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A Trip Down Memory Lane: Reprints and Canonization of Morris’ Lucky Luke Series

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This chapter explores the editorial evolution of Morris’ Lucky Luke comics series, from the publication of the first magazine strips in the 1940s to its canonization through successive reprints. Special attention is paid to the recent L’Art de Morris (2015), a book that aims to contribute to a history of bande dessinée and amass symbolic capital—as defined by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu—and to the associated exhibition that commemorated the 70 th anniversary of the creation of Lucky Luke, unveiling a wealth of historical and archival documents that breathe new life into the comics while taking a nostalgic look at the past.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the generous support of the School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University, and the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image in Angoulême. My gratitude goes also to Claire Gorrara, Ryan Prout, Philippe Capart, Maaheen Ahmed, Benoît Crucifix, and to the anonymous reviewers for their positive input on early versions of this chapter. Last but not least, I would like to thank Lucky Comics for facilitating the images included herein.

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    Nicolas Martinez

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  1. Department of Literary Studies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

    Maaheen Ahmed

  2. Department of Romance Language and Literature, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Benoît Crucifix

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Martinez, N. (2018). A Trip Down Memory Lane: Reprints and Canonization of Morris’ Lucky Luke Series. In: Ahmed, M., Crucifix, B. (eds) Comics Memory. Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91746-7_11

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