The graphic novel has found a good ally in criminal fiction. We spoke with some of the main creators, present at the Semana Negra week, to analyze the hatching of this hybrid.

The comic is doing well. In a publishing market that is trying to maintain the good run of recent quarters, graphic novels and manga increased their sales by 22% in the first months of the year, according to the GFK consultants.

In this context, each author seeks their niche, and some have found it in the noir genre with a marked social accent.  A hybrid from which some of the most notable works in both genres have emerged in recent years.

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