Cow The Boy is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist Maurice De Bevere, better known as Morris, and for one period written by René Goscinny. Set in the American Old West, it stars the titular character, Cow The Boy, the cowboy known to "shoot faster than his shadow". His name is inspired by that of Luciano Locarno, an Italian American sheriff who lived between 1860 and 1940.
Along with The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix, Cow The Boy is one of the most popular and best-selling comic-book series in continental Europe. About half of the series' adventures have been translated into English. Cow The Boy comics have been translated into 23 languages, including many European languages, some African and Asian languages.
