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[[File:Blacksad_1_00_2604.gif|frame|Gritty anthropomorphic noir goodness]]
{{quote|"''I had wrapped myself in a vicious atmosphere made of hate, vengeance, and corruption. From that day on, this would be my world. A jungle where it's survival of the fittest, where people act like animals. I had chosen to walk the darkest path in life... And I'm still on it.''"}}
'''Blacksad''' is a series of
In an [[Petting Zoo People|anthropomorphic]] rendition of America in the [[The Fifties|1950s]] [[Hardboiled Detective|private investigator]] John Blacksad, a black cat, is embroiled in stories of mystery and intrigue. The albums come critically acclaimed and are a dedicated homage to the [[Film Noir]] genre. There have been
* ''Somewhere Within The Shadows'' (French:
▲* ''Somewhere Within The Shadows'' (French: 'Quelque part entre les ombres', 2000) has Blacksad investigating the murder of an old flame.
* In ''Arctic Nation'' (2003) Blacksad is hired to investigate the disappearance of a young girl in a [[Fantastic Racism|racially charged]] atmosphere.
* In ''Red Soul'' (
* ''
* ''Amarillo''
In
▲In America, [[Dark Horse Comics]] has published a [[Graphic Novel]] collecting the first three albums.
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* [[Abandoned Warehouse]]: In ''Arctic Nation.''
* [[All Animation Is Disney]]: Inverted. Guarnido worked for Disney, but it's really hard to tell (except for some of the facial expressions).
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* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: When Blacksad has sex it's implied to be very romantic and fulfilling. Whereas when we see {{spoiler|Huk and Jezebel}} having sex it's shown to be much less wholesome.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Cotten}}
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Death himself doesn't show, but {{spoiler|1=Faust LaChapelle}} dons a costume in his image to go around incognito. Death
* [[Hardboiled Detective]]: Blacksad, of course.
* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]: Used by an old lady ape in ''The Hell, The Silence''.
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** They're a lot like the KKK too.
** There also seems to be a burgeoning Black Panthers expy.
*** You can see pictures of actual
* [[Odd Couple]]: Big and stoic Blacksad with excitable and relatively small Weekly. Also the literal cat and dog combo of Blacksad and Smirnov.
* [[Oh Crap]]: In Album one where Statoc's mammal henchman follows the lizard henchman into a predominantly reptile bar. As the reptiles are happy to illustrate: Hairy guys like him are {{
* [[Once an Episode]]: Except for the first album, every story has a classic American song in the background ("[[Billie Holiday|Strange Fruit,]]" "That Old Black Magic Called Love," and "Summertime.")
* [[One-Hour Work Week]]: When he first meets Blacksad, Weekly claims that his articles are of such superior quality that he can get away with only showing up at the office once a week or so, which is how he got the nickname. Later on, he 'fesses up that it's actually because of an office rumor about his bathing habits. Since it's never established one way or the other whether his claim about the amount of time spent in the office is true, it's possible he's encouraged to stay away to save his coworkers from dealing with his...distinctive odor.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: When {{spoiler|Cotten}} threatens to tell the rest of Arctic Nation about the kidnapping he is promptly shot.
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Played straight in the first album; one of Ivo Statoc's henchmen is a lizard. He does get something of an [[Alas, Poor Villain]] moment though.
** Ribs, the henchman of third album, is a
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: All the children. [[The Woobie|Kylie]], the little Zebra who plays with her, and [[Precious Puppies|Smirnov's puppies]]. Also, Weekly.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: This series is ''gorgeous.''
* [[Shout-Out]]: Senator [[Meaningful Name|Gallo]] is a cockerel, and is also an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to Senator Joseph McCarthy.
** In ''Arctic Nation'' when Blacksad is crouching on a roof overlooking the city his silhouette {{
** [[Adolf Hitler]] is present too, but remains unnamed. As in ''[[Maus]]'', [[Cats Are Mean|he is a cat]].
** Several to [[Porgy and Bess]] in album four.
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