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Maurice de Bevere
(
December 1
,
1923
-
July 16
,
2001
), better known as
Morris
, was a
Belgian
cartoonist
and the creator of
Lucky Luke
.
He was born in
Kortrijk
, Belgium and started drawing in the
Compagnie Belge d'Actualites
(CBA) animations studios, a small and short-lived animation studio in Belgium where he met
Peyo
and
Andre 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.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
De Weyer, Geert (2005). "Morris". In Belgie gestript, pp. 143-144. Tielt: Lannoo.
