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COMIC ARTIST

Morris

1923 - 2001

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Maurice De Bevere (Dutch: [ˈmoːriz də ˈbeːvərə]; French: [mɔʁis də bəvɛʁ, moʁ-]; 1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and the creator of Lucky Luke, a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West. He was inspired by the adventures of the historic Dalton Gang and other outlaws. It was a bestselling series for more than 50 years that was translated into 23 languages and published internationally. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morris has received more than 210,650 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Morris is the 16th most popular comic artist (down from 15th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 112th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

Morris is most famous for the Morris chair, a type of chair with a curved back that was popular in the 18th century.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Morris ranks 16 out of 174Before him are Peyo, Hugo Pratt, Matt Groening, Zdeněk Miler, Jack Kirby, and Bob Kane. After him are Tsugumi Ohba, Rumiko Takahashi, Go Nagai, Steve Ditko, André Franquin, and Quino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Morris ranks 39Before him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Frederick Herzberg, René Girard, Mauno Koivisto, Diane Arbus, and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. After him are Alice Miller, Cliff Robertson, Jorge Semprún, Edgar F. Codd, Stephanie Kwolek, and Merton Miller. Among people deceased in 2001, Morris ranks 35Before him are Nikolay Basov, Zhang Xueliang, Gilbert Bécaud, Clifford Shull, Charles Trenet, and Juan Antonio Villacañas. After him are Stanley Kramer, Chung Ju-yung, Jacques Mayol, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Timothy McVeigh, and Isaac Stern.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Morris ranks 124 out of 1,019Before him are Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Paul Deschanel (1855), Siger of Brabant (1240), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778). After him are Marguerite Porete (1250), Auguste Perret (1874), Luce Irigaray (1930), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pierre Louÿs (1870), and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Morris ranks 3Before him are Hergé (1907) and Peyo (1928). After him are André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).