{"id":1863,"date":"2008-07-02T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2008-07-02T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T18:04:00","slug":"only-one-cooke-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1863","title":{"rendered":"Only One Cooke Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SGvDIueniyI\/AAAAAAAABU8\/TqFscbhjrDA\/s1600-h\/z070208dcooke.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_aatuWUTj6ic\/SGvDIueniyI\/AAAAAAAABU8\/TqFscbhjrDA\/s400\/z070208dcooke.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218479147921672994\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Darwyn Cooke<\/span> is one of my favorite comic book creators. <span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> <\/span>I was lucky enough to get a <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stallonezone.com\/main\/2007\/05\/darwyn-cookes-vegas-man.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Stallone sketch<\/span><\/a> from <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Darwyn<\/span> at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MegaCon 2007<\/span>.  It was the <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/zablozone.blogspot.com\/2007\/02\/one-mega-great-day.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">last sketch that he did on the last day of the show<\/span><\/a>.  Whew!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">If you read <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsarama.com\/comics\/080702-CookeHex.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">this interview<\/span><\/a> with <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Darwyn<\/span> posted today at <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Newsarama<\/span> you&#8217;ll <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">begin to understand<\/span> why he&#8217;s a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">If you read <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Darwyn&#8217;s<\/span> <\/span><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401203507\/002-4882510-2093642?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1401203507\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The New Frontier<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">;  <\/span><a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-family: arial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401215297\/002-4882510-2093642?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1401215297\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Batman: Ego and Other Tales<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">; or his take on <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401214614\/002-4882510-2093642?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1401214614\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Will Eisner&#8217;s The Spirit Volume I<\/span><\/a> and <a style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1401219209\/002-4882510-2093642?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1401219209\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">2<\/span><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">you&#8217;ll know<\/span> why.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Heck, anyone whose <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">favorite movie<\/span> is <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">The Wizard of Oz<\/span> [my all-time second favorite movie] has got to be alright in my book!<br \/> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darwyn Cooke is one of my favorite comic book creators. 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