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Wonderful graphics and definitely noir“ish“ type of stories.

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#Choose20 comics that stayed with you or influenced you. One comic a day, in no particular order. No explanation, no reviews, just covers.

Day 15

From @notcool

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 246.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Beautiful artwork

Detective John Blacksad investigates cases including the murder of a starlet/former lover, a missing child in a segregated town, and a Russian spy ring trying to get the formula for the atom bomb. I loved the richly detailed watercolor illustrations of this noir comic with an anthropomorphic bent.

Really enjoyed the first two stories but the third one lost me a bit. The illustrations are amazing and I love the personalities portrayed as animals. If you like old school private detective stuff you should pick this up.

I enjoyed this, but was disturbed by the fact that all the male characters had animal heads while the women and girls all looked more human with some animal features. Still trying to figure out how I feel about that. But good noir dectective stories!

This guy asked Blacksad what paper he worked for. & this is how he responded. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

How can you pass by the book with a cover like that?! I was blown away by this comic. A world populated by... I wouldn't say anthropomorphic animals... but reversed... humans with animal features... anywho, gritty '50s noir. Stories included race wars, atomic threat, red scare, etc. Hard boiled P.I. getting into more than he bargained for. The best art I've seen since Y. Artist worked for Disney Paris, and the influence is delightfully obvious.

Look at this panel!!! A French comic, translated into English and distributed by Dark Horse in 2010. Gritty noir drama. I feel an obsession coming on...

Just finished this classic noir furry #comic. It‘s actually pretty complimentary that I finished it, because I tend not to much like noir, furries, “message” stories or ‘mature‘ content.

About furries: I want imaginary worlds to feel real, and the whole furry thing is usually a visual metaphor and so the biological and ecological implications are ignored. That irks me. Anyone else have this issue, or am I just strange?

Outside of Locke and Key and I Kill Giants this is one of the best and most unique graphic novels I've ever read.

This month‘s graphic novel book club pick

All of the characters in this gritty noir detective series are anthropomorphic animals! I'm all about this trope.

The art is gorgeous and done mainly in what looks like watercolor 😍

Anthropomorphic Noir at its best! I‘m glad the #LetsGetGraphicWeeklongMarathon finally forced me to go through my various TBR lists and pick this one up! If you like hard boiled stories and don‘t mind a little adult situation stuff, then I recommend you check this series out!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The artwork is amazing in this and I loved the noir stories, featuring down on his luck PI John Blacksad.

The hardcover is oversized and contains three stories: Somewhere within the Shadows, Arctic Nation, Red Soul. Just fantastic!! 💕

#letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

Alright I will try not to spam everyone with posts about Blacksad, but I couldn‘t resist the Bourbon milkshake for the *Nom Nom Nom prompt. #speechbubbleprompt #photochallenge #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

Another for *Furry Tales. This artwork is amazing. This is going to end up a 5 ⭐️ pick for me.
#speechbubblechallenge #photochallenge #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

I have been wanting to read Blacksad for ages and used this marathon as an excuse to buy it. I am so in love 😻 with the style of this. Had to show this gorgeous illustration for *Furry Tales #speechbubblechallenge #photochallenge #letsgetgraphicweeklongmarathon

My first books of the year! I'm flying through these graphic novels and loving every moment of them. They are a detective series where the main character is a black cat named Blacksad. These are fun and have social, racial and economic issues tied to their stories. I highly recommend them! 👍🏻💜😻

I just finished the first volume ( this edition has the first 3 stories published together) and it was such a perfect fit for me that I just went and ordered the next two volumes before reading anymore! It's written in the style of the noir books of Raymond Chandler etc and the main characters is a PI that is your typical Philip Marlowe type only he's a cat - all characters are anthropomorphic animals that are related to their personality!

#bookmail this seems like the perfect book for me. Can't wait to read it. An anthropomorphic PI cat? Perfect

I love Blacksad. This sketch I did for the #nationalcomicbookday #sketch #blacksad #catcontent

I don't think these detective noir tropes are for me. Unfortunate, considering how gorgeous the art is.

Unexpected snow day means curling up on the couch with the Floof and catching up on some graphic novel reading! This book is incredibly timely - the breathtaking artwork and detective noir setting are packaging for explorations of race, wealth, privilege, prejudice, and determination. Absolutely amazing. 🖤🔍🚬🎞🥂 (5 out of 5 marks of detection)

#snowday #readingwithmiya #miyacatsprite #amreadinggraphicnovels

Next round of books for #LitsyAtoZ - B books (fiction, non-fiction, YA, and graphic novel). I had additional fiction and YA books for this one, and I couldn't decide. Russian fairy tale retellings, feline noir, the struggle for the American dream, mysterious woods, feminism - exciting!!

Finally found a copy of Blacksad. The artwork is gorgeous! I'll probably give this a go on the train ride home 😊

Beautiful, clever with a hint of 50's noir. There is unexpected ending in every story which I could not deduct.

My gosh this artwork is incredible! Also, I love that the authors wanted to portray people as their animalistic selves, well done.

Went into the library for my next audiobook, accidentally found the graphic novel section. Oops! The dog isn't nearly as excited as I am.

I ADORE THIS! Crime noir set in 1950s America, populated by anthropomorphic animals. Also, you know when the cover of a GN is so beautiful and you hope the art inside lives up to that promise but it never does..? This really does! It's beautiful, start to finish. Get it. Read it. Love it.