History YMMV / Blacksad

* Narm: Blacksad ripping open [[spoiler:Jezebel's blouse to reveal the black patch on her chest]] was meant to be a DramaticReveal, but it seemingly came out of nowhere and the pure shock on her face made the initial moment into this.

* FriendlyFandoms: Has minor one with {{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}.

* WhatAnIdiot: John would probably never have found the connection between Ribs and [[spoiler: Laszlo]] if the latter didn't make a bomb way too complex for the hitman specialized in shanking to build.

* PopularWithFurries: ''[[SarcasmMode Gee, what were the odds?]]'' Being a professional, high-quality comic book with anthropomorphic animals, it's no surprise that ''Blacksad'' has a substantial fanbase among the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom Furry Fandom]].

** Smirnov's fox lieutenant, although he appears later in "Red Soul" he is mostly remembered for his sly attitude when he [[spoiler: covers Blacksad's murder.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Smirnov's police colleagues are mostly dogs, but count among them [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} one fox with an incredibly smug smile]].

** Karup is quite despicable in several ways, given his leadership of a KKK-type organization and his personal history of DomesticAbuse against his previous wife, but [[spoiler: is he really a pedophile?]] It's never confirmed either way, although there are hints, but it's hard to tell if they actually are that or {{RedHerring}}s.

** Karup is quite despicable in several ways, given his leadership of a KKK-type organization and his personal history of DomesticAbuse against his previous wife, but [[spoiler: is he really a pedophile?]] It's never confirmed either way, although there are hints, but it's hard to tell if they actually are that or RedHerrings.

** Karup is quite despicable in several ways, given his leadership of a KKK-type organization and his personal history of DomesticAbuse against his previous wife, but [[spoiler: is he really a pedophile?]] It's never confirmed either way, although the hints are there.

* LGBTFanbase: John Blacksad is quite the StupidSexyFlanders. Some gay readers have discovered the series after first encountering its LGBTFanbase.
** In fact, the characters themselves get shipped a lot, particularly Blacksad and Smirnov.

* AllAnimationIsDisney: Inverted. Guarnido worked for Disney, but it's really hard to tell (except for some of the facial expressions).

* {{Moe}}: The children in this series, [[TheWoobie Kaylie]] especially. So cute that it hurts.

** And the end of album 4. The entire fate of the town of Caldonia, in fact.

** ''Somewhere Within the Shadows'': [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Ivo Statoc]] is a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive powerful businessman]] who serves as the primary villain of this first album. Most of the other villains in the series get tragic backstories or redeeming traits, but Statoc is evil and depraved to the core. He made film star Natalia Wilford his mistress, but when he found out she cheated on him, he personally tortured her lover to death, killed Natalia in cold blood, [[ILoveTheDead had his way with her corpse]] afterwards, and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney threw money at it to make it go away]]. When one of his associates has had enough and tries to blackmail him with his crimes, Statoc arranges the man's death. Later, he taunts Blacksad by boasting that unlike his foe, he isn't limited by such [[VirtueIsWeakness silly things like ethics and moral scruples]], and is so successful because of his cold-bloodedness. The only thing that really interests him is pure, unadulterated power.

* HilariousInHindsight: Smirnov's police colleagues are mostly dogs, but count among them [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} one fox with an incredibly smug smile]].

* HiddenDepths: Neal, a lawyer who practices narcissism and womanizing almost as a religion, is shown to be genuinely friendly with Blacksad's kid nephew.

* TearJerker: The end of album 2. That's all.

** Karup is quite despicable in several ways, but [[spoiler: is he really a pedophile?]] It's never confirmed either way, although the hints are there.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Karup is quite despicable in several ways, but [[spoiler: is he really a pedophile?]]

** The lynx with the chest tattoo of mermaids who saves Blacksad from drowning in the fourth volume. He is not named and appears in only one page, but has already become quite popular.

* TheWoobie: Kylie, her mother and her grandmother.
** JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler:Jezebel]].

* {{Moe}}: The children in this series, [[TheWoobie Kylie]] especially. So cute that it hurts.

* GeniusBonus: When explaining why his son couldn't possibly be a child's father in a phony blackmail case, one businessman in ''Arctic Nation'' points out that he's severely mentally retarded, which Blacksad attributes to inbreeding. Said son is a cheetah, and in real life, cheetahs ''are'' deeply inbred (due to a natural near-extinction event which reduced the population long ago). (Unfortunately, this renders Blacksad's "sometimes mixing isn't such a bad thing" racism metaphor a non-sequitur BrokenAesop, since that would indicate that even if he is married to someone within the same town's gene pool, it's not to another white animal.)

* AwesomeArt: Guarnido's expertise as an animator really shows through; the characters are very expressive and full of personality, and the coloring looks fantastic.

* OneSceneWonder: The lynx with the chest tattoo of mermaids who saves Blacksad from drowning in the fourth volume. He is not named and appears in only one page, but has already become quite popular.

* HilariousInHindsight: Smirnov's police colleagues are mostly dogs, but count among them [[Disney/Zootopia one fox with an incredibly smug smile]].