“
The population of the Wild West was much more diverse than is generally believed.
In the Far West, we came across gay cowboys, as well as lesbian oil girls and queer Native Americans
, ”writes Ralf König in the afterword of
Choco-Boys
, the Lucky Luke tribute album, released this Friday, October 15.
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For the German cartoonist who revisits the myth of the
cowboy
lonesome
, his vision of the 19th century West populated by homosexual cowboys is a historical reality. A defender of the cause, the author, with the authorization of Morris's beneficiaries, happily plays with the myth:
“I am not an activist. I'm an author and I happen to be gay, so I write gay stories,
said Ralf König to our colleagues at Le
Parisien
.
But I just want to draw good comics and if that makes people more tolerant, so much the better! Of course my
Lucky Luke
talk about homophobia!
But I am not trying to educate.
Homophobes are idiots, whether in the Wild West or here and now.
I just want the reader to tell himself that he had a great time. ”
Funny scenes
Choco-boys
features Lucky Luke who has custody of five dairy cows whose owner wants America to discover his delicious Swiss chocolate. For this high mission, he is accompanied by Terrence, who tells him about his romance with a cowboy boy ... Dotted with funny scenes, the album interweaves references to the albums of the series with the movie
Brokeback Mountain.
But that aficionados be reassured, Lucky Luke has not "
fired his cuti
", as we say trivially. No doubts about his own sexuality or repressed attraction and a character always equal to himself:
“No, I don't see him as a repressed homo.
Rather, I would say it suppresses any feeling towards anyone.
He only likes solitude, Jolly jumpers and sunsets… ”
, supports Ralf König at Le
Parisien
.
Choco-boys, a tribute to Lucky Luke after Morris,
by Ralf König, Dargaud,
16 euros.
