Darwyn Cooke
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Cooke at the 2013 New York Comic Con
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November 16, 1962 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | May 14, 2016 (aged 53) Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker |
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| Awards | Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoon Eisner Award for best comic book cover artist (2015) |
Darwyn Cooke (November 16, 1962 – May 14, 2016) was a Canadian Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist, and animator, known for his work on the comic books Catwoman, DC: The New Frontier, The Spirit, and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter.
Darwyn Cooke was born in Toronto on November 16, 1962. His father was a construction worker and later ran a union. He and his brother Dennis grew up in Nova Scotia. He discovered comics as a child, but did not become passionate about them until he was a teenager, after having bought an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man drawn by John Romita. His father, however, did not think that comics were an good avenue for a career. Cooke attended George Brown College, but was expelled after a year.
In 1985, Cooke published his first comic book work as a professional artist in a five-page crime story in New Talent Showcase #19, but as he was only paid $35 per page and produced one page a week, he decided that it was not an economically feasible job. He left comics to work as a magazine art director, graphic designer, and product designer for the next 15 years. He eventually established his own design studio.
In 1996, Cooke learned that Warner Bros. was hiring storyboard artists for its two animated TV series based on DC Comics heroes, Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. His successful pitch included 14 pages that would be published in 2000 as Batman: Ego. In 1999 he animated the main title design for Batman Beyond. He then worked as a director for Sony Animation's Men in Black: The Series for a year.
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