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Blacksad: Amarillo Hardcover – Illustrated, October 28, 2014

by Juan Díaz Canales (Author), Juanjo Guarnido (Illustrator)
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Hardboiled feline detective John Blacksad is back in the latest tour de force from the multiple-award winning duo of writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido!

Taking a much-needed break after the events of A Silent Hell, Blacksad lands a side job driving a rich Texan's prized yellow Cadillac Eldorado across 1950s America, hitting the back roads from New Orleans to Tulsa. But before long, the car is stolen and Blacksad finds himself mixed up in another murder, with roughneck bikers, a shifty lawyer, one down-and-out Beat generation writer, and some sinister circus folk! When John Blacksad goes on the road, trouble is dead ahead!
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Born in Madrid in 1972, Juan Díaz Canales began his career at 18 for the Spanish animation studio Lápiz 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 Díaz 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 Díaz Canales’s wife Teresa Valero.    
 
Juanjo Guarnido was born in Granada, Spain, in 1967. After meeting Juan Díaz Canales at the Lápiz 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 Díaz 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Horse Originals; Illustrated edition (October 28, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 72 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1616555254
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1616555252
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.14 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.65 x 0.45 x 11.15 inches
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Preston
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great installment pour le chat noir
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2014
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The specifics: Amarillo is a 54 page graphic novel, same in length as the preceding three installments. Sadly there are no extras, but the price is a bit less which makes up for it. It's a beautiful, high quality hardcover edition. No complaints there!

Art: Guarnido's art is fantastic as usual, but I did feel this episode looked a little less finished than the last. The art in the first three novels sets an incredibly high watermark in terms of visuals, perhaps THE watermark. Book 4, A Silent Hell, employs a dreamier, more watercolor-based look. Amarillo does the same, but the cells are smaller and more uniform, the characters a bit more cartoonish. That said, it is still better than most of the material out there. Characterization is still top notch: the hyena lawyer and young lion novelist are both fantastic. The color palette is infused with a shade of vintage yellow which really brings out the mood of the story and a middle America/wheat belt kind of charm. And pics like Blacksad on a motorcycle or driving a Cadillac Eldorado are just priceless.

Story: I thought this story was among the best thus far. It does not rival Arctic Nation, but it was probably on the level of Red Soul, if not a little better. There are a few elements present for the first time: continuity between episodes, recurring rivalries, some Blacksad back story. Blacksad himself seems a bit happier this time around, which really made this story seem fresh and new, yet somehow it still incorporates the elements of tragedy and world-weary fatalism present in all the books. While the other stories felt more noir, this one felt like it could have been a Hitchcock film, like North By Northwest. It moves far more briskly than the other tales, and I felt like it covered far more ground, in terms of both geography and character. Upon finishing the last page for the first time, be sure to turn one more page for a spread that really brings home the heart of the story.

Overall recommendation: If you loved the last books, this will not let you down. Even with the art taking slight step back, the story takes two big steps forward and it was overall another fantastic, moving read. If you have not read Blacksad at all, get the first book instead, as this one benefits from prior knowledge of the characters, and simply because the first book is in my opinion required reading for any graphic novel fan. Anyone can enjoy Blacksad, but its nuance works best for an adult audience that knows a little about American history and a little about classic film. I give this a 5 because there is still nothing quite like it on the market I can think of. It is a visual marvel complemented by a compelling story.
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Vincent
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to accompany an even greater predecessor.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018
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I'm going to be frank: This book is great, but first buy the original Blacksad from 2010 sold by the same author. It contains three amazing stories, Arctic Nation being simply a magical experience.

This book, however, is extremely good as well. If you like the first book, then buy this one for something a little different. Where the prior stories were darker and saturated in hues, this one is comedic and vibrant creating an interesting and fun story involving our anti-hero detective.

To summarize: Blacksad agrees to drive a yellow-colored sports car across the country as a means of making a few quick bucks. What results are an unexpected and ridiculous chain of events that'll keep you on edge until the satisfying conclusion.

If you're in to Noir detective stories with a dark tone, sexy women, and a well written story accompanied by beautiful art, then get the first Blacksad from 2010.
If, however, you'd like a slightly brighter tone with some dark comedy mixed in, get Amarillo. The art and story, for what it's worth, is still fantastic.

Also final note: All the characters are anthropomorphic animals...aka humans redrawn so that they appear as varying animals. Think a darker Zootopia, but actually enjoyable and for adults.
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Zane Doyle
5.0 out of 5 stars In perfect condition
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
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Came das in perfect condition a very positive experience
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Wolf Vanzandt
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent noir adventure
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2021
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All of the Blacksad stories are exemplary (graphic) novels in the noir crime drama traditions. The characters are exquisitely constructed by the creators, Guarnido and Canales. Any fan of the old detective novels should love these graphic novels. Blacksad should certainly be canon.
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Drew Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as Fresh as the Rest but Still Fun
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2016
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American comic readers had a shorter wait time for the next Blacksad volume. It took us a decade for proper translations for the first 3, two years for the fourth, and just a year for the fifth and current one, Amarillo. By now, the series was on a roll. After four good books in a row, it wouldn't be surprising if they released one that wasn't on par with the others. Unfortunately, it seems to be true with this one. However, is it so bad that it kills the series? I honestly wouldn't say that exactly.

This book starts literally where the last one, A Silent Hell, left off. Exhausted cat detective, John Blacksad, stays behind in New Orleans while his partner, Weekly, flies back to New York. He soon comes across a rich Texan bull who asks him to drive his prized Cadillac Eldorado to Oklahoma so it'll be there when his flight touches down. Blacksad, thinking it'll be a goof vacation from crime-solving, accepts. However, he loses it when a young lion writer named Chad steals it and drives to Amarillo, Texas. Blacksad follows and meets a hyena lawyer named Neal Beato, who's a personal friend of Chad, and the two look for him together. How it plays out is something you'll have to read for yourself.

The artwork is gorgeous as usual yet it's more brighter than the past entries. Yellowish colors are featured prominently throughout this book. To me, the bright color schemes sum up this one. It's definitely more lighthearted and the writing is just standard. While the writing in the past books was very good, they were still traditional crime stories but with a European flavor, despite taking place in America. The story here isn't as interesting. However, it doesn't make this book a total bore. There are funny and exciting moments still and, even though Weekly is absent through most of it, Neal Beato is a good comedic replacement for him.

In conclusion, I can say that Amarillo is the weakest Blacksad entry to date but it's by no means bad. I'm still impressed that the series can still be entertaining, even if a book is not as good as the rest. Overall, the series has yet to put out a truly bad book. Hopefully, the issues here won't be present in the upcoming sixth and seventh books that are due to be released later this year. For those who are skeptical about this one, I still urge you to get it so you can form your own judgement.
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Akiva Abelman
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book amazing art - recommended!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2022
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Excellent book amazing art - recommended!
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MikePT
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Spain on June 14, 2022
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harsh
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent storyboard. The scrip is fantabulously written.
Reviewed in India on May 17, 2022
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The way the story flows is just superb, simple language ,terrific characters with impeccable impressions, just unimaginable. Artist really did a commendable job.
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Lala
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial
Reviewed in Mexico on January 10, 2020
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Todo muy bien, increíble cómic.
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João Lima
5.0 out of 5 stars Black Sad Awsome!
Reviewed in Brazil on August 29, 2018
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Muito bom!
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EisNinE
5.0 out of 5 stars A Meticulously Rendered & Written Modern Classic
Reviewed in Canada on October 2, 2015
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Guarnido belongs on any knowledgeable connoisseurs shortlist of the best artists working in comics, and the art alone is worth the price. Alright, that's a matter of personal taste, I suppose; but I think it's hard to see Juanjo Guarnido's meticulously rendered work without acknowledging its brilliance. It's like Geof Darrow's 'ligne claire' mastery on Hard Boiled, Charles Burns' Black Hole, or Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira -- so good it wins over casual readers and even those who dislike the genre. Fortunately, the writing is worthy of the painted pages, making 'Blacksad' one of the strongest titles of the last couple decades. The omnibus edition released a few years back collected the first three European albums in one 'must own' volume, and 'A Silent Hell' was the fourth. 'Amarillo', the fifth album, was published by Dark Horse not long after the European debut, and it might be awhile before the next volume... European comics aren't created on the same kind of hectic time schedule as many mainstream American comics.
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