And Then I Read: BLACKSAD

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I've been wanting to read BLACKSAD for years, having heard many good things about it, and this new Dark Horse hardcover collecting the three European albums published so far (with English translation) was the perfect chance. And the book itself is about as close to graphic and story perfection as I've seen in some time. Blacksad is a private detective operating in a film noir world, playing on all those themes, and weightier ones like racial...