Source: destroythecyb.org
1. Parker
(IDW Publishing)
Darwyn Cooke is my favorite comic book artist of all time. Bar none. No contest.
We lost Cooke last year, which still hurts me to this day. But his Parker adaptations are a revelation in comic booking. Based on Richard Stark’s novels, the books follow hard-bitten criminal Parker as he seeks revenge after the woman he loves teams up with his partner in crime to backstab him. And what ensues is a seriously intense thrill ride of crime and violence and murder. Parker is a force of nature – specifically, the nature of murder.
He is just a brutal son of a gun. And everything that happens, no matter how violent, is rendered in Cooke’s beautiful style, all washed out in two colors. That blue-and-white palette makes it a unique experience that almost comes off more pulpy than it would otherwise.
A beautiful work about hard people.
And there you have it, ten crimey crime books to fulfill your illicit needs. Check ’em out as soon as you can.
