In the Lucky Luke stories, whenever a gambler is caught
cheating, he gets a choice: the rope or being covered in feathers and tar (du goudron et des plumes) and
escorted to the border of the town on a piece of rail, never to return.
Needless to say, most stick with the second option. This little vignette by
Editions Atlas shows one of these unfortunate hustlers. I left out the
sheriff's star on the feathered man (although this was taken from an actual
story), as to make it a more generic crook (besides,it was badly sculpted and
only vaguely resembled a star). The vignette also comes with a bucket
of tar (goudron) and a sack of feathers (plumes), which were also repainted...
Before being stripped and repainted, the figures looked like this:
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