No.1061286
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No.1061291
Is Blacksad meant to represent a black guy or is it just thinking too much about a world where racial tensions are based on fur color & not skin/race?
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No.1061294
>>1061291
Blacksad wasn't "black" until the second book.
In the first one black people where represented by reptiles, but the writer retconed it so darker fur represented dark skin, which is fucking stupid because some animals can change fur color, like the arctic fox guy from the second book.
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No.1061295
>>1061294
That's why I kind of lean towards the belief that's it's over thinking to think that the animals are supposed to portray real races & not just animals anthropomorphized with their own issues of fur/feather/scale color. Especially since some characters are made to look obviously like black people but Blacksad doesn't. Neither does his sister or nephew.
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No.1061301
>>1061294
The second book really got retarded with all that shit, it just didn't make sense. Look at Blacksad's nephew >>1061295 by the logic of the fur=race what is he suppose to be? Even Black and his sister have white patches in their bodies so that means that they can choose to be white or black when they want to? What about animals that don't have just white or black fur? What about zebras? Really stupid.
Also, the writer shared storyboards of the next volume not long ago so they are definitively doing a volume 6 and there's also the videogame in the making but it seems that nobody cares about that one.
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No.1061302
>>1061295
There's also characters who represent other non-white ethnicities but don't have dark fur, white characters who have dark fur and so on.
Not to mention, despite being a black man in the 50's, Blacksad himself doesn't seem to face much discrimination. He pretty much goes anywhere he wants and everybody thrusts him right away.
It makes no sense.
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No.1061303
>>1061302
Yeah so maybe it's not meant to be exactly portraying our real world with animals. Rather just how the world would work if there was animals instead of people. Y'know I that also leads to a bigger question. What does everyone eat if every animal is sentient?
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No.1061304
>>1061303
Not all of them are. Fishes and sharks seem to be normal.
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No.1061305
>>1061304
Seafood based diet then?
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No.1061307
>>1061305
Nah, found a panel where the Hollywood communists are eating beef.
Maybe we should wait until Canales explains this mess somehow.
>>1061301
>Also, the writer shared storyboards of the next volume not long ago
Links?
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No.1061308
>>1061307
Okay now this world makes no sense.
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No.1061309
>>1061307
that wolf is hot as fuck
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No.1061315
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No.1061317
>>1061315
Thanks.
Can't make heads or tails out of it tho.
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No.1061318
>>1061317
Kind of surprised at how scribbly the storyboard is. I thought they were usually more detailed?
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No.1061321
>>1061318
Sometimes. I'm guessing Guarnido is just figuring out the placement of the panels in those scribbles.
>>1061317
Is that Weekly blushing? :3
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No.1061382
>>1061295
Because it is overthinking. Authors just used fur as an arbitrary and minor characteristic that characters relied on as a basis to separate each other. My takeaway from it was that they authors were trying to show how ideologies can use any small difference to divide people and cause violent conflict. And this went for both sides, considering that black panther equivalents aren't saints either.
Not to mention >>1061302, which is also a very important point.
Besides, if white fur=white skin, then what about brown, sable, red, beige, gray, blonde furs and feathers, or any mixture of them? What races would blue feathered parrots or a green geckos represent?
>>1061321
>Is that Weekly blushing? :3
Probably. It looks like he spotted some qt 3.14
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No.1061396
>>1061382
That still leaves the question of how there's beef in a world where everyone but fish are sentient humanoids. Unless it's tofu.
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No.1061416
>>1061317
>>1061382
Blacksad is there too, and they seem to be lying down. He also seems to be holding a drink.
Maybe they're on a beach or something?
I fucking hope so, I wanna see Blacksad's naked torso from the front.
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No.1061428
>>1061416
>I wanna see Blacksad's naked torso from the front
Well there is this.
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No.1061431
>>1061428
I meant a full view, anon, without anything obscuring him.
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No.1061459
>>1061431
You got the wrong board buddy.
>>>/fur/
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No.1061479
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No.1061481
>>1061479
It appears to be hieroglyphs from a lost civilization.
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No.1061483
>>1061428
She said her name was Goldie.
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No.1061491
>>1061396
Either tofu, pyura chilensis, some mystery animal, or red meat visual imitation made of seafood, plants, or something else. Logistics behind how the world works were clearly not the primary concern for the authors, given how many undersized and oversized characters there are, but nothing to accommodate them.
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No.1061537
>>1061294
>Blacksad wasn't "black" until the second book.
Funny, because he doesn't behave like a black guy at all.
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No.1061640
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No.1061643
>>1061537
Blacksad is supposed to be a black Marlon Brando expy, which explains the behavior (and opens an entire can of worms in it's own right), but still doesn't explain how little discrimination he faces in a time where lynchings were rampant and the Jim Crow law was in full force.
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No.1061655
>>1061294
Or it could just be like real life where people get sectioned off into groups based on racial traits and there's just multiple versions of what we call "Black".
Any way, I wouldn't call it a retcon.
>>1061295
Pretty much this.
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No.1061741
>>1061640
Oh God I remember tumblr fetishizing that skin condition.
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No.1061777
>>1061640
>>1061286
Why does my peepee feel hard
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No.1061787
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No.1061805
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No.1061871
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No.1061872
>>1061302
>He pretty much goes anywhere he wants
>everybody thrusts him right away.
I thought it wasn't that kind of furry comic?
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No.1061903
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No.1062051
>>1061317
Is that all? just shitty scribbles?
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No.1062056
>>1062051
It appears like it
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No.1062097
Eurofags are amazing drawing backgrounds. How do they accomplish this and why do americans can't replicate it?
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No.1062114
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No.1062123
>>1062097
>How do they accomplish this and why do americans can't replicate it?
>Flexible deadlines
Books with intricate art usually take at least a year between albums being released. That gives artist and writer plenty of time to plan things, do them, refine it all, and to wrap everything up. Books on shorter schedules usually have more simplified artstyles, but even then art is rarely lazy.
In U.S. monthlies are the default, and artist are too incompetent to keep up with the deadlines without reliance on processed photos and 3D models.
>Higher standards
Most Europeans still have standards when it comes to art too. It could be due to art schools in Europe (that are not in Germany, UK, or Sweden) actually still have serious art programs, with serious requirements, where students must learn fundamentals to pass. More common exposure to fine arts certainly helps too. Going to theater, museums, art shows, and cultural festivals is far more common there than in the U.S. Things like national or regional art competitions tend to happen more frequently too in my experience, and Europeans in general simply respect art and have more appreciation for effort that goes into producing quality work. All of that is scarce or even absent in the U.S.
>Money
Top artists in Europe seem to be better paid than top artists in the U.S. Rosinski draws/paints one album of Thorgal every year or two with some other small project on occasion, and he makes very good money - comparable to a high end and well known doctor. American artists who make comparable amount had to grind through monthlies, and then graduate churning out variant covers, get royalties, and supplement their income with commissions.
Promise of high standard of living likely makes European artists try harder. In America they strive to get money off of capeshit royalties.
>More experience with the medium
Most European comic book artists seem to have better grasp and appreciation of the comics craft than Americans. It is most likely to them reading wider range of titles, most of the with quality art. Most American comic book artists grew up with capeshit or shitty fanart online. Since Americans primarily consume that slop, that's all they know and its harder to break beyond it.
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No.1062252
>>1061640
sadly, this is most likely how it works in-universe
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No.1062264
>>1062252
In that case most characters have an equivalent of a skin disorder, as very few have fur, feathers, or scales of uniform color. Including the white tiger who was one of the higher ups in non-KKK. >>1061640 is just an example of Tumblr's idiocy.
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No.1062377
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>1061301
>there's also the videogame in the making but it seems that nobody cares about that one
I think people expect it to be a Telltale ripoff, which is an impression that might not be far off the mark. The stiff animations and line about "do I really want to go down that path?" reek of the cheap, bad writing which sunk that studio. I pirate everything, so if the game is bad then it's no skin off my back, but there's real potential for a good game here and I'd like to see the series continue.
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No.1062459
>>1062377
I was planning to buy it to support the series anyway. I learned from Lastman that if it isn't japanese or insanely popular it will very likely get cancelled mid series.
Also that animation is fluid considering it's a small time game based on a niche comic series, but the lip syncing is very ass. Which makes sense because it's supposed to be in french not in english.
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No.1062563
>>1062459
Lastman wasn't cancelled. Final 12th volume is coming out at the end of the year in France, and that's how long creators planned out the series to be from the start. If you are talking about English translation, it was due to purchase of publishing rights. Lastsecond bought rights for initial six volumes and that's what they published. If they will get the rest, it will probably be after 12th tome comes out. That way they can get a bulk deal again.
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No.1062606
>>1062459
If the game comes with a french audio option then it'll be fine.
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No.1062618
>>1062377
Bad management sunk the studio. If noone bought their terrible games, they wouldn't have kept coming each week with huge licences behind them.
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No.1062623
>>1062377
Jesus Christ, that looks fucking awful.
Don't tell me the authors choose this dev team just because they're Spaniards too.
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No.1062635
>>1062623
How it is awful? The action scenes were somewhat stiff, but nothing more. If its done by an small developer then for what they shown, it wasnt bad. Of course, lets wait when they show true gameplay to see if it will be shit or not.
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No.1062805
>>1062635
Honestly, the models look awful. The look like plastic dolls with awkward proportions, which coupled with the stiff animation makes them look kinda uncanny. Also, some of the fur looks like chunks of clay plastered over the face.
I think this game would have looked better if it was cell-shaded like these vids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SZXF-mRo5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wWf3A0cG5s
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No.1062818
>>1062563
>Lastman wasn't cancelled.
The english translation was. Volume 6 was released in 2016. They published them in groups of three IIRC, so 7-9 should have been out by now.
>>1062606
It probably will, the switch is region free so even if they don't have the audio option you could probably just change the system language to french and be fine.
>>1062635
> lets wait when they show true gameplay to see if it will be shit or not.
It's a Tell Tale ripoff game so the gameplay will be light regardless.
>>1062805
Video game cel shading is overused. I'd rather they try and emulate the water color look of the books, but ah well. You can't have everything.
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No.1062909
>>1061286
>no tail
FUCKING DROPPED
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