Parker

Published by Dargaud from 2010 to 2014, this four-issue series adapts Donald Westlake's Parker novels into stark, cinematic comics. The project is most associated with writer-artist Darwyn Cooke, whose bold, retro-style visuals and tight storytelling captured the ruthless, methodical world of the professional thief. A masterclass in translating hardboiled crime fiction to the page, it stands as a definitive work in modern graphic noir.