Juan Díaz Canales (writer), Juanjo Guarnido (artist)
Blacksad Vol. 1: Quelque part entre les ombres
Dargaud, 2000
To approach any genre work with a minimum guarantee of success, it is essential to know the classics. As for the noir genre, I think that literature and cinema deserve equal treatment. Dashiell Hammet’s Red Harvest is as classic as Orson Wells’ Touch of Evil. Film is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
Juan Díaz Canales, in Blacksad: Le dessous de l’enquêtte (Dargaud, 2001)