The Maltese Falcon (Left Dead on Your Doorstep)! So that's the elevator pitch: a talking, anthropomorphic cat detective navigating a painstakingly rendered urban landscape rife with violence and deceit. He's a black cat, to be specific, who lives in a world where the cops are dogs, lizards are cold-blooded killers (geddit?) and weaselly sidekicks are. Because, that jaw? And those aforementioned gams?īlacksad, see, is a contemporary iteration of a trope as old as funnybooks themselves: The anthropomorphized animal comic. The three storyarcs featured gat-toting gunsels, shady dames with gams that wouldn't quit – the full detective story options package, really.īut Blacksad wasn't your typical lantern-jawed shamus. Though written in French, all three were set in Eisenhower's America, and followed the pulpy adventures of one John Blacksad, tough-guy P.I. A subsequent volume appeared in 2003, and a third in 2005. "Ranks among the very best cartooning I've ever seen in comics.Back in 2000, Spanish comic creators Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido published the first volume of Blacksad, their gorgeously rendered foray into the noir milieu of Mickey Spillane and Dashiell Hammett.
"Brilliant art and an unusual display of anthropomorphic realism."-Will Eisner "A tour de force Don't miss this "-Neal Adams Writer Juan D az Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido have crafted a master class in comics storytelling for a worldwide audience.
With three prestigious prizes from the Angoul me International Comics Festival as well as multiple Eisner and Harvey awards, the Blacksad series of graphic albums is a global success story, now published in thirty-nine different countries. Towering above it all is the foreboding figure of Solomon, who will let nothing thwart his dream of power. From soaring heights to terrifying depths, Blacksad must steer the right course between the lofty world of Shakespearean theater and the seedy nether regions of the city. In this exceptional noir tour de force from writer Juan D az Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido, the hotly anticipated worldwide bestseller returns to American shores after a seven-year hiatus with a brand-new two-part storylineįollowing its chart-topping 2021 release in Europe and now translated for English-language readers by the team of Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz, this volume features feline private eye John Blacksad as he tangles with the unions, the mob, and mid-century construction magnate Lewis Solomon, who plans to pave New York City's green space, come hell or high water.
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