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===''They All Fall Down''=== Parts one and two of a four-part story were released on 20 October and 17 November 2021; the two concluding volumes were originally planned for release in 2023, but have been delayed. Part one opens on an outdoor production of [[The Tempest]] attended by Blacksad and Weekly. The performance is interrupted by the police, who arrest the director, Iris Allen (a [[llama]]) for supposedly defiling the park that the play is being held on. Weekly strikes up a friendship with one of the actors, Rachel Zucco (a [[fox]]), a [[beatnik]] and self-proclaimed "new journalist". She is hired by the new director of What's News (Weekly's workplace), Carlo Tedesco, (a [[porcupine]]), who also threatens to fire Weekly unless he brings him the next big feature story. To this end, Weekly approaches Solomon (a [[peregrine falcon]]), the master architect for the city who intends to retire after completing his magnum opus - the world's largest suspension bridge. The two agree to have Weekly write an article on him. Meanwhile, Blacksad is enlisted by Transport Workers Union president (and Iris's best friend) Kenneth Clarke (a [[leaf-nosed bat]]), who wants Blacksad to find and eliminate a mafia hitman named Logan before he can assassinate Kenneth to sabotage the union. Blacksad poses as a worker at the underground train factory in order to shadow Kenneth, until he catches Logan (who turns out to be a [[wolverine]]) attempting to stab Kenneth at a train station. Blacksad neutralises Logan, but an unseen figure pushes Kenneth in front of a moving train and vanishes into a set of hidden tunnels. With the help of a [[raccoon]] boy named Manny, Blacksad discovers that the murderer is a [[Gull|seagull]] named Shelby - an acquaintance of Solomon - and that he has a son, Dill, who has [[Polio|poliomyelitis]] and is being treated in an [[iron lung]]. Iris and the union believe Solomon to have been behind Kenneth's assassination, due to his conflicts with the union and attempts at eradicating public transport in the city. The Mayor (a [[Turkey (bird)|turkey]]) reveals to Solomon that he has given Iris's troupe a permit to construct an amphitheatre, but is confident that their lack of funding will leave the project in limbo while giving the Mayor a publicity boost. However, Iris manages to procure funding for the project from a group of wealthy investors and theatre enthusiasts. Weekly's positive coverage of Solomon's successes causes tension between him and Rachel, with her urging him to find out who is behind the mask. That night, Weekly seemingly finds incriminating evidence against Solomon and attempts to call Rachel using a phone booth, but is caught by Solomon and knocked unconscious. Shelby strangles Iris to death in her house and plants Weekly's body to make him look like the murderer. The theatre troupe prepare to perform their season finale - [[Macbeth]] - but are left panicking due to Iris's disappearence as she is set to play Lady Macbeth. At the last moment, a replacement actor shows up, and the play is performed during a thunderstorm. As it ends, Blacksad watches as the mysterious actor unveils herself to be Alma, his former lover.
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