A Sad Goodbye to Darwyn Cooke
Today we received the very sad news that Darwyn Cooke has died just one day after the world learned he was in palliative care following a bout with aggressive lung cancer.
Cooke was one of the modern geniuses of comics. His work was both distinctive and disruptive and he deserves to be in the company of those who he admired like Jack Kirby. (Cooke once said he relaxed by inking over Jack Kirby’s drawings.)
There is so much work of his that I could talk about but I will focus in on just two that I will treasure.
His Wonder Woman was overtly feminist, tall and built like a tank.
There are many that say that his Wonder Woman was the best Wonder Woman. I am one of those.
He also made Catwoman into a classy beatnik and gave her her very best costume.
Many say his was the best Catwoman. It was.
There is much more work to love and you should really just go by this collection of his work right now and cry yourself to sleep as I will probably do.
Cooke was just 53. My deepest condolences to his wife Marsha and the rest of his family.
Comics is a much darker place without him.
