Started drawing in
1945 and created its worldwide known cow-boy character
Lucky Luke in 1946. First published in the French and Belgian comics magazine
Spirou.
During a travel in the
USA he befriended with the creators of
Mad magazine and met
René Goscinny in 1955. Goscinny became his favorite
writer, they worked together for more than 20 years.
After Goscinny's
death in 1977,
Maurice De Bevere (that's his real name) worked with other great authors such as
De Groot,
Fauche,
Léturgie or
Vidal.
In 1987 he started the comics serie
Rantanplan, dedicated to the
stupid dog which was already a
recurring character in
Lucky Luke.
Morris will remain one of the leading figures of the French and Belgium
bande dessinée "
scene". He died today.
Rest in Peace, Morris.