Criminal Macabre
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Criminal Macabre is a horror-noir comic series following hard-boiled occult detective Cal McDonald as he confronts supernatural threats in a gritty, darkly humorous world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Criminal Macabre canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10997658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Criminal Macabre Context triple: [Ben Templesmith, notableWork, Criminal Macabre]
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A.
The Charnel House
The Charnel House is a 1945 painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts a twisted, skeletal pile of bodies as a powerful condemnation of war and human atrocity.
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B.
Experiment in Murder
Experiment in Murder is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series universe, following a high-stakes investigation into a deadly and intricately planned killing.
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C.
Career of Evil
Career of Evil is a crime novel in the Cormoran Strike detective series, published under J. K. Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
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D.
Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell that introduces Inspector Kurt Wallander in a bleak, socially conscious murder investigation.
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E.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Criminal Macabre Target entity description: Criminal Macabre is a horror-noir comic series following hard-boiled occult detective Cal McDonald as he confronts supernatural threats in a gritty, darkly humorous world.
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A.
The Charnel House
The Charnel House is a 1945 painting by Pablo Picasso that depicts a twisted, skeletal pile of bodies as a powerful condemnation of war and human atrocity.
-
B.
Experiment in Murder
Experiment in Murder is a crime novel set within the Capital Crimes series universe, following a high-stakes investigation into a deadly and intricately planned killing.
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C.
Career of Evil
Career of Evil is a crime novel in the Cormoran Strike detective series, published under J. K. Rowling’s pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
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D.
Faceless Killers
Faceless Killers is a crime novel by Swedish author Henning Mankell that introduces Inspector Kurt Wallander in a bleak, socially conscious murder investigation.
-
E.
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is a 2006 neo-noir crime film, based on James Ellroy’s novel about the infamous 1947 Los Angeles murder, directed by Brian De Palma and starring Josh Hartnett.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | comic book series ⓘ |
| artStyle |
dark
ⓘ
gritty ⓘ |
| basedOn | Cal McDonald prose stories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Steve Niles ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Cal McDonald
ⓘ
Mo’Lock ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
demons
ⓘ
monsters ⓘ vampires ⓘ werewolves ⓘ |
| genre |
horror
ⓘ
noir ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
comic book
ⓘ
limited series ⓘ one-shot ⓘ |
| hasProseOrigin | Cal McDonald short stories ⓘ |
| hasSpinOffOrRelatedWork |
Cal McDonald novels
ⓘ
Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
corruption ⓘ friendship ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Cal McDonald ⓘ |
| medium | sequential art ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
occult investigation
ⓘ
supernatural crime ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person (Cal McDonald) ⓘ |
| notablePublisher | Dark Horse Comics ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | occult detective ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait | hard-boiled ⓘ |
| publisher | Dark Horse Comics ⓘ |
| setting | modern urban environment ⓘ |
| subgenre |
horror noir
ⓘ
occult detective fiction ⓘ |
| supportingCharacter | Mo’Lock ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly humorous
ⓘ
gritty ⓘ |
| writer | Steve Niles ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Criminal Macabre Description of subject: Criminal Macabre is a horror-noir comic series following hard-boiled occult detective Cal McDonald as he confronts supernatural threats in a gritty, darkly humorous world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.