'This is an industry-wide loss that I feel personally, but the sadness is mitigated in the knowing that the beauty and grace of his art will forever stand the test of time and be a monument to all that is great about comics,' DC publisher Dan DiDio said. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Catwoman 1 1st issue Artist Darwyn Cooke (RIP) 2002 Brubaker Story at the best online prices. 'His were some of the most beautiful, fun DC superhero images we have ever seen.'

'His take on the most iconic heroes in the world were breathtakingly direct and elegant, powerful and cool,' the publisher said. Saturday, DC Comics wrote a comprehensive tribute to Cooke's life, art and legacy. On Friday, Cooke's family reported on his personal blog that he had begun receiving palliative care 'following a bout with aggressive cancer.' In a month full of glorious images, Cooke’s Catwoman (37) was one of the best, as she leaps across the skyline with carefree glee. He became well known for his retro-inspired designs of several major characters, and DC Comics in a statement noted that his take on Catwoman is still the template used today, as well as for the television series Gotham. He teamed up with writer Ed Brubaker for the critically-acclaimed update of the classic character, first illustrating the four-part 'Trail of the Catwoman' back-up story in Detective Comics 759762 that led into Catwoman 1, and then drawing the first four issues of. He won the 2006 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue for his work on DC's Solo #5 and also was recognized five times by the Joe Shuster Awards for achievement by Canadian comic book creators.Ĭooke's breakthrough performance in print came with Batman: Ego, published in 2000. Hot on the heels of Ego, Darwyn turned his attention to Catwoman in 2001. He was 53.Ĭooke began as an animator on two key cartoon series in the 1990s: Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series, before joining the print medium. Darwyn Cooke, the influential illustrator of numerous iconic heroes in the DC universe of characters, died on Saturday after a short battle against cancer.

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