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'''Blacksad''' is a series of (four so far) comic albums created by Spanish authors Juan Díaz Canales (writer) and Juanjo Guarnido (artist), and published by French publisher Dargaud. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for Blacksad is the French market and thus they publish all Blacksad albums in French first; the Spanish edition usually follows about one month later. Because of this is considered both a Spanish and French comic book.
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
* ''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'' ('Âme Rouge', 2005) Blacksad watches over an old friend in the midst of the [[Red Scare
* ''The Hell, The Silence'' ('L'Enfer, Le Silence', 2010), sets him in New Orleans trying to track down a musician, before assassins do.
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* [[All Animation Is Disney]]: Inverted. Guarnido worked for Disney, but it's really hard to tell (except for some of the facial expressions).
* [[Anachronic Order]]: ''The Hell, The Silence''
* [[Animal Motifs]]/[[Animal Stereotypes]]: Obviously and so much. All the cops are canines - nearly all of them dogs, with at least one fox on the force. The hitmen are reptilian. The 'Arctic Nation' includes an arctic fox and a polar bear. Otto Liebber is an owl and Lazslo Herzl is a monkey: both are scientists. The Joseph McCarthy expy is a cockerel. Also, the beautiful women tend to be cats or dogs; dignified ladies tend to be birds. [[Word of God|The authors]] state that the species of each individual character was carefully chosen to represent who the character really is, and that the connection between the animal chosen and the personality of the character isn't always as obvious as the "cops=dogs" example. In the second album there is possibly a [[Lampshade Hanging]]. Blacksad is at a drive-in, watching an awful [[B-Movie]] about [[Attack of the
** [[Everything's Better
** [[Everything's Worse
** [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: Smirnov's lieutenant and Huk.
** [[Frogs and Toads]]: Ivo Statoc is a [[Word of God|toad]].
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* [[Film Noir]]
* [[Flashback Effects]]: Usually, flashbacks are shown in some kind of monochrome - sepia tone or blue-based - to distinguish them from the present. Special mention, though, goes to the effects towards the end of ''Arctic Nation''. The oldest flashbacks look like pure sepia tone photos, but as they approach the present day, they gradually become more and more colored like reality.
* [[Friend
* [[Funny Background Event]]: In ''Red Soul'', when Blacksad goes to visit Liebber at Columbia he walks past a row of couples. All the girls instantly take notice of him and when he walks by them a few pages later they're all arguing with their boyfriends for taking such obvious interest in him.
** When Blacksad visits the Cypher Club we see a baboon and leopard arguing in the background.
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* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Weekly. He's also a bit of a [[Chivalrous Pervert|pervert]], too.
* [[It's Always Mardi Gras in New Orleans]] at the end of the fourth album.
* [[Leaning
* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: Not that Blacksad gave Weekly much of a chance to refuse...
* [[Lions and Tigers
* [[Love Interests]]: Blacksad has one in the first and third album.
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: {{spoiler|Jezebel}}
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*** He even makes a smart-ass comment about it; when the Arctic Nation first comes around to harass him, he points to the white patch on his face and says, "What, isn't this enough white for you?"
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Blacksad walks down a university hallway to ''very'' admiring glances from the female students, and extreme disapproval from their boyfriends. When he comes back, the couples are in full argument mode.
* [[A Nazi
** They're a lot like the KKK too.
** There also seems to be a burgeoning Black Panthers expy.
*** You can see pictures of actual nazis in the third album.
* [[Murder
* [[No Export for You]]: Originally, only the first two albums were released in the US (the first even had [[Stan Lee]]'s comment!), but album three didn't make it. Later, [[Dark Horse Comics]] published a collected version of the three albums, though the newly released fourth album has yet to be published outside France, Spain or Belgium.
** The fourth album was translated to finish in 2010.
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