Parker Graphic Novels (5 books in series)
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review 1: I'm a big fan of Donald Westlake and his alter-ego, Richard Stark. I was just rereading one of his books when I found out this series of graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke, of whom I am also a huge fan because of his work in DC's The New Frontier. Cooke is not a realistic artist - so...
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review 1: Another great adaptation of the Richard Stark Parker novels by Darwyn Cooke. This one adapts two novels, and towards the last half Cooke has real fun playing with the way the story is told varying his style greatly from very cartoony to illustrated text. Very nice and unexpected....
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review 1: A beautifully-drawn graphic novel based on Donald Westlake's Parker books. Unlike many graphic novels, it has sections of text interspersed with dialogue-free watercolour artwork. The art style is watercolour brushstrokes and reminds me of calligraphy. It's beautiful, but occasio...
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review 1: I liked it enough, but it took me a while to get used to the dusky art style which ultimately does fits the story well. The ending was a foregone conclusion and the story feels very condensed, all plot almost no characterization. What little character development there is, combi...
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review 1: Aunque la trama resulta mas simple que en el primer volumen, Cooke tiene el sentido común de aprovechar el espacio para experimentar con el lenguaje narrativo. Enriquece ciertamente la experiencia, da un salto en sus capacidades narrativas (¿tiene techo este hombre?) y por sobre ...