Darwyn Cooke

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in Toronto, Canada

January 01, 1962

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male

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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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Darwyn Cooke's Blog

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"On the couch" at FanExpo Toronto

Ty Templeton hosted one of the last panels at FanExpo Canada, “On The Couch with Ty Templeton” is a free-form discussion about comics, with a focus on indie versus corporate work. On the panel were Darwyn, Jimmy Palmiotti, Dan Slott, Ramon Perez, and Lar deSouza.

For the full run down on the panel, check out MTV Geek's article here.

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Darwyn Cooke's Books

Average rating: 4.14 · 20,385 ratings · 1,099 reviews · 59 distinct works · Similar authors

	DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 1 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 5,454 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke (Author/Illustrator), Richard Stark (Based On Work by) 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 2,742 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	DC: The New Frontier, Vol. 2 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 2,439 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Absolute DC: The New Frontier 4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 1,817 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Stark’s Parker: The Outfit 4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 1,355 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke (Author/Illustrator), Paul Grist, Tim Sale (Illustrator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark (Source) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 489 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catwoman: Selina's Big Score by Darwyn Cooke, Michael Allred (Illustrator), Shane Glines (Illustrator) 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 396 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit, Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator) 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superman: Kryptonite by Darwyn Cooke, Tim Sale (Illustrator) 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Darwyn Cooke

DC: The New Frontier (3 books)
by Darwyn Cooke
4.252240189514883 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 9,709 ratings

Parker Graphic Novels (3 books)
by Darwyn Cooke, Richard Stark (Source)
4.285221143473571 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 4,635 ratings

Before Watchmen (37 books)
by Darwyn Cooke, Amanda Conner (Writer, Illustrator), Len Wein (Backup writer), John Higgins (Backup illustrator)
3.665244375484872 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 2,578 ratings

The Spirit (5 books)
by Darwyn Cooke, J. Bone (Illustrator), Dave Stewart (Illustrator)
3.8774080560420314 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 571 ratings

Before Watchmen: Minutemen (6 books)
by Darwyn Cooke (writer, illustrator)
3.9603174603174605 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 504 ratings

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