new Parker entry

Good afternoon!

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. I have piles of paperwork to get through today, but while checking my e-mail was pleased to receive another entry in the Draw Parker contest.



This is from Jim Hopkins who added, "I'm a fan of Darwyn Cooke's work, and visit this blog frequently. I'm looking forward to seeing what this new Richard Stark book will be like! This idea for the contest is pretty cool, and I've been enjoying the art posted so far. Here's my take on Parker for the contest -I went for a sort of Robert Maguire pastiche. He's one of the unsung masters of paperback art and one of my favorite PB cover artists so I did this with him in mind."

Thanks, Jim! He also a blog here with some wonderful caricatures. I love the one of Jean Reno.

There's still time to get your entry in! July 16th is the deadline for entries.

more Parker!

"I hope you don't mind me sending along this Parker pic. I'm really looking forward to the books release." wrote W Johnson Cadwell via e-mail.

I don't mind at all! Thanks for the entry! You can see more of his work here.



Keep them coming!

new Parker entries!

Sorry for the quiet couple of days. Canada Day was on July 1st and it's been pretty busy at work. Enough with the excuses, on with the show!

Jason Arnold sent in his take on Parker:


Jason also makes music as Proffessor Undressor on Kelp Records.
Check it out here.

and Patrick Dean's entry is taken from the opening of Slayground, "with Parker doing what he does best; running the hell away from a bad situation."

Patrick has more of his work here.

and just this morning, Brian Healey passed along this entry:


There's still time to get your version of Parker done! Contest closes July 16th!

new Parker entry and a deadline

Chris Ready says via e-mail, "John Boorman cast Lee Marvin, and I'm getting a Burt Lanchaster / Ralph Meeker vibe off what little of Darwyn Cooke's Parker I've seen. So for my take, I've cast Belmondo by way of Lee Van Cleef. Hope you dig. All the best to Mr Cooke. Can't wait to read his version of The Hunter."

Chris has a blog called Disaster Year: 20xx which can be found here.

and I know you're sick of me asking "where's yours?" so I won't do that this time. We'll be accepting contest entries until July 16th.

"I *HEART* Richard Stark’s THE HUNTER by Darwyn Cooke"

Colleen Coover, an amazingly talented cartoonist, gives her quick precis of Darwyn's new book here and did what she calls fan art. I call it cool.

You can see more of Ms. Coover's work at her website here.

new Parker review lives between Wednesdays

Dave Howlett reviewed the Hunter over at Living Between Wednesdays, my favourite comic review blog. Check it out here.

new Parker entry and a closing date!

The artist known as Varkjovich is from Italy and is a graphic designer and illustrator. Vark says "I'm not a professional comic artist and currently i got no active blog, but I got plans (with a little help from a couple o' friends) for a “comic section” website to be open in september/october (something like the old newspaper comic pages, with two or three comic serials in it)." So keep an eye out for it! Vark added "this is my (italian) Parker...and send my best regards to mr. Darwyn." I will, Vark!



and as usual, i must ask where is your entry in the Draw Parker! contest? We'll be accepting entries until July 16th so Darwyn can go over all entries and we'll announce the results the following week.