Information about the Author

Morris was born in Belgium in 1923 as Maurice de Bévère. His memorable artist name simply derives from his first name. He began drawing at a young age in school, particularly caricatures of his teachers. Consequently, at the age of 20, he worked for a Belgian animation studio and designed countless covers for the humor magazine Moustique. The year 1946 marked the birth of Lucky Luke in the magazine Spirou: Alongside the lonely cowboy with the big heart and his inseparable friend Jolly Jumper, Morris created a whole gang of quirky characters, mixing in famous figures from the Wild West, such as the Dalton brothers, Billy the Kid, Judge Roy Bean, and not least the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. In 1948, Morris no longer wanted his ideas.