A Lucky Luke Adventure #27

The cover of this 27th Lucky Luke Adventure by Morris and Goscinny says it all with one beautifully absurd gag: Lucky Luke, pen in hand, is caught in the act of crossing out "Vote For" on a wanted poster for Joss Jamon — leaving "WANTED… DEAD OR ALIVE" — while a crowd of curious onlookers, including cowboys and a Native American, peers over the fence above him, and his trusty horse Jolly Jumper watches on with a bucket of red paint nearby. It's the kind of witty, layered visual humor that makes this Franco-Belgian series such a delight, packing political satire and slapstick into a single image. A thoroughly entertaining entry in Cinebook's English-language run of these beloved Western adventures.