http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank Darwyn Cooke, who to my mind is one of the most entertaining writer/artists working in mainstream comics today, just announced that he's adapting the Richard Stark Parker novels into comic book form starting in 2009. Richard Stark was a pen name for Donald Westlake, and Westlake is going to be involved in helping Cooke with the adaptation. The Parker books are a dark series of crime novels about a violent man named, um, Parker. Many of his missions involve vengeance, and they're all incredibly violent. Most people probably know them by the movie adaptations. Both the gross Mel Gibson... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0800 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:12 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Two great tastes that taste great together! YES!

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081591 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081591 Books Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:20:32 -0800 Two great tastes that taste great together! YES!!!

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081593 Books Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:21:02 -0800 Awesome, I've been looking for these books for a while. Point Blank kicks much ass and is far superior to Payback, though I haven't seen the new director's cut (Apparently makes it a wholly different movie). I have a vision of Lee Marvin grinding Mel Gibson under his bootheel with that characteristic tight-lipped stare, giving no more thought to the act than stomping out a cigarette butt. This comforts me.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081660 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081660 Books Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:23:10 -0800 An incredibly violent graphic novel? Why, I've waited my whole life for that!

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/point_blank#c1081724 Books Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:12 -0800