Morris

Maurice de Bevere (December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist and the creator of Lucky Luke.

Biography

He was born in Kortrijk, Belgium and started drawing in the Compagnie Belge d'Actualités (CBA) animations studios, a small and short-lived animation studio in Belgium where he met Peyo and André Franquin.^[1] After a war, the company went bankrupt and Morris worked as an illustrator for Het Laatste Nieuws, a Flemish newspaper, and Le Moustique, a weekly magazine published by Dupuis, for which he made some 250 covers and numerous other illustrations, mainly caricatures of movie stars.^[1]

He died in 2001 by an accidental fall.

Awards

1972: Grand Prix Saint-Michel, Brussels, Belgium
1992: Angoulême International Comics Festival, 20th anniversary Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Morris". In België gestript, pp. 143-144. Tielt: Lannoo.

Other sources

Morris publications in Spirou and Pilote BDoubliées (in French)
Morris albums Bedetheque (in French)

[Weyer-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Morris". In België gestript, pp. 143-144. Tielt: Lannoo.

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