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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.
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Fantastic adaption to the graphic novel format, Oct 16 2010
By Julian Wan "wanchob" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Parker: The Outfit (Hardcover)
Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark created one of the earliest villain heroes, Parker. Like Fantomas, Tony Soprano or Dexter Morgan, we know they are clearly one of the "bad guys", yet we follow them along their adventures and hope that they survive their predicaments.Parker is a very efficient crook. He is an independent, working for himself. He specializes in robberies (armored cars, jewelry, rare coins, etc.). He will kill when threatened or betrayed. When he kills he is remorseless and cold blooded. He own next to nothing and people he knows are just that, people he knows. He does not crave owning things nor the friendship of others. There is no sentimentality. When a fellow crook offers to help him out on a caper out of friendship for having been helped by Parker in the past, Parker notes this - it troubles him because it is seen as sign of weakness.
In this work, Parker is on the run from the syndicate after an earlier run in. Rather than hide away he takes the fight to the syndicate and goes after the head boss.
Darwyn Cooke continues his adaptation of the Parker novels. His earlier turn on "The Hunter" was terrific. He shows how the graphic novel format can capture the dynamism of the action and subtle shifts in tone and expression. He sticks close to the original material making only a few small changes - he compresses the plot from "The Man with the Getaway Face" and makes a tweak at the end. Parker personally goes to the crime boss Karns rather than using the middleman Quill.
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Not Brubaker but still worth your time., Feb 20 2012
By Christopher Snowtown - Published on Amazon.com
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The only reason I'm not giving a 5 is beacuse it does get slow about halfway through. I loved the Hunter, the first of the series. The highlight of The Outfit is it's presentation. The style of the hardcover is just like it's predecessor, looks like something off my parents bookshelf from the 60's or early 70's. I love the how they used several different classic cartoon/comic styles to tell the stories of the associates of Parker. Worth your time and money if you are a noir fan.
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Do Not Miss This Series!, April 24 2012
By nic920 - Published on Amazon.com
Darwyn Cooke is no underground talent, but his style, passion for design and mastery of the line makes his graphic adaptation of Richard Stark's "Parker" a series that screams "indie-cred". Parker Vol.2: The Outfit takes everything that made volume one great and adds to it... like a great video game sequel, "The Oufit" doesn't change the winning formula, it just adds to it so that the experience is similar to the 1st title but completely different at the same time.One of the ways that Cooke accomplishes this effect is with little mini-heist vignettes that range in presentation from faux a pulp crime magazine article to a newspaper style cartoon comic strip. The way that Cooke breaks up the awesomeness and brooding that is Parker's revenge on his former employers really kept me engaged.
I feel like "Parker"...like Cooke's previous work with DC comics in "Justice League: New Frontier"... truly elevates the graphic novel to a level of storytelling where anyone can be absolutely thrilled with the story even if it isn't their kind of thing. Cooke brings a fresh coolness and "savoir-faire" that not even the 1960's could grant this iconic anti-hero.
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