Dennis Knight

DARWYN COOKE illustrated three major stories for Justin Gray and me during our run on Jonah Hex, and each time he was the one who came to us asking to draw the book. We could not have been happier. Every issue he turned in felt like a small masterpiece...pure Darwyn, distilled onto the page. When he finished issue #50, he was genuinely upset that the Eisners didn’t even mention the book in his nomination, even though he went on to win Best Artist that year. That was Darwyn: fiercely proud of the work, fiercely loyal to his friends, and always pushing for the things he believed deserved recognition. Darwyn was a very close friend to both Amanda and me, and he championed our work in the most meaningful way possible, by actually collaborating with us whenever he could. We spent countless hours talking about the creator‑owned projects he wanted to dive into once he wrapped the next Parker novel. Losing him to lung cancer meant losing not only the books we were dreaming up together, but the ones he was dreaming up on his own. I’ll admit something I never told him: I wasn’t thrilled when he took on the Parker adaptations. Not because they weren’t brilliant—they were—but because each one delayed the incredible original ideas he was pitching me constantly. He loved those parker novels, and his plan was always to finish them and then devote himself entirely to his own creations- but we never got to enjoy this and I think of this often. I think it is one of the major motivators for me to always do my own thing - successful or not. Anyway, I suggest you track these books down if you never read them- each one a visual masterpiece that the world will never forget by the one and the only Darwyn Cooke.

Super excited for an upcoming announcement from Mad Cave Comics. @MadCaveStudios

Some writer folk at @Calgaryexpo

Amanda is having all the fun drawing and coloring this cover...coming soon. @DynamiteComics

I’m a comic collector, but I’m picky about what I buy. I love backing indie and Kickstarter books because they usually print just enough to fulfill orders,which means you actually know how rare your copy is. Some are even numbered and signed. Big publishers, on the other hand, tend to overprint like crazy since it cost next to nothing to do just that. So even when something is marketed as “limited,” it’s often nowhere near as rare as it sounds and they NEVER tell you what is actually printed. This has been proven over and over. Kickstarters give you more transparency. The big guys give you a bit of a guessing game. This is my experience. Love to hear yours.