Richard Stark's Parker, Book Two : The Outfit

Westlake, Donald E.

ISBN 10: 1600107621 / ISBN 13: 9781600107627

Published by IDW, San Diego, 2009

About this Item

Graphic novel adapted by Darwyn Cooke and edited by Scott Dunbier. Follow up to "The Hunter", which won the 2009 Diamond Gem Award for Original Graphic Novel of the year. No dust jacket, otherwise fine.

Seller Inventory # 9016100

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Richard Stark's Parker, Book Two : The Outfit
• Publisher: IDW, San Diego
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1600107621
• ISBN 13: 9781600107627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cooke, Darwyn
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine condition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Book
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

• After he evens the score with those who betrayed him and recovers the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate, Parker is riding high, living in swank hotels and enjoying the finer things in life again. Until, that is, he's fingered by a squealer who rats him out to The Outfit for the price they put on his head... and they find out too late that if you push Parker, it better be all the way into the grave!
• Darwyn Cooke, multiple Eisner-Award winning creator of such works as DC: The New Frontier and Selina's Big Score, now follows up The Hunter with the forthcoming release of The Outfit, the second of four planned adaptations of Richard Stark's Parker novels.

About the Author

Richard Stark is the most famous pseudonym of world-renowned author Donald Westlake (1933-2008). In 1962 hecreated the master thief Parker and began a series of novels that have been recognized as seminal works of crime fiction. Several of Westlake’s books have been adapted by Hollywood and Westlake’s adaptation of The Grifters earned him an Academy Award nomination for best motion picture screenplay. Westlake has won numerous awards for his fiction and in 1993 the Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master, the highest honor bestowed by that prestigious society.

Darwyn Cooke (1962-2015) was a graphic designer and animator who turned his attention toward cartooning in the late nineties. Known primarily for his work on the DC line of superheroes, Cooke always had an affinity for crime fiction and has often cited the Parker books as a great source of creative inspiration. Cooke has won multiple Eisner, Harvey, and Shuster awards, as well as the National Cartoonist Society’s Best Series award. In 2008 Cooke was Emmy-nominated for the animated adaptation of his magnum opus, DC: The New Frontier.