One of the few that DO garner my attention, is: Darwyn Cooke!
Some of you may be more familiar with Darwyn as an Animation artist, working alongside Bruce Timm etc. over at Warner Bros? Or, perhaps the 'Men In Black' cartoons, he directed while at SONY Animation?
Well, what really impressed me,-- was that at the height of a very secure Animation career -- he simply walked away from it all. And pursued his first real love: Comic-books!
How ballsy is that?!
Darwyn has already set the World on fire with his terrific 'NEW FRONTIER' project, amongst others.. And again,-- instead of playing it safe & sticking with DC Comics.. What does he do? He decides to blaze his own path, developing more-personal projects with IDW Publishing & the like.
Now, that's bravura folks!

Beginning in the early 60's,-- Westlake wrote roughly 30 of these "PARKER" novels. 'The HUNTER' is the first of these.. Here's another tasty Cooke morsel from this adaptation, that has been posted online:

He also runs a comic-book shop called: 'Strange Adventures' in Halifax, where Darwyn Cooke now lives.. Anyways, he's recently been running a Contest to giveaway "freebie" copies of 'The HUNTER' to the Top Five "PARKER" images that artists submit to him. So, I thought I'd take a crack at it, too!
Here's my Entry:
See ya later, gang!
4 comments:
I to find little to get excited about, but stuff is out there.
Check out Troy Little.
Wonderfully cartoony and full of venom and much wit!!
I saw Troy at TCAF, this year.. Didn't get 'round to talking to him, though.
He does that "Angora Napkin" cartoon, correct? The promo that's online, looked promising!
Thanks for the visit, Willy.. When are you due to head back out East?
WOW!!! (shame old Don Westlake isn't around to see this !!!!)
Looking forward to the Parker book myself, though in that pic you show , the woman on the bed looks like a giant .
Good luck with your submission, nice interpretation ;-)
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