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Blacksad is a masterclass in sequential storytelling. Juanjo Guarnido and Juan Diaz Canales craft a world of anthropomorphic characters that are just as - if not more - human than you'll find in many other comics. And they do it because of the way they allow their characters to act and live and breathe in the pages of their story. To do that, they rely on three things: emotive composition, juxtaposition, and body acting. I discuss how those three work across one page in Blacksad.
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[@StripPanelNaked]

Sorry for the long delay between episodes. This one went through many rewrites, trying to distill the main core concept down into something that was still accessible! Hopefully I hit that target. Anyway, Blacksad has so much to say about it, and I'll be adding some more to the Patreon shortly, but I also have a lot more thoughts about the role of dialogue in comics that I'll be revisiting in the next episode, too, in a different way! Shouldn't be as long between episodes...!

[@augiedb]

And in case anyone missed it along the way, the claw tears through the boxing bag in the last panel came from Blacksad in the third panel. The "RIP" sound effect is there, but you might miss it while reading through the page. Guarnido doesn't show it. The bag blocks your view of it. (Lettering is IMPORTANT and part of storytelling sometimes. If Guarnido had shown it blatantly, that last panel at the bottom of the page would lose its impact.) It's another example of how uptight and filled-with-rage Blacksad is in this sequence.

[@mp77200]

Thanks for this episode, Blacksad is really an amazing comics!

[@StripPanelNaked]

Matth Pereira thanks for checking it out 😊

[@Xeronimo74]

Blacksad is awesome. And so is this analysis!

[@MEWMEWDENSETSU]

I love how in the game Jake dose that thinking pose alot.

[@TheEliera]

Black sad! Awesome! Love that comics. I adore the gouache paintings...

[@dantecrottogini529]

1:40 Kinda off topic but i think that one of the best artist to show movement through the page is Javier Rodriguez. He has a unique style of storytelling and i love his paneling. I think he'd be really interesting to analyse, hope you do in the future

[@StripPanelNaked]

Dante Crottogini Javier is amazing...!!

[@fad23]

Since I come from film and theatre, I feel that framing is distinct from acting. Obviously there's an impact to acting within the frame, but they're different tools to me.

[@diegoespineldg]

Great video, as always.

[@dayyans]

Awesome!

[@pigeon5613]

Blacksad is really cool! This is also off topic but have you read Maus? It's such a great comic book! :)

[@utkarshsingh8090]

can you tell me some good active comic?

[@augiedb]

Look for a comic drawn by someone trained in animation. In North American comics, Darwyn Cooke or Mike Kunkel come to mind. Pierre Alary is a Disney animator whose work hasn't made it to English translations yet (his Conan book is coming soon!), but look up his "Sinbad" or "Belladone." Not an animator, but look for Jose Luis Munuera's work, especially "The Campbells". The places I see the best examples of acting are often in the more humorous titles where characters might err on the side of over-acting. See what Andre Franquin ("Spirou") can do, or Uderzo ("Asterix").

[@utkarshsingh8090]

@@augiedb oh sorry I meant to action comic.

[@StripPanelNaked]

Depends on what way you mean, but there’s plenty of manga that’d fit the bill- Dragonball, Naruto, or stuff like Moon Knight, Copra, Rumble, Luther Strode, Head Lopper...!