{"id":3412,"date":"2008-07-26T18:44:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/26\/darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels-2\/"},"modified":"2008-07-26T18:44:35","modified_gmt":"2008-07-26T18:44:35","slug":"darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/26\/darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell.&rdquo;  \u2013<span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Hunter<\/span>, Richard Stark opening line<\/p>\n<p>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/article\/CA6580967.html?nid=2789\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">PW Comics Week on July 26, 2008<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Eisner Award-winning artist Darwyn Cooke will adapt the first four Parker novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake, a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America) as graphic novels, IDW announced today. The adaptations will be released at a rate of one every two years, starting in 2009 with The Hunter.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.comicbookresources.com\/cons\/cci2008\/cooke_parker\/PARKERTART_sm.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.violentworldofparker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Richard Stark\u2019s antihero stories<\/a> influenced an entire generation of crime writers and filmmakers including Elmore Leonard, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Price, Brian Bendis, David Laptham, Dennis Lehane, Quentin Tarantino, and Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a330.g.akamai.net\/7\/330\/2540\/20080725223427\/www.jckonline.com\/articles\/images\/PWK\/20080722\/SIGNINGCARDS_LowRes3.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stark fans often refer to the Parker adventures as the crack of crime fiction.  After reading one book, you\u2019re hooked and before you know it you\u2019ve devoured, like so many boxes of Milanos, some twenty books.  The junkie you\u2019ve become begins to sweat and shiver waiting for the next hit!<\/p>\n<p>The perfect artistic choice for these adaptations, Cooke should offer the perfect methadone to tide you over until the latest Stark stuff hits the streets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/a330.g.akamai.net\/7\/330\/2540\/20080725223427\/www.jckonline.com\/articles\/images\/PWK\/20080722\/SIGNINGCARDS_LowRes2.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/26\/darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels!<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;When a fresh-faced guy in a Chevy offered him a lift, Parker told him to go to hell.&rdquo; \u2013The Hunter, Richard Stark opening line From PW Comics Week on July 26, 2008: Quote: Eisner Award-winning artist Darwyn Cooke will adapt &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/26\/darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/26\/darwyn-cooke-to-adapt-parker-novels-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels! 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