“That Old Black Magic”: Noir and Music in Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Blacksad

Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Blacksad is a comic series that evokes the noir tradition through thematic and visual callbacks to noir films and comics. As they use noir tropes, the comics illuminate the tensions in both noir and comics. Yet, Blacksad stands out as a liminal text that simul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hailey J. Austin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-07-01
Series:The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship
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Online Access:https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/3590/