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Modern Masters: Kyle Baker

Comic-con or no comic-con, gods or no gods, we aim to keep What Are You Reading up and running every Sunday regardless. Our special guest this week is none other than the one, the only Abhay Khosla. Abhay's a regular contributor to Brian Hibbs' Savage Critics Web site, but can also usually be found lurking about here.

To see what Abhay and everyone else is reading, click the little linky ...

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Robot reviews: The Hunter

The Hunter

Richard Stark's Parker Book One: The Hunter
Adapted and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke
IDW Publishing, 144 pages, $24.99.

While I've certainly always liked Darwyn Cooke's work, I can't say I ever loved it.

Don't get me wrong, there's no denying the man's talent or his dedication to the craft. But there's always been some hard-to-define barrier that prevented me from enjoying his work as much as others seem to.

It's hard for me to put a finger on what kept me from being fully engaged. Too much nostalgia for the past, both in terms of his Toth-like dynamism and forthright attitude towards superhero derring-do? Too slick and over-polished a style? Too mannered? Not enough grit and teeth? Whatever it was, I found myself being more of a distant admirer than a fan.

Now we have his latest work, Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter. And while I may not be able to park myself in the Cooke fan camp yet, I think it's safe to say that with this stellar graphic novel, I'm steadily edging in that general direction.

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IDW previews Darwyn Cooke's first Parker book

The Hunter

IDW has posted 19 pages from Darwyn Cooke's adaptation of The Hunter, the first in a series of graphic novels based on the Parker novels by Donald Westlake. Westlake wrote the novels under the pen name Richard Stark.

Check out the first three pages after the jump, or go to the IDW site to read all 19. The first scene is classic:

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A peek at Darwyn Cooke's Parker: The Hunter

Original artwork from "Parker: The Hunter," by Darwyn Cooke

James Sime of Isotope provides a glimpse of some gorgeous pages from Darwyn Cooke's highly anticipated adaptation of Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter. Sime notes the cyan areas will be printed as gun-metal green.

The 144-page graphic novel is due in July from IDW Publishing.