome due to the extras included about the artist during the exact time frame when he was creating the included albums. That is what made these so special. Then somehow for volume 4 and 5 these extras which made this collection so special were not included. They somehow decided not to translate and include these anymore. Not only that they didn't even bother putting the covers of the included albums inside of it, you only see them on the backside as miniatures. What a shame and a let down. It is clear to me why volume 4 and 5 were released at the same time so people would get them at the same time before realizing about the missing content. Otherwise nobody would bother with volume 5 after seeing the poor content of volume 4. Needless to say I will not bother with volume 6 but from the ratings I see volume 4 and 5 are getting it is clear there probably won't be a volume 6. This collection series started out great and then they botched it.
This one makes me mad. Not the content, but the fact that volume 1 got cancelled at some point over at DCBS, and I never realized I needed to place the new order until it was past. Definitely need to track these down!
@@NearMintCondition Yeah, I forget when it was resolicited, but volume 1 was supposed to come out in February. Glad to see the great production value. Got to pick these up soon!
@@NearMintCondition That's the big problem we French and Belgian have with our comics. They are published in a short, 50 pages long, hardcover only and expensive format. That's why the only ones that sell well nowadays are Astérix, Lucky Luke, etc. and a lot of people turn to manga and American comics.
@@NearMintCondition Comics here are usually a self contained story in fifty pages not like US comics which take several issues to complete a storyline. So a new issue gets a little better treatment and can either be released as a 'cheap' softcover like Trade paperbacks but of better quality. Or as a hardcover which is usually double the price of the softcover. If a strip is really special they might decide to create integrals which are similarl to the versions of luckt luke you have. The addition of background information or dossier is quite common in those kind of books.
After getting all three volumes I realized this collects only a fraction of what’s been published. It only collects the first nine books while there are 82 in total. My hope is for all of those 82 to be collected in this format at some point. However, I have not seen a Vol. 4 and so being announced and it’s been a year. What are the chances that more comes out. I also realize we’d have to get 27 volumes to collect all which seems to be unrealistic. Not much of a “complete” collection if they don’t.
I have a question. Is "The Complete Collection" title true? I haven't seen your video on book 3, but I have my doubts that all, ALL the comics Morris wrote with Goscinny will be packed in such slim books.
Every child in the Franco-Belgo area of comic books has read Lucky Luke since early childhood. Standard comic book fare for European youth!
I cannot wait to read more.
These books are huge over here (Germany). Early stuff is just OK in my book, but the series got really brilliant when Rene Goscinny joined the show. Tons of historical figures to come, also western actors like Lee van Cleef etc. showing up. And yeah, the art will look significantly different at that point. ;-)
I can't wait to keep reading.
Lucky Luke is incredible, especially when Goscinny gets on board, contributing with his writing. Read it all already, chewing my dad's old volumes multiple times and hope they finish this line, I look forward to start doing these.
I can't wait for the next volumes. I hope you are well, my brother.
This was a huge part of my childhood along with Tintin and Aterix. It brings back a lot good memories. Thnx for the video ❤️
Tintin is the world's best comic book character ever created.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.
I love that you've covered this quite obscure comic. I've been a Lucky Luke fan since being a kid - still have some of the old books from the 1970s - and really like these collected versions. It was surprising how different he looked in the early days. Here's hoping they continue the run.
Beefers26 If there’s a comic that’s not obscure it’s Lucky Luke. New stories still have a first printing of half a million copies today. And it exists since 1946.
@@DrumondArt Indeed. But I suspect it's not as well known as some of the Marvel superstars or TinTin.
I’m Vietnamese and my dad is the reason why I was hooked up with this comic when I was 9
Love hearing that!
First I hear of this series, will definitely pick them up. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.
Lucky Luke is my childhood nostalgia from when I was in Middle East. Thank you for reviewing it.
And I thank you for watching.
Just found this video. I will definitely pick these up. Bern interested in westerns. I placed a cinebook order with some thoragal and a few others. I'm hoping they will do a thoragal hardcover like this too. Blueberry is the holy grail of westerns. I'd love a hardcover collection of that
For me best western is hands down Lucky Luke. Second place goes to Yakari. I also highly recommend an obscure manga called red living on the edge.
I have a smurfs book that also has an extensive intro in the history of its creation and the people behind it all. I believe it is only available in French but really cool to see early sketches and old photos.
Really happy to see Lucky Luke get a nice release like this, it's one of the first comics I remember reading as a child. Thanks for sharing
It is wonderful to finally get Lucky Luke here in America.
Awesome, I've been waiting for this collection for a long time, now. I use to read it a lot when I was a kid and a teenager. The art gets better and better over the years. Thanks, Omar.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words, mi hermano.
Importance of cultural impact in France/Belgium
1) Tintin (Hergé)
2) Astérix (Goscinny/Uderzo)
3) Lucky Luke (Morris then Goscinny/Morris)
4)The Smurfs (Peyo)
5/6) Spirou/Gaston (Franquin/Franquin)
This is a highly underrated channel. Its just my favorite place on TH-cam. Good work NM :)
Wow, thanks! Seriously. Much love back to you!
@@NearMintCondition 100% . You do such a great job with all these videos. I have ahad a lot of my friends here in India subscribe to your channel. Keep up the good work.
I've been collecting Lucky Luke since my childhood. It's a great comic for kids and adults. I remember that as a kid I watched the cartoon and wanting to be a cowboy. If you like Asterix or want to read something fun with (or without) your kids, I highly recommend it. Greetz a Dutch fan
Much love from America!
The books I read as a kid had a whole lot different art.
These were the first stories from the early 50's, artwork is a bit crude, but is getting better!
Then there's a lot more to come!!
It's a pity that Cinebook censors its publications, but in the case of Lucky Luke I guess that won't be happening.
Fantastic video, really good to see a review of Lucky Luke on your channel. I have been reading these since l was about 5 and still continue to this day some 40 years later along with others like Asterix and Ttintin to name a few.
Still collecting the soft covers but will definitely be picking these up also.
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.
Thanks for the review! I'll definitly get the books!
Thank you for watching.
Wow! Great! absolutely love it, Should be very strange to you folks from the US to see these books on this channel, like it is, -a bit, strange to me to see them in the English language, but these HC are beautiful, even if I have them in individual albums (European style, I want these! The first stories are a bit crude, but when Coscinny comes aboard they were flying (or to stay in the fifties, 'Rockin' and Rollin'!') Omar could you ask the publisher if they are planning more books? If they are anything like the Barks books the are a pleasure to own. Again thanks for this wonderful preview!
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.
They are also doing Valerian. So far. Which I will be doing an overview of next week.
Omar - Volume 3 is when Rene Goscinny comes on and writes it till his death ( as well as Asterix and his third famous series Iznogoud) and early Lucky luke was inspired by Disney
Thank you so much and I can't wait to get that volume.
Lucky Luke is huge in europe, but mostly the Goscinny/Morris. Those are the most classic albums. After Goscinnys death Morris colaborated with alot of other writers and after his death other people has taken over the pen.
I really recomend the classic era stuff, like Calamity Jane, Ghost Town and Ma Dalton.
There are also a couple of great alternative Lucky Luke stories like "The man who killed Lucky Luke". (It's made in a more modern and moody style but are still great.)
I will pick up the books as soon as i can!
Yes the art is much better later.
@@reginaldforthright805 i can't agree xD but u do u
Thanks for the video. Will be picking them up now for sure 👍🏻
Thank you so much for watching and the kind words.
These are the early lucky luke comics you can tell by Morris art work it slowly develops in the later volume
I heard his art improves over time.
@@NearMintCondition very much like giraud aka moebius when he started blueberry same with uderzo when he started asterix
I highly recommend Lucky Luke! I Don't think i have read the earliest adventures. Those i have read are probably the later ones, since the art is pretty the same in all of them, i guess Goscinny had found his style then.
But they are good and gives many laughs!
I cannot wait to read more.
I am completely ignorant to Lucky Luke or, at least, I was before I watched this video. It looks kind of cool to me! I love finding things I never knew existed. This may need some exploration from me.
I hope it helped. ;)
I only want to get one. Should I buy the First edition (Red) or the Second (Blue). Quality of the humour and sketching skills is what I am looking for. I am familiar with Lucky Luce.
I loved the Lucky Luke animated series when I was young, never read any of the comic books though, but might be interested in checking those out. Looks like the character has gone through quite some different looks over time..
I'm a big fan of the way the art evolves over time.
I still have some of em on VHS. :D
I stumbled across a Lucky Luke animated movie a while back. Disney-feature-film quality 2-D animation....but apparently it has yet to be translated into English. I would be interested in checking out the comics, but, eh, budget...
I completely understand about budget.
2:02 Asterix co-creator Albert Uderzo passed away today :(
I heard about that today. That is so damn sad.
The first three volumes of these are awesome due to the extras included about the artist during the exact time frame when he was creating the included albums. That is what made these so special. Then somehow for volume 4 and 5 these extras which made this collection so special were not included. They somehow decided not to translate and include these anymore. Not only that they didn't even bother putting the covers of the included albums inside of it, you only see them on the backside as miniatures. What a shame and a let down. It is clear to me why volume 4 and 5 were released at the same time so people would get them at the same time before realizing about the missing content. Otherwise nobody would bother with volume 5 after seeing the poor content of volume 4. Needless to say I will not bother with volume 6 but from the ratings I see volume 4 and 5 are getting it is clear there probably won't be a volume 6. This collection series started out great and then they botched it.
Mistakes were made. TBH they’re still nice and much superior to the paperbacks. Extras meh. They should have included covers though.
Cool
Real deal starts at 8th or 9th individual album. I'm sure you'll enjoy it :)
I can't wait to read them.
I read Lucky Luke growing up in France. The early stuff is not that great but keep reading as it gets better.
I cannot wait for more.
This one makes me mad. Not the content, but the fact that volume 1 got cancelled at some point over at DCBS, and I never realized I needed to place the new order until it was past. Definitely need to track these down!
What? I had no idea it got cancelled.
@@NearMintCondition Yeah, I forget when it was resolicited, but volume 1 was supposed to come out in February. Glad to see the great production value. Got to pick these up soon!
Sort of reminds me of BONE by Jeff Smith.
I can see that.
animation adaption cool too.
I'll check it out.
I live in Belgium and we only can buy the individual comics.
You could buy these 👍🏻
Oh no. No collections?
@@NearMintCondition That's the big problem we French and Belgian have with our comics. They are published in a short, 50 pages long, hardcover only and expensive format. That's why the only ones that sell well nowadays are Astérix, Lucky Luke, etc. and a lot of people turn to manga and American comics.
@@NearMintCondition Comics here are usually a self contained story in fifty pages not like US comics which take several issues to complete a storyline. So a new issue gets a little better treatment and can either be released as a 'cheap' softcover like Trade paperbacks but of better quality. Or as a hardcover which is usually double the price of the softcover. If a strip is really special they might decide to create integrals which are similarl to the versions of luckt luke you have. The addition of background information or dossier is quite common in those kind of books.
After getting all three volumes I realized this collects only a fraction of what’s been published. It only collects the first nine books while there are 82 in total. My hope is for all of those 82 to be collected in this format at some point. However, I have not seen a Vol. 4 and so being announced and it’s been a year. What are the chances that more comes out. I also realize we’d have to get 27 volumes to collect all which seems to be unrealistic. Not much of a “complete” collection if they don’t.
There is a volume 4 and 5 already:
www.amazon.com/Pok%C3%A9mon-Adventures-Collectors-Hidenori-Kusaka/dp/1974711242/?tag=nearmintcon-20
@@NearMintCondition That’s Pokemon though. Not Lucky Luke.
On CInebook site there are now 5 volumes. looks like 1 or two per year will be released
Good afternoon I was watching one of your past videos. When you were at Ollies store. Do they ship there books?
I think they do ship books, but you'll have to go through their website.
buy Tintin total collection also. I have lucky luke all 73 books. ok... again, buy Tintin. :)
That is on the list.
I have a question.
Is "The Complete Collection" title true?
I haven't seen your video on book 3, but I have my doubts that all, ALL the comics Morris wrote with Goscinny will be packed in such slim books.
It's Complete as long as they finish it out.
@@NearMintCondition oh, so it means other issues/books will keep coming after these 3 volumes?
That's great.
@@rael2099 3 years later: there are now 5 books issued :)
There's nothing wrong with you, the french-speaking countries pronounce the character as Looky Look, my country adopted that pronounciation too ! :)
YES!!! :)
Blueberry is gay. But we definitely need more nice hardcover BD collections.
o.m.g do no thats lucky luke got fame in us if eropean - asia - south america of courses he got fame
I can't wait for more.