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37-460: (Redirected from ZEP ) Zep or ZEP may refer to: Zep (cartoonist) (real name Philippe Chappuis), the creator of comics character Titeuf Zep, Inc. , cleaning products company Zeaxanthin epoxidase Jo Jo Zep of Australian band Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Captain Zep – Space Detective , a British children's TV programme Led Zeppelin , as

74-531: A cowboy , Luke generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his on-hand resourcefulness and incredible gun prowess. A recurring task is that of capturing the bumbling but menacing gangsters the Dalton brothers , Joe, William, Jack and Averell. He rides Jolly Jumper , "the smartest horse in the world" and is often accompanied by prison guard dog Rin Tin Can , "the stupidest dog in

111-458: A few thousand copies, but the following books have gradually won over a huge readership, outselling traditional French favorites such as Astérix and Lucky Luke . More than 23 million copies of the series have been sold, and the series is considered the greatest moneymaker in the French comics market. Titeuf books have been translated into 15 languages, including Chinese, Italian and German. In

148-484: A hobbyist guitar player who has played for a number of Swiss bands, Zep also designed album covers for Jean-Jacques Goldman ( Chanson pour les pieds , 2001), Bill Deraime ( Bouge encore , 2008), Henri Dès ( Casse-pieds , 2013) and Renaud ( Les mômes et les enfants d’abord , 2019), for whom he also directed the music video for Renaud's song "Les animals". Zep was previously married to French illustrator and comic artist Hélène Bruller , with whom he co-authored

185-484: A lifetime achievement award which is one of the most prestigious in Franco-Belgian comics, making Zep the first Swiss author to receive the award. In 2006, Zep authored Découpé en tranches , an autobiographical graphic novel in the form of short stories in which the author details various aspects of his life. In 2009, he authored the adult comic album Happy Sex , a compilation of humorous stories about sexuality. It

222-462: A long time, answered his critics: "the cigarette is part of the character's profile, just like the pipe of Popeye or Maigret ". It is claimed that Morris was forced to remove the cigarettes Lucky Luke smokes from his strip and Lucky Luke who "used to be a heavy smoker", had to give up smoking for "commercial reasons", apparently to "gain access to the American market". Morris received an award from

259-481: A new animated series of 26 episodes was produced by IDDH, with the collaboration of Morris, based on album stories not adapted in the prior series. The 1992 live-action Italian television series, Lucky Luke , also known as The Adventures of Lucky Luke , was based on the films of the previous year and again starred Terence Hill. In 2001, Xilam produced the 52-episode animated series Les Nouvelles aventures de Lucky Luke ( The New Adventures of Lucky Luke ). It

296-704: A number of feature adaptations from various countries, including: In 1983, Hanna-Barbera Productions, France 3 , Gaumont Film Company , Extrafilm Berlin and Morris collaborated to produce the animated TV series Lucky Luke , which ran for 26 episodes and was based on original album stories. The series' main voice actors were William Callaway as Lucky Luke, Robert Ridgely as Jolly Jumper, Paul Reubens as Bushwack, Frank Welker as Joe Dalton, Rick Dees as Jack Dalton, Fred Travalena as William Dalton, Bob Holt as Averell Dalton, and Mitzi McCall as Ma Dalton. Additional voices were provided by Peter Cullen , Pat Fraley , Barbara Goodson , and Mona Marshall . In 1990,

333-530: A professional cartoonist. At the age of 12, he took the artist name "Zep" as a nod to English rock band Led Zeppelin . As a teenager, he studied decorative arts in Geneva. Zep's career as cartoonist began with the creation of the character Victor, whose comics were published in a weekly women's magazine and then in Belgian children's comic magazine Spirou in 1987. Zep also drew comics for several fanzines . In

370-553: A shortened nickname Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants , a European organisation aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Zep Solar , manufactures equipment for installing solar panels ZEP-RE , Kenyan reinsurance company Žep , a mountain in Bosnia and Herzegovina Book of Zephaniah , abbreviated Zep. or Zep Zep Hindle , character in Saw See also [ edit ] Zepp Valdis Zeps Topics referred to by

407-460: A tour by French actress Sarah Bernhardt . Some of the books feature a one-page article on the background to the events featured. Goscinny once said that he and Morris tried to base the Lucky Luke adventures on real events whenever possible, but that they would not let the facts get in the way of a funny story. The chronology of the albums is deliberately murky, and in most albums no particular year

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444-583: A tribute to the mythic Old West and an affectionate parody , the comics were created by Belgian artist Morris, who drew Lucky Luke from 1946 until his death in 2001. The first Lucky Luke adventure, Arizona 1880 , appeared in the French version of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou in October 1946. It later appeared in the Almanach issue of Spirou on 7 December 1946. After several years of writing

481-635: A vast amount of extras included, titled Lucky Luke – The Complete Collection . Cinebook also published translations of the two Matthieu Bonhomme homages: Wanted Lucky Luke (2016) and The Man Who Shot Lucky Luke (2021). Untamed by Blutch was published in 2024. List of single albums in English Brockhampton Press (UK) Knight Books (UK) Hodder Dargaud (UK) Dargaud USA and Canada Fantasy Flight (US) Ravette Books (UK) Glo'worm (UK) Cinebook Ltd Eurokids (India) Europe Comics There are

518-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Zep (cartoonist) Philippe Chappuis was born on December 15, 1967, in the city of Onex on the outskirts of Geneva in Switzerland ; he is the son of a policeman and a clothes designer. As a child, he was an avid reader of Franco-Belgian comics or bande dessinée , and dreamed of becoming

555-411: Is given. The villains and incidental characters based on real persons lived over most of the mid-to-late-19th century. For example, in the album Daily Star , Lucky Luke meets a young Horace Greeley , prior to his moving to New York in 1831. Judge Roy Bean , who was appointed judge in 1882, appears in another album, and in another album yet, Lucky Luke takes part in the 1892 Coffeyville shootout against

592-515: The Dalton gang . Lucky Luke himself appears unchanged in all stories. Except in the first few stories, where he shoots and kills Mad Jim and the old Dalton brothers gang in Coffeyville, Luke is never seen to kill anyone, preferring to disarm people by simply shooting weapons out of their hands. Phil Defer was killed in the first publication in Le Moustique , but in the later album collection, this

629-512: The World Health Organization in 1988 for replacing Luke's omnipresent cigarette with a wisp of straw in the story Fingers (1983). In the 2007 animated film Tous à l'Ouest: Une aventure de Lucky Luke , Lucky Luke is seen using what appears to be a nicotine patch and mentions that before that he had to "chew on a piece of straw for a while" right after he quit smoking. In the 1994 story Le Pont sur le Mississippi ( The Bridge Over

666-778: The Dalton Brothers , loosely based on the Dalton Gang of the early 1890s and claimed to be their cousins. The stories are filled with humorous elements parodying the Western genre . Lucky Luke is one of the best-known and best-selling comics series in Europe. It has been translated into 30 languages. 82 albums have appeared in the series as of 2022, and 3 special editions/homages, at first published by Dupuis . From 1968 to 1998 they were published by Dargaud and then by Lucky Productions. Since 2000 they have been published by Lucky Comics. Each story

703-635: The Mississippi ), he is seen rolling a cigarette again, although he claims it was just to hide his boredom. And in Sarah Bernhardt (1982), when Bernhardt's cook lights a fire to make a cake, despite Luke's strict orders not to, Luke is seen rolling a cigarette in an irate mood. He then strikes a match, only for it to be blown out by Jolly Jumper, who reminds him of his own "no fire" orders. A spin-off series called Rantanplan and starring Luke's dimwitted canine sidekick began in 1987. It has been written over

740-637: The UK, Titeuf appeared under the name Tootuff in The Dandy . The comics has been adapted into an animated series and a feature-length film , directed by Zep. In 1998, he was one of the founders of children's comic magazine Tchô! , featuring Titeuf as its mascot, and with Zep as the lead editor. Tchô! featured comics from various authors, including series authored by Zep such as Titeuf , Les Chronokids (with artists Stan & Vince) and Captain Biceps (with artist Tébo),

777-417: The books in hardcover and softcover, with six titles from 1972 to 1974, translated by Frederick W Nolan. Brockhampton became part of Hodder & Stoughton Ltd in 1976, and under their children's imprint, Knight Books, Hodder published mini-sized paperback editions of the first six books, in 1976 to 1977. In 1980 and 1982, Hodder & Stoughton published three new titles as Hodder Dargaud, as well as reprints of

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814-608: The children's comic Les Minijusticiers and sex education book Le guide du zizi sexuel . He later married Swiss writer Mélanie Chappuis . Lucky Luke Lucky Luke is a Western comic album series created by Belgian cartoonist Morris in 1946. Morris wrote and drew the series single-handedly until 1955, after which he started collaborating with French writer René Goscinny . Their partnership lasted until Goscinny's death in 1977. Afterwards, Morris collaborated with several other writers until his own death in 2001. Since Morris's death, French artist Achdé has drawn

851-427: The early 1990s, Zep created the comic series Titeuf inspired by memories of his own childhood. At first struggling to find publication, the series was initially published in the fanzine Sauve qui peut before it was noticed by Glénat executive Jean-Claude Camano. Zep joined Glénat in 1992, and the first Titeuf album, Dieu, le sexe et les bretelles ( God, Sex And Suspenders ) was published in 1993. It sold only

888-477: The latter of which was adapted into an animated series . With cartoonist and illustrator Hélène Bruller, Zep co-authored sex education manual Le guide du zizi sexuel featuring illustrations with characters from Titeuf . Zep and Bruller also co-authored the children's book Les Minijusticiers which was adapted into an animated series. In 2004, Zep was the recipient of the Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême ,

925-659: The main series: Kid Lucky and Oklahoma Jim . These were credited to veteran writer Jean Léturgie and unknown artist Pearce, who was later revealed to be a joint pen name for Yann Lepennetier and Didier Conrad . The series was scrapped due to poor sales and the two albums removed from the official list of Lucky Luke albums. The series was however re-launched in 2011 as Les aventures de Kid Lucky d'après Morris , with Achdé now solely in charge of it. To date, Achdé has written four Kid Lucky albums, L'apprenti Cow-boy , Lasso périlleux , Statue Squaw and Suivez la flèche , released in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively. In June 2020, It

962-488: The previous six. Cinebook Ltd have been publishing English language translations of Lucky Luke in softcover album format since 2006. One new volume is released every two months. In India only, Euro Books, a division of Euro Kids International Ltd. published English versions of 24 Lucky Luke titles in 2009. In 2019, Cinebook began releasing a hardcover collection of Lucky Luke , published in chronological order featuring three to four original albums per volume together with

999-403: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Zep . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zep&oldid=1236122349 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1036-535: The series, scripted by several successive writers. The series takes place in the American Old West of the United States. It stars the titular Lucky Luke , a street-smart gunslinger known as the "man who shoots faster than his shadow", and his intelligent horse Jolly Jumper . Lucky Luke is pitted against various villains, either fictional or inspired by American history or folklore. The most famous of these are

1073-995: The story " La Diligence " . Later it was taken to Dargaud publisher. After the death of Goscinny in 1977, several writers succeeded him: including Raymond "Vicq" Antoine, Bob de Groot , Jean Léturgie and Lo Hartog van Banda . At the 1993 Angoulême International Comics Festival , Lucky Luke was given an honorary exhibition. After Morris' death in 2001, French artist Achdé continued drawing new Lucky Luke stories in collaboration with writers Laurent Gerra, Daniel Pennac and Tonino Benacquista. Since 2016, new albums are scripted by writer Jul. Lucky Luke comics have been translated into: Afrikaans , Arabic , Bengali , Catalan , Croatian , Czech , Danish , Dutch , English , Estonian , Finnish , German , Greek , Hebrew , Hungarian , Icelandic , Indonesian , Italian , Norwegian , Persian , Polish , Portuguese , Serbian , Slovene , Spanish , Swedish , Tamil , Turkish , Vietnamese , Welsh and Bulgarian . Although always described as

1110-486: The strip himself, Morris began a collaboration with René Goscinny . He was the series writer during what is considered its golden age, starting with the story " Des rails sur la Prairie " , published on 25 August 1955 in Spirou , until his death in 1977 (with the exception of " Alerte aux Pieds Bleus " ). Ending a long run of serial publications in Spirou , the series was shifted to Goscinny's Pilote magazine in 1967 with

1147-800: The universe", a spoof of Rin Tin Tin . Luke meets many historical Western figures such as Calamity Jane , Billy the Kid , Judge Roy Bean and Jesse James 's gang, and takes part in events such as the guarding of Wells Fargo stagecoaches , the Pony Express , the building of the First Transcontinental Telegraph , the Rush into the Unassigned Lands of Oklahoma , the building of the Statue of liberty , and

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1184-403: The years by several successive teams of writers and artists. The character also got a 76-episode animated television series in 2006. A second spin-off series called Kid Lucky was created in 1995, aimed at attracting a younger readership. This starred Luke as a little boy, a format that had been very popular with Spirou . Two albums starring this version of the character were released as part of

1221-654: Was announced Kid Lucky will be adapted into an animated series. Between Le Fil qui chante and La Corde du pendu is La Ballade des Dalton , 1978 ( The Daltons' Ballad or The Ballad of the Daltons ), an adaptation from the animated film. Apart from the collections mentioned below, Lucky Luke comics were published in British comic book magazines such as Film Fun Comic or Giggle (in 1967). The Giggle version had Luke's name changed to " Buck Bingo ". Brockhampton Press Ltd, Leicester, began publishing

1258-616: Was changed into a debilitating shoulder wound. In the final panel of each story, except the earliest, Lucky Luke rides off alone on Jolly Jumper into the sunset, singing (in English ) "I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a long way from home...". Luke first said this line in 1949 and it became a tradition afterwards. The song itself is based on a real life cowboy song, collected by John Lomax in Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads . Morris, who had been criticized over Lucky Luke's cigarette for

1295-664: Was first serialized in a magazine: in Spirou from 1946 to 1967, in Pilote from 1968 to 1973, in Lucky Luke in 1974–75, in the French edition of Tintin in 1975–76, and in various other magazines since. The series has also had adaptations in other media, such as animated films and television series, live-action films, video games, toys, and board games. As of 2022, all 82 books in the series' regular albums are available in English. Simultaneously

1332-652: Was followed in 2010 by Happy Girls and Happy Rock which were re-editions of Les filles électriques and L'enfer des concerts respectively, originally released in the late 1990s. In 2014, Zep released the comic album Happy Parents about parenthood, and in 2019 Happy Sex 2 as a follow-up to Happy Sex . In the 2010s, Zep released graphic novels such as Une histoire d'hommes (2013), Un bruit étrange et beau (2016) and The End (2018), which were received by some critics as works outside of children's comics that cover mature themes, in an art style that has been described as more "realistic" than his previous works. Himself

1369-554: Was made available on an eight-disc DVD set with French and English audio tracks. This series also featured Colonel Custer , who is an Indian-hater and a dwarf in this incarnation. Unlike the two earlier animated series, this series featured original stories. Xilam produced two further animated series involving Lucky Luke: Rintindumb (2006) and Les Dalton  [ fr ] (2010). Mediatoon Distribution produced Kid Lucky in 2020. Lucky Luke video games have been released for many platforms, most of them by Infogrames for

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