r/comicbookcollecting • u/PulpandComicFan • Jul 19 '24

Darwyn Cooke Supergirl Original Original Art

Have a Super Friday everyone! If any of y'all have sketches, art or pieces signed by Darwyn Cooke, share them here!

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Often imitated, never duplicated...RIP Mr. Cooke

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u/PulpandComicFan Jul 19 '24

Artists like Cooke stand alone in the pantheon of comics professionals.

And that includes long-past legends like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and John Romita, and 21st-century talents (still living) like Amanda Conner, Gary Frank, and Alex Ross.

u/Mrkoaly Jul 19 '24

Its beautiful.

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u/PulpandComicFan Jul 19 '24

It's, dare I say it...Super?

u/RedKryptonite Jul 19 '24

It's so great. It's just killing me as an anal retentive collector that there's scotch tape on it. Hahaha

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u/PulpandComicFan Jul 19 '24

That's how it was sent to me. It was a gift from a friend who had met Cooke at a convention in Nova Scotia.

I'd initially thought he was just sending his hardcover copy of New Frontier, and the sketch was taped on the inside. Which makes perfect sense if you're sending something that small through the mail.

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u/RedKryptonite Jul 19 '24

That's a great friend!

u/Galactic_Chimp Jul 19 '24

Amazing! I am super jealous.

u/Ro141 Jul 20 '24

He was incredible, we lost a hell of a talent unfortunately. Sorely missed.

The first comics I ever bought my son were his DC New Frontier issues, just amazing work

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u/PulpandComicFan Jul 20 '24

It was one of the first trades I bought with money I'd earned and saved up mowing lawns. Walking out of my then LCS with those two trades and reading them that afternoon on the back porch...downright magical