Darwyn Cooke will be adapting Donald Westlake's "Parker" series of crime novels as original graphic novels, IDW announced Wednesday night at Comic-Con International. CBR News caught up with Cooke to discuss the project.
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17362
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07-23-2008, 06:33 PM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CCI: Darwyn Cooke on the Parker Graphic Novels
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07-24-2008, 04:46 AM #2Junior Member
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This is *awesome*. The books are great and Cooke's style is perfect for adapting them. It's also telling that Westlake is letting him use the Parker name because he didn't allow that for any of the movie adaptations - Hollywood kept insisting on changing the character somehow, giving him normal human emotions and crap like that.
I can't wait for this.
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07-24-2008, 04:09 PM #3Chintzy Beatnik
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The promo art looks great.
I may have to actually read the novels though. I've put it off for awhile.I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.
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07-24-2008, 06:59 PM #4New Member
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cool stuff... better these books than those female vampire books
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07-25-2008, 08:21 AM #5Senior Member
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awesome!
Darwyn Cooke is one of my favorite artists ever...
Top 10: Hawkguy, GIJoe Cobra, The Massive, Daredevil, Wonder Woman, Fury MAX, The Black Beetle, Batman, Winter Soldier, Suicide Squad, and The Activity.
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07-28-2008, 08:19 PM #6Junior Member
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I basically know nothing about these books but the genre and setting sound perfect for Cooke. I can't wait to read these. I'll definitely want to buy these up.
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08-01-2008, 07:52 AM #7Richards!!!
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Awesome news. I love Cooke's comic work and I have read and greatly enjoyed a few of the Parker novels. They seem very hard to find lately as I've been looking the last few months.
Today, I make no demands... no threats! But, one day, I shall voice demands -- and all shall obey them!
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08-01-2008, 04:00 PM #8Chintzy Beatnik
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It looks like come September, the University of Chicago Press is bringing a bunch of them back into print in trade paperback editions. Hopefully the whole collection will come out at some point.
Originally Posted by josh straightedge
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.
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08-02-2008, 09:41 AM #9Richards!!!
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About time.
Today, I make no demands... no threats! But, one day, I shall voice demands -- and all shall obey them!
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08-02-2008, 09:50 AM #10Clean air & water please
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for fictional comics....
sounds like a good project for him, but I prefer 'original' material in my comic books to 'adaptations' of pre-researched stuff.
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08-02-2008, 09:57 AM #11....ultralulu
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"'The Hunter,' a novel many consider seminal in crime fiction.......... also known as "Point Blank," having been renamed following the release of the 1967 film version directed by John Boorman. "
..............cooke does lee marvin comics - ho-leee !!!!!!
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