Blacksad: They All Fall Down (Collected Edition)

Writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido's international bestselling two-part noir drama returns to shelves in a collected edition from Dark Horse Books!

In this suspenseful continuation of private detective John Blacksad's adventures, he tangles with the unions, the mob, and mid-century construction magnate Lewis Solomon, who plans to pave over New York City's green spaces, come hell or high water. Blacksad's investigations into conspiracy, corruption, and even murder is complicated by the unexpected return of a woman who has haunted his dreams since they last parted ways, as well as the kidnapping of his sidekick Weekly. Plotting a course between the lofty world of Shakespearean theater and the seedy nether regions of New York City will test Blacksad in new and painful ways, as the figure of Solomon towers above it all, letting nothing thwart his dream of power.

The multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series Blacksad continues its tour de force with this collected edition of Blacksad: They All Fall Down, featuring both parts of the two-book story in a single complete volume. Díaz Canales and Guarnido have built a global comics sensation with Blacksad that is enjoyed by readers in thirty-nine different countries the world over.

Collects Blacksad: They All Fall Down--Part One and Blacksad: They All Fall Down--Part Two.

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