After the heavily cartoon- and slapstick cinema-inspired first
adventures, Morris turned towards the tradition of Westerns to flesh
out his hero’s world. In Under a Western Sky, Lucky Luke versus Pat
Poker and Outlaws there is a lot of Hollywood and John Ford, and
while Luke hasn’t quite settled into his current look, he’s certainly
closer to the phlegmatic cowboy we know and love. Outlaws also marks
the first appearance of the Daltons – the historical Dalton brothers
here, who will later return as their decidedly stupider cousins.
Throw in 48 pages of extra material on Morris’s experience in the
United States, and this is a book you won’t want to miss.