Blacksad #4

Bathed entirely in deep, moody blues, Guarnido's cover for this 2025 Dargaud Benelux edition depicts a lone anthropomorphic figure hunched intensely over a grand piano, while the keys fan outward like a stage curtain to reveal a cast of vivid animal-character faces peering through — a visual that feels as much like jazz as it does noir. The Dutch-language title "De hel, de stilte" ("Hell, the Silence") hints at a story where music and darkness are deeply intertwined. With Juan Díaz Canales and Peter Ingelbrecht on script and Juanjo Guarnido handling every visual layer, this fourth volume promises the same painterly sophistication that has made Blacksad one of Europe's most visually arresting detective series.