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Darwyn Cooke — Martinis And Bullets

March 13, 2021 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

The Seventh, Short Story, Parker Martini Edition, 2013

Here’s the best page from The Seventh, an Eisner-winning short story adapted from Richard Stark’s (Donald Westlake) Parker novel of the same name.

Adapted, designed, illustrated, lettered, and hand-colored by the late, great, Darwyn Cooke.

Most of the original art pages from Darwyn’s Parker graphic novels feature two smaller pages on a standard-size board. This one is a full-size page on board (aprox.11X17). It was created as a special bonus for the “Martini Edition,” the beautiful oversized collection of The Hunter and The Outfit, edited by the terrifically talented Scott Dunbier.

The second Martini Edition, collecting The Score and Slayground finally debuts later in 2021. And its bonus material will include a new story by Ed Brubraker and Sean Phillips (Criminal, et al).

I can’t wait. Bam!

*The Seventh debuted in The Martini Edition, and can also be found as a bonus story in Slayground, hardcover or softcover.*

Darwyn Cooke — Detective Duo

September 12, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Detective Comics # 338 and #356 Mashup Re-imagination, 2010

As noted last year, the late, great Darwyn Cooke produced a number of these reinterpretations and homages of classics during his all too short lifetime.

In this dynamic drawing, Darwyn combined two classic covers into one, taking the iconic “punch scene” from Detective #356 and fitting into the #338 layout. Carmine Infantino (pencils) and Joe Giella (inks) created both of the memorable original covers.

When you dive the detail of the re-imagination, you might notice that the crooks in the right frame now more closely resemble the hoods that populate the Darwyn’s astonishing Parker graphic novel series that we published at IDW. It’s a wonderful touch.

Definition of a comics geek?

When I saw this piece offered for sale, I recognized what Darwyn had done — without it being specifically noted in the item description. Issue #356 was one of the first Batman comics I remembered reading as a kid.