Darwyn Cooke

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January 01, 1962 in Toronto, Canada

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Darwyn Cooke (b. 1962, Toronto, Canada) is an Eisner Award winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, best known for his work on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier and Will Eisner's The Spirit.

In 1985, Cooke published his first comic book work as a professional artist in a short story in New Talent Showcase #19, but economic pressure made him leave the career and he worked in Canada as a magazine art director, graphic and product designer for the next 15 years.

In the early 1990s Cooke decided to return to comics, but found little interest for his work at the major publishers. Eventually he was hired by Warner Bros. Animation after replying to an ad placed by animator Bruce Timm.

He went on to work as a storyboard...more

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New stuff & Parker week at The Sindiecate!

The Sindiecate (http://www.thesindiecate.com/) is running Parker images this week and I thought you folks might like to see some of them!

by Jorge Munoz (http://yorko.blogspot.com/)

by David Lafuente (http://www.davidlafuente.com/)

by Colleen Coover (http://www.colleencoover.net/) See more as they are added at The Sindiecate and keep your eyes peeled for the new Parker book The Score expe... read more »

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Books by Darwyn Cooke

Average rating: 4.14 · 10,601 ratings · 710 reviews · 39 distinct works

	DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 4.19 avg rating — 2,763 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Richard Stark's Parker #1: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke (Author/Illustrator), Richard Stark (Based On Work by) 4.24 avg rating — 1,574 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 2 4.32 avg rating — 1,226 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Absolute DC: The New Frontier 4.42 avg rating — 1,018 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Parker: The Outfit 4.34 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke (Author/Illustrator), Paul Grist, Tim Sale (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 399 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Darwyn Cooke's The Spirit, Book One by Darwyn Cooke, Jason Bone (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 303 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Catwoman: Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke, Mike Allred (Illustrator), Shane Glines (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Superman: Kryptonite by Darwyn Cooke, Tim Sale (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Darwyn Cooke's The Spirit, Book Two by Darwyn Cooke, Jason Bone (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 135 ratings — 5 editions	My rating: