Editing Blacksad (section)

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{{Infobox comic strip
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| title       = Blacksad
| image       = Blacksad Vol 1.jpg
| caption     = Cover of ''Blacksad: Volume 1:<br> Somewhere Within the Shadows''
| author      = [[Juan Díaz Canales]] and [[Juanjo Guarnido]]
| url         = http://www.blacksadmania.com/
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| first       = November 2000
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| publisher   = [[Dargaud]]
| genre       = [[Detective novel|Detective]]
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'''''Blacksad''''' is a [[Noir fiction|noir]] comic series created by Spanish authors [[Juan Díaz Canales]] (writer) and [[Juanjo Guarnido]] (artist), and published by publisher [[Dargaud]] in [[comics album|album format]]. Though both authors are Spanish, their main target audience for ''Blacksad was'' the French market<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.normaeditorial.com/main.aspx?sectid=10&page=content&pageid=171 |title=Entrevista a Juan Díaz Canales, Guionista de Blacksad |publisher=Norma Editorial |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101114331/http://www.normaeditorial.com/main.aspx?page=content&sectid=10&pageid=171 |archivedate=1 January 2006}}</ref>, publishing all ''Blacksad'' volumes in French first; the Spanish edition followed about one month later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guiadelcomic.com/comics/blacksad.htm |title=Overview of Blacksad |publisher=Guiadelcomic.com |date= |accessdate=16 November 2011}}</ref> The first volume, ''Quelque part entre les ombres'' (literally ''Somewhere between the Shadows'', but simply called ''Blacksad'' in the US), was published in November 2000. The second volume, ''Arctic-Nation'', was published in 2003 and the third, ''Âme Rouge'' (''Red Soul''), was published in 2005. An English translation of the third volume was delayed due to the bankruptcy of its North American publisher, [[Byron Preiss|iBooks]]. In 2010, [[Dark Horse Comics]] published all three translated volumes as one volume.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/08/06/eagerly-awaited-blacksad-coming-from-dark-horse/ |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |title=Eagerly awaited: BLACKSAD coming from Dark Horse |date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811124726/http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/08/06/eagerly-awaited-blacksad-coming-from-dark-horse/ |accessdate=15 September 2009 |archive-date=11 August 2009 }}</ref> The publication of this 184-page collection also coincided with the European release of the series' fourth installment, ''L'Enfer, le silence'' (literally ''The Hell, the silence''), in September 2010. In 2014, a fifth installment of the series, ''Amarillo'', was released in various translations.

The series has been translated into Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Guarnido and Díaz Canales have received several prizes for the series, including three [[Eisner Award]] nominations in 2004,<ref>{{cite web |last=Sauriol |first=Patrick |url=http://www.mania.com/41246.html |title=2004 Eisner Award nominees announced |publisher=Mania.com |date=8 April 2004 |accessdate=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071122061500/http://www.mania.com/41246.html |archivedate=22 November 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> two Eisner Award wins in 2013,<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1443/dark-horse-rocks-eisners-five-wins|title=Dark Horse Rocks EISNERS With Five Wins!|publisher=Dark Horse Comics|date=24 July 2013}}</ref> and an [[Angoulême International Comics Festival|Angoulême]] [[Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Artwork|Prize for Artwork]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=821 |title=Angoulême International Comics Festival – Prize for Artwork |publisher=Toutenbd.com |date=20 February 2007 |accessdate=16 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927144215/http://www.toutenbd.com/article.php3?id_article=821 |archivedate=27 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclobd.com/laureat/laureat.html?id=2&annee=2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509172813/http://www.encyclobd.com/laureat/laureat.html?id=2&annee=2001 |archivedate=9 May 2005 |title=Sierre International Comics Festival – Prix de la Découverte |accessdate=22 November 2006 }}</ref> A video game adaptation of ''Blacksad'', under the name ''[[Blacksad: Under the Skin]]'', developed by [[Pendulo Studios]], was released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.microids.com/game-blacksad-under-the-skin/|title=Blacksad: Under the Skin|website=Microids|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref>