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Eric Russ
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Whose crime fiction do you prefer, Darwyn Cooke's adaptation of Richard Stark's "Parker" or Frank Miller's "Sin City"?
Just recently I was thinking about their work and wondered what would have come out of a collaboration.
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Rod Collins
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Cooke's Parker adaptions take a subtle, slow burn approach, that's very respectful of its source material.
While in Miller's Sin City books,everything is ramped up to 11, particularly the levels of violence.
I lean more towards Cooke's approach over Miller's "shock and awe" storytelling. I prefer to have some of the grisly stuff off-panel.
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John Popa
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I prefer Miller's stuff. Especially for the time, it was stylish and different and I'll always prefer new material over an adaptation.
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Christopher Frost
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I've never sampled Parker as Darwyn Cooke has always been hit or miss with me but I did like enjoy Sin City.
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Dave Phelps
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I'm not sure how to compare the two; they're both going for very different effects. Press me, I'll say Sin City, but I love 'em both.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Miller's a great talent, but Sin City was so over the top that I found it unintentionally comic. Cooke's Parker is my preference.
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Clint Thompson
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As a kid (and young adult), it would have been Frank Miller all the way. However, as a grown-up, Darwyn Cooke speaks to me more.
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John Popa
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I don't think the exaggerated violence being funny in "Sin City" was unintentional.
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Brennan Voboril
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Love them both. As John Papa said, Miller was really *new* for the time. We had not seen anything like it in comics that I can remember. Cooke's adaptations of Donald Westlake's books are flawless in my opinion.
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Stephen Churay
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Almost an apples and oranges comparison to
me. I love both of them for all the
reasons everyone stated above, plus I
appreciate the differences in the worlds
those characters occupy.
Reading SIN CITY, I almost feel like there
is no world beyond Basin City. Characers
that live there, are stuck there. You
can't leave except in a body bag. It's
like a surreal stage play.
Cooke's PARKER adaptations really feel
like a whole world. He perfectly captures
that late 50's, early 60's vibe. Sort of
the seedy underbelly of the places, Frank
Sinatra and the Rat Pack was living in.
Edited by Stephen Churay on 21 February 2017 at 10:21am
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John Popa
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Great description of "Sin City," Stephen!
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Kevin Brown
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Own all the PARKER novels and I still bought Cooke's books. Love them all. As far as I'm concerned, it's the best comics adaption from any form (movies, TV, novels, et al).
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