Jolly Jumper

Jolly Jumper is a horse character in the Franco-Belgian comics series Lucky Luke, created by Belgian artist Morris. Described as "the smartest horse in the world" and able to perform tasks such as chess-playing and tightrope walking, Jolly Jumper accompanies his cowboy in their travels across the Wild West, and delivers frequent quips. In the Greek version of the series, Jolly Jumper is female and is called "Dolly". In the Turkish Version the character is called "Düldül".

First appearance of Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper in Arizona 1880 (1946)
Not to be confused with the Jolly Jumper brand Baby jumper.
Jolly Jumper
Publication information
First appearanceArizona 1880 (1946)
Created byMorris
In-story information
Specieshorse

Publication history

Jolly Jumper first appeared alongside Lucky Luke in the story Arizona 1880, published in the Almanach issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou on December 7, 1946.[1] In his earlier appearances, he was more like a real horse, which started to change after René Goscinny became the series' main writer.

Sources
Footnotes
  1. BDoubliées. "Spirou année 1946" (in French).
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