In the style of a 1950's detective story, Blacksad also finds time to discuss rascism, capitalism, drug use, corruption and a whole lot of other stuff that you can read between the brilliantly colored panels. Canales takes anthropomorphism to its limits, with all his characters taking the form of one animal or another, each animal cannily reflecting said characters personality quite well. This comic deserves to be read with close attention. Also, art and design buffs will no doubt find the pages describing the coloring, artwork and logic behind the panels quite interesting.