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By: Parker Movie Launches Art Contest » DVDs Worth Watching

Parker Movie Launches Art Contest » DVDs Worth Watching — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:43:48 +0000

[...] tough guy, is in theaters January 25. You may be familiar with the graphic novels adapted by Darwyn Cooke from the same source material. The film stars Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, and [...]

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Best Graphic Novels of 2009 » Comics Worth Reading — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:04:31 +0000

[...] Parker: The Hunter — Too much a product of its time in its treatment of women and glorification of tough-guy violence. Beautiful illustrations, though. [...]

By: Learn Storytelling From a Master: Darwyn Cooke » Comics Worth Reading

Learn Storytelling From a Master: Darwyn Cooke » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:04:33 +0000

[...] posted a writeup at the Trouble With Comics blog of a storytelling workshop with Darwyn Cooke (Parker, The New Frontier) she attended last month. It sounds amazing, covering lots of basics. It was part [...]

By: Beau Smith

Beau Smith — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:13:32 +0000

The book is a true pleasure on a lot of entertaining levels and is well worth the cover price. IDW Publishing continues to prove that they are the best when it comes to formatting and presentation. Any creator would love having their work printed by them.

Beau Smith
The Flying Fist Ranch

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:51:21 +0000

I would imagine that there would have to be some development in that area, or the series wouldn’t be so well-respected (or readable!). Thanks for elaborating on that for me.

The whole situation with his wife kind of sums up the “woman as prop” approach for me — they give her a gun and assume she’ll do whatever they tell her because she’s only a woman. And she does, precipitating the whole thing, because the idea of acting independently doesn’t occur to the character or the author. I mean, if Parker’s such an unstoppable badass, why doesn’t she just whisper the situation to him and let him work it out? But no, she does as she’s told, regardless of who’s telling her.

By: Patrick Dean

Patrick Dean — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:31:37 +0000

There’s a few passages in the first three books that mention that he never wanted his wife dead and that he actually misses her. Parts like that are few and far between in the book, but they’re there.

The Parker books are mean, but as far as the character being woman-punching crazy and bloodthirsty, I think the first book is the hardest. He eventually evolves and isn’t as repelling to first time readers in later books. Hell, he eventually gets a steady girlfriend he stays with until the last book.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:32:06 +0000

I’m afraid it would be too much for me, without the mitigating pleasure of Cooke’s art. The Marvin movie, on the other hand, might be a possibility.

By: David Oakes

David Oakes — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:27:59 +0000

You really should read the original, if only to compare it to the Lee Marvin movie (quite existential) and the Mel Gibson remake (quite Mel, but when that was still a good thing).

Not to mention to be able to get the joke in the John Cusack not-a-remake.