Not really that big a deal but...

[Gunther]

I remember that at one time Blacksad was often brought up as an example of Furry done right (I.E. Compelling characters, good story, great art, lack of perversion, etc), and I also remember I said in late 2009 that there would be a fourth book in the series out. Well it has been out for quite some time, but currently it's available only in French (Which isn't a problem for me since I know that language).

The title is 'L'Enfer, le silence,' which translated directly to 'Hell, the silence' or 'The silence of Hell', and has a cool cover of Blacksad roughed up and apparently unconscious underwater. I haven't been able to get my hands on the whole thing (there's some previews available, but only a few have the dialogue in them) yet, since no downloads are available as of yet (and if I know the internet like I do. It might not be unless translated into English), and I haven't checked my local bookstore to see if they have it (I live in Quebec, and most bookstores have large French novel/graphic novel sections for obvious reasons).

[W.Whateley]

http://detoutetderiensurtoutderiendailleurs.blogspot.com/2010/08/lenfer-le-silence-le-tome-4-de-blacksad.html

I think that's the whole thing and should tide you over until you get your hands on a physical copy.

[Gunther]

Thanks. It's definitely more than the preview that I found on the Blacksad blog. But I don't think its the whole thing since the last three graphic novels had around 55 to 58 pages in total (covers included) and there are only 25 available in the link.

I just skimmed through some of the pages and read even less, but one thing I did notice that was a bit different than the previous novels is that the female characters seem to be more animal like than human. In the last three, particularly the first one, the female characters were practically human women with a touch of make up. In this one, the only thing that's missing from them being typical furries is tails (but tails are rare. One of the few characters who did have a tail was a guy from the second book, and I think they put it in to obscure his butt during a sex scene that Weekly spies on).

[ProvincialTwit]

The hell is this shit.