John Blacksad
John Blacksad is the main protagonist of the Blacksad comic series. Like other hard-boiled detectives, Blacksad narrates his stories, adding cynical commentary on the evils of the world around him. Unlucky in love, he never seems to be able to form a lasting relationship, often due to circumstances beyond his control. He usually wears a dark suit and trench coat, and uses the alias John H. Blackmore on several fake IDs, including debt collector, FBI agent, and customs officer.
Despite never qualifying for a main Mr. /co/lympus tournament to date, Blacksad has still had other presence revolving around the tournament along with several runs in the /co/-associated Tag-Team Tournaments.
Tournament History
Mr. /co/lympus
Blacksad made an appearance in the Mr. /co/lympus 2020 tournament, being sent to investigate the disappearances of multiple Mr. /co/ contestants. While he didn't make it past the qualifiers, he managed to evade capture from the Egyptians.
Despite barely charting in previous years, Blacksad would begin to at least get closer to the main bracket as shown by his qualifier performances in both 2023 and 2024, ranking 194th and 224th in them, respectively. The latter was particularly relevant when it made him eligible for The Next 128 side event held alongside the 2024 tournament. Blacksad emerged as an early favorite amongst the competitors, managing to crack into the top eight guys participating. He ended up in the finals against Felix the Cat, where he managed to squeeze out the win despite admirable pushes from both candidates. As such, he was ranked as the unofficial 129th place guy from Mr. /co/lympus 2024.
Time will tell if he will ever qualify for a main bracket or not, but Blacksad will be eligible to try yet again for Mr. /co/lympus 2025.
Tag-Team Tournament
Outside Mr. /co/, Blacksad would make an appearance in the 2020 Tag Team Tournament, with Weekly at his side under the team name "The Fuzz". While they were able to make it past qualifiers at that time, they didn't go very far: they managed to beat CatDog by a decent margin, but lost to Gomez and Morticia of the Addams Family. The duo returned once again for Tag-Team Tournament 2021 under the new team name "New York's Finest", which they would use going forward. They had an unfortunate Round 1 loss to the "Camelot Crusaders" consisting of Ruber and Griffon from Quest for Camelot.
The duo returned for a third berth in Tag-Team Tournament 2022. They had a way deeper run all the way into the top 16 teams, but would lose by a harsh margin against team "Chaos" featuring Eris from Billy & Mandy and Shuma-Gorath from Marvel. Some were surprised that the duo had even managed to get so far, with some wondering if it had to do in part to /v/ tourists (off Blacksad getting a vidya adaptation in 2019) or, more commonly, carryover voters from /trash/ cheating forward various furry picks. Of course, none of this was ever confirmed directly in relation to the duo and this does either way remain their best Tag-Team showing to date.
They returned for another go in Tag-Team 2023, but ironically lost in the first round to the duo of Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps by only two votes. Time will tell how the two shall perform in Tag-Team VI, assuming they do qualify for a fifth time.
