Lucky Luke - versus Joss Jamon - a comic review

It's been a long time since I've read another Lucky Luke album. Although there is a lot of them in my bookcase. Unfortunately, I'm not complete yet. The first album that I have is ‘Lucky Luke - versus Joss Jamon'

In this album, the residents of Los Palitos City think Lucky Luke belongs to a gang of bandits who have spread terror in the city. They want to string him up. Luke promises to detect the bandits and return them to Los Palitos City for trial. Meanwhile, the bandits, under the direction of Joss Jamon, have settled in Frontier City. Jamon and his gang decide to stay for a while. They violently take over the cafe and the shops. Joss Jamon appoints a gangster to sheriff and makes himself eligible for mayor. Nobody dares to go against him. But change is coming when Lucky Luke arrives. Luke makes himself eligible, but nobody dares to vote for him. It will be not easy to arrest Jamon and his gang and return to Los Palitos City. But as always, Lucky Luke is the best man for the job.

The first eight Lucky Luke albums are drawn and written by Morris. Later, Goscinny started to write the stories. Of course we all know him as the author of Asterix. ,Lucky Luke - versus Joss Jamon’ is the third Lucky Luke album he has written. And he does it brilliantly. His sense of humor is clearly present. There are people who like Morris's writing better than Goscinny's, but I prefer Goscinny. I also decided to collect only the Lucky Luke's he wrote.

Morris drawing is again sublime. There are a lot of funny caricatures, like in many Lucky Luke albums. And on page 28, Robert Mitchum gets a small role.

I enjoyed reading this comic.

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Tags and links:
Western humour
Morris on wikipedia
Lucky Luke - versus Joss Jamon on catawiki