Le Pied-tendre

The Greenhorn ( original French title: Le Pied- Tendre ) is a comic strip from the Lucky Luke series, which was drawn by Morris and written by René Goscinny. After the counting of the Ehapa publisher (or at the beginning: Delta Publishing Company Ehapa and Dargaud ) is the comic of the 16th volume of the series. Previously, he was already published in the Caucasus and Yps as a serialized story or Zack in the coral -Verlag, however, the comic was then partially different names.

Originally, the first comic in 1967 at Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou and 1968 as a second band of Dargaud ( total volume 33 ) was released in France.

For the Lucky- Luke - animated series of this band was filmed.

Content

Waldo badminton is an English nobleman who comes to the Wild West, proceeding to take up the legacy of the old baddy. This consists of a ranch where even the Indians Sam lives. He is accompanied by his butler Jasper. Lucky Luke to accompany according to the will of Baddy Waldo, so that he can cope better in the Wild West. However, will the owner of the neighboring ranch, Jack Ready, get rid of Waldo; Waldo also is seen as a greenhorn that does not fit into the Wild West. Therefore, Waldo gets into some trouble. So Jack Ready brings him into prison, because Jack ensures that Waldo should be hanged. However, it creates Lucky Luke to thwart Jack's plan to let Waldo hang and then to take over the ranch.

Comments

The figure of the butler Jasper reminiscent of the classic Western comedy Ruggles of Red Gap (English Butler in America with Charles Laughton, 1935).

The plot of the film Cursed, damned and Hallelujah ( with Terence Hill, 1972) is similar to the plot of this Lucky- Luke - band.