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Back once more with another graphic novel from the Blacksad series by writer Juan Diaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido. We haven’t had a new novel from this duo since their 2012 offering A Silent Hell.<\/a><\/em> I gave that novel a bit of a lackluster review in comparison to my ebullient review of the first Blacksad collection.<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m afraid that my review of this latest novel, Amarillo,<\/em><\/a> is going to be even less enthusiastic. Guarnido is still producing stunning artwork for this series, but I feel as though perhaps Canales has reached his creative limit with this character’s story. I honestly found this tale trite and dull. Perhaps it’s because of my ongoing struggle to get into detective stories, but I ultimately think that it’s because there wasn’t really a story worth telling here. Perhaps it’s either time to let our private dick retire or take up residence with a different storyteller. However, I would like for Guarnido to continue being his artist. Guarnido’s art continues to be top shelf. <\/p>\n

Final Verdict:<\/strong> I’ll hang on to this one for the artwork (another from my own collection!), but I seriously doubt whether I would give another novel from this series a go. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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