of addiction and death; now, only Fletcher is left to tell the tale. Blacksad discovers that Leeman is responsible for killing Fletcher's friends, planning to blackmail LaChapelle with the truth of what happened in Fletcher's hometown. When Blacksad confronts LaChapelle in his house, he confesses to being Dupre and admits that he has a rare genetic disorder rather than cancer. He has been investing money in medical research to find a cure, so that his son might one day have healthy children to carry on his legacy. It is also implied that he had the drug dealer poison Fletcher to prevent him from performing the new song that would ruin LaChapelle. Weekly appears and urgently informs Blacksad of Fletcher's whereabouts. Blacksad arrives to find that Fletcher has died of the strychnine-laden heroin. It also appears that LaChapelle's plans may go in vain as Fletcher was able to perform (though its unknown if any will connect the story to LaChapelle or not). As for Thomas has no interest in his father's money or interest in having children, thus most likely meaning his bloodline will end with him. Afterwards, Blacksad sees Thomas and Hannah at Fletcher's funeral, and they nod to each other in respect. At the end its revealed in his conversation with Weekly, that Blacksad gave Thomas their payment for the case. To which Blacksad replies "he'll need it". Its unknown if he meant by his apparent genetic disorder or that LaChapelle's deeds will come full surface. Amarillo The fifth Blacksad album is set towards the end of the 1950s. Chad (a lion), a writer, travels the road as a vagrant with his on-again-off-again friend Abraham (a bison), a poet, who appears earlier in the Blacksad story, then referred to simply as Greenberg. Abe is extremely volatile towards Chad and his interactions with him lean from harassing to almost sociopathic bullying. Abe views his vocation more romantically than Chad, who sees writing as his career and a means to money, and Abe accuses Chad of not having a true passion like he does. Abe takes his collection of poems he was about to publish and burns them, and encourages the appalled Chad to do the same with his next novel's manuscript, to give it a "proper ending". Blacksad is happy to be taking a well-earned vacation, staying behind in New Orleans for a while, while Weekly returns home to New