Despite these outbursts, Cocco Bill is a good guy, and always helps sheriffs to capture criminals.

Cocco Bill's horse is called Trottalemme (which literally means "trot slowly").

The animal reasons like humans, smokes cigarettes, drinks tequila and also dreams at night.

Many of the stories themselves are vignettes, pertaining to a surrealist American west (some issues happens in various other countries, like Canada).

Most revolve around the titular character going to a new town and having to deal with whatever situation or mission is given to him by the local authorities.