Richard Stark's Parker
IDW · 2009–2013 · 4 issues
About the series
Darwyn Cooke brought his signature mid-century modern style to IDW for this four-issue adaptation of Richard Stark’s hardboiled Parker novels. Published from 2009 to 2013, the series distills the lean, brutal world of the professional heist man into taut comics storytelling, with Cooke both writing and illustrating. It stands as a masterful translation of crime fiction to the page, capturing the cold precision and moral weight of Stark’s original work.