Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery, digging into the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets. Whether he is falling for dangerous women or getting beaten to within an inch of his life, his stories are unforgettable. This title features the stories of Blacksad.
Anthropomorphic Noir
Stories like these are the reason comics have a huge appeal for me.
Sure, I LOVE a good superhero as much as the next girl, but there is nothing like Blacksad anywhere.
With storylines that invoke shameful parts of American history (written by two Spaniards) Blacksad is a unique comic both in its content and in its artwork.
Dark Horse have really hit the nail on the head with this series and I can't wait to read the next two collections.
I especially loved to nod to Orwell with the anthropomorphic characters. I also enjoyed the quotes taken from 20s and 30s Jazz and Blues songs, from the bible and above all others, from Allan Ginsberg's seminal piece Howl.
The only downside for me was that as a lover of animals it was sometimes a little hard to read the fight scenes or the death scenes, even the few sex scenes got weird for me because they are very human things but they're happening to animals... It was just hard to see a cat getting punched in the face.
Samantha, 09/02/2015
