Blacksad visits Leon's empty apartment and is greeted by his maid, who informs him that an associate of Leon's told her that Leon was on a trip. Taking the investigation into his own hands, he first goes to his old friend Jake Ostombe, a heavyweight boxer who informs Blacksad the name of Natalia's last lover: Leon Kronski, a movie scriptwriter. However, Natalia had unhealthy relationships with other men as well, which finally tore her relationship with Blacksad apart, and the two had not seen each other since. Blacksad found and put a stop to the harassment, and the two started a relationship.

He had been hired as a bodyguard for her after she received a letter from an unknown source, threatening her. Later in his apartment, Blacksad painfully remembers his time with Natalia. Clearly distressed and angered at the incident, Blacksad curses Smirnov when he is told to stay out of the case.īlacksad and Natalia go their separate ways. He served in Europe during World War II and enrolled as a history major for one year before being expelled.īlacksad accompanies Police Commissioner Smirnov to the murder scene of actress Natalia Willford, whom Blacksad used to be involved with. Unlucky when it comes to love, his relationships never seem to last for reasons often outside of his control.īlacksad spent much of his childhood in a poor neighborhood and running from the police. He is quick-witted and stubborn, allowing him to survive the many scrapes he finds himself in, with some help from his proficiency in marksmanship and physical combat. Despite his dreary surroundings, he is rarely, if ever, cold, and takes great personal risks to protect others. He often wears a dark green suit with a white undershirt, a red-and-gold striped tie, and a brown trench coat.īlacksad, like many of his private eye peers, is clever, if cynical, with a strong independent sense of justice. Around his muzzle is a white patch of fur, and long, white whiskers. He has large green eyes and primarily black fur. Blackmore on several fake IDs (debt collector, FBI agent, and customs officer).īlacksad is a tall, broad-shouldered man in his late thirties. He is known to frequently use the alias John H. He is a World War II veteran, making him an above-average marksman and proficient in hand-to-hand combatant. He is a black cat detective who also undertakes the job of a bodyguard for rich and important celebrities when he is in short of money. Private Investigator John Blacksad is the titular protagonist and narrator of the Blacksad comic series and its spinoff, Blacksad: Under the Skin. Not because of all the reigning disorder, but because it all seems to be the remains of that civilized person I used to be.' 'Sometimes, when I walk into my office, I get the feeling that I'm walking among the ruins of a lost civilization.

Natalia Willford (deceased ex-girlfriend)īarry Johnson (English), Jeremie Covillault (French).

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