To address Boo-hoo!’s feedback: The Creepy hardcover format is not a “usual” size reduction. The final measurements amount to less than a ten-percent difference from the original album size.

Further, the months’ worth of back-and-forth of extensive format discussions with the artist is nothing to gloss over as insincere “bullshit.” Many alternatives were discussed, and the macro preferences of domestic bookstores (given their longstanding aversion to the full-sized albums Dark Horse repeatedly attempted in the past) were serious considerations, as their reception would fundamentally affect any collection’s success. Ultimately, we all wanted a format that would enable the title to perform as well as possible in a market where the European album size is an exception, not a norm.

If certain fans find minor differences from the original publications unacceptable, the French albums are readily available to them through online vendors.

As for volume four, we are well aware that it is due out in 2010 and eagerly await its release! There is a great deal of Blacksad material remaining, and we hope to collect it in the future.

Thanks to Jamie for the interview! And Sierra sounds pretty rad; I’ll have to keep an eye on her.

I’m also really excited for Dark Horse’s NOIR anthology. So many books, so little money.

Not to mention that volume 4 will be released in France early 2010. What will DH do then? Publish a new collection with the 4 books in one, or wait several years until Blacksad 5 and 6 are released?

- JEP