(click for larger image) Well, for the first time in my 16 years of blogging, I didn't post for the entire year (2022). A lot has happened since I last posted (besides Covid). The biggest change was that after living in San Diego for 20+ years, we're back in San Francisco. So yes, we've been busy...! Did you miss me???
Here's a beauty to get things rolling. A great page from Parker, by Darwyn Cooke. Sadly, Cooke passed away in 2016 (can't believe it's been 6 years already!) at the young-ish age of 53. A real shame. For the Parker series, which he adapted from the great Donald Westlake novels, Cooke used a 1950's advertising art style. It was a great choice because it really fits the mood and setting of the novels (the first was published in 1962). Cooke handled the writing and art chores on the series, and really distilled the best parts of Parker from the novels to the comic book medium. Parker's world is gritty, and the character is a no-nonsense badass who usually lets his knuckles or a gun do the talking. If you haven't read Parker (either the comic adaptation or the actual novels) you are really missing out.
