Darwyn Cooke’s first two Parker books, The Hunter and The Outfit, are collected in a tremendous, special oversized hardcover edition—with an ADDITIONAL 65 pages of Darwyn Cooke content—including a BRAND NEW story and a beautiful slipcase! PARKER: THE MARTINI EDITION will be in comic shops on Wednesday, November 23. Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter graphic…
BookExpo America is in town, and there are a few obvious themes, but a lot of it seems to be “more of the same”. Sales efforts seem to be going to the same old licensed properties and celebrity products– I was surprised that IDW didn’t even have any of Darwyn Cooke’s Parker adaptations on display,…
The 2009 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced along with the release of the final ballot. Anyone “professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field” is eligible to vote. All submissions must be sent to the Harvey Awards before Friday, August 7, 2010. The awards will be presented by Scott Kurtz (PVP Online)…
Richard Stark’s Parker, Book One: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke IDW, July 2009, $24.99 Richard Stark’s Parker novels come out of a particular period in literary history: the heyday of the disposable paperback for men. Paperbacks had appeared in their modern form just before WWII, and servicemen got used to carrying small paperbound books in whatever…
Let’s get the disclaimer out of the way first: Yes, ComicMix is publishing lots of stuff with IDW Publishing. Doesn’t matter, The Hunter would still be on the short list for the best book of the year if it came out from Chick Publications. I’ve had a preview copy of the entire book for a…
We’ve just received word that Donald E. Westlake passed away yesterday. Donald is probably best known to comics fans as the author (under the psuedonym Richard Stark) of the Parker novels that Darwyn Cooke is adapting and bringing to IDW Publishing later this year. But that’s the barest fraction of his output. Over a career…
Already a children’s classic book and a worldwide TV success, Jane & The Dragon are now both a part of NBC’s Saturday morning line-up and the local DVD rack. Here’s what you are missing, plus: Darwin Cooke tackles Madman Conan gets a tribute Marvin The Martian gets a film to himself Let your imagination run…
The Emmy nominations are here, and the Justice League: The New Frontier animated movie is among the contenders. The direct-to-DVD adaptation of Darwyn Cooke’s retro comics series is nominated as an animated program at least an hour long. Competition is all surprisingly nerd-friendly fare: South Park and Family Guy.
Basking in his well-deserved glory for Justice League: New Frontier, Darwyn Cooke teases us a bit on his next turn at DC’s core heroes, plus: — Transformers’ bad guys get a turn — Jericho peters out — Comic Fans take center stage next season on the SciFi Channel — We solve one trivia question and…
It was the job everyone admired, but no one wanted to try: following in the footsteps of Will Eisner on The Spirit. For over a year, Darwyn Cooke stepped up to take on the task and in an exclusive ComicMix Radio interview, he talks about the good — and bad — moments, plus: — DC…
On a really good day, I’m occasionally able to draw something that actually resembles a human shape, but that doesn’t make me an artist. I’m reminded of this when I see footage like this recent video of artist Darwyn Cooke from MegaCon. The video, shot by Adam and posted over at the Drawn! website, shows…
With the Justice League: The New Frontier DVD hitting shelves next week, a New Frontier Special comic scheduled for March 5 release, and DC re-releasing Darwyn Cooke’s miniseries that inspired the film, the award-winning creator is in the midst of a good kind of perfect storm these days. In a recent interview with CBR, Cooke…
