Blacksad: They All Fall Down - Part One

Hardback

Main Details

Title Blacksad: They All Fall Down - Part One
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Juan Diaz Canales
By (artist) Juanjo Guarnido
By (artist) Diana Schutz
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:64
Dimensions(mm): Height 283,Width 219
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
ISBN/Barcode 9781506730578
ClassificationsDewey:741.5
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Publication Date 23 August 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

In this exceptional noir tour de force from writer Juan Diaz 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 storyline! Following 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. 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. Towering above it all is the foreboding figure of Solomon, who will let nothing thwart his dream of power. With three prestigious prizes from the Angoulame 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. Writer Juan Diaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido have crafted a master class in comics storytelling for a worldwide audience. "A tour de force! Don't miss this!"-Neal Adams "Grade A!"-Entertainment Weekly "Brilliant art and an unusual display of anthropomorphic realism."-Will Eisner "Ranks among the very best cartooning I've ever seen in comics."-iFanboy

Author Biography

Born in Madrid in 1972, Juan Diaz Canales began his career at 18 for the Spanish animation studio Lapiz Azul, where he and Juanjo Guarnido first met. After Guarnido moved to Paris, the two traded ideas about the project that became Blacksad, a series of graphic albums written by Diaz Canales as a 1950s noir. The writer now juggles scripting for comics and animation as well as directing for television. While Blacksad was Canales's first published comics work, he has collaborated with several artists, most recently with Antonio Lapone on the Eisner-nominated Gentlemind, co-written with Diaz Canales's wife Teresa Valero. Juanjo Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain, in 1967. After meeting Juan Diaz Canales at the Lapiz Azul animation studio, Guarnido moved to Paris in 1993 to join the Walt Disney Studios satellite in Montreuil, where he worked as an animator. While there, Guarnido began drawing his first graphic album, working long-distance with Diaz Canales toward the 2000 publication of Blacksad- Somewhere within the Shadows. The overwhelming success of the title has allowed Guarnido to take on other projects, like Sorcelleries with writer Teresa Valero and the recent best-selling Les Indes Fourbes with writer Alain Ayroles.

Reviews

"A tour de force! Don't miss this!"-Neal Adams "Grade A!"-Entertainment Weekly "Brilliant art and an unusual display of anthropomorphic realism." -Will Eisner "Ranks among the very best cartooning I've ever seen in comics." -iFanboy