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Meet John Blacksad, a cat in the shadows. Blacksad in Guía del cómic (in Spanish) Blacksad: The Creators.Blacksad: Collected Stories is available from Forbidden Planet here (Affiliate Link).Blacksad: Collected Stories is available from AmazonUK here (Affiliate Link).Check out your Local Comic Shop to see if they still have a copy on their shelves Wonderful work.ĭespite only recently being released, copies of this collection are, it seems, in short supply, so we’ve included links to individual collections below. Blacksad is a true showcase for the medium and deserves wider appreciation. It’s unfortunate that as far as much mainstream media is concerned, work like this isn’t cited as modern comics and, thanks to the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, interest in superheroes has been resurgent (if not interest in the comics they originate from). There’s been talk of a film for a while now, and, as we previously reported, a game has already been released, but, like most European comic output, the UK tends to look across the Atlantic rather than across the English Channel for our imports and influences – which is a pity as the Europe has so much to offer, despite the language differences.īlacksad albums are released every few years, and the latest translated edition, published again by Dark Horse, is due in July 2022. If there I had a criticism, then it is that, occasionally, the dialogue can be a little clunky and unnaturalistic, which always raises the question, is that down to the series writer or the translation?īlacksad is big news in Europe.

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