HUNDRED WORD HIT #300 - BLACKSAD: THEY ALL FALL DOWN PART 1
Blacksad - They All Fall Down Part 1 by Juan Diaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido
It’s a double-sized 200 Word Hit as we reach our 300 Anniversary and what better way to celebrate than with the exceptional Blacksad!
In the latest instalment of Diaz Canales & Guarnido’s Blacksad, our hero P.I John Blacksad has his work cut out for him as he manoeuvres the seedy world of blackmail, corruption and murder.
Construction magnate Lewis Soloman intends to pave over the green spaces of New York building a city for the future whilst making huge profits. In his sights is a group of Shakespearian actors using one of the parks to bring the bard’s tales to the masses.
Blacksad’s reporter friend Weekly decides he wants to try his hand at acting to impress his new girlfriend and this sets in motion a chain of events that will see Blacksad clash with mob enforcers, Weekly framed for murder and sensational ending combing Macbeth and the return of someone from Blacksad’s past.
This is epic storytelling from the dramatic scenes with Weekly and Soloman at his construction site, to the laugh out loud moments of theatre trials.
Blacksad is at time a peripheral figure letting the spotlight on the supporting cast and allowing Guarnido’s exquisite art focus on bringing different species into play.
Did I not mention that all the characters in this are animals??
Fantastic. A must for everyone’s collection
Rating 10 out 10
