Darwyn Cooke Selina's Big Score Cast of Characters Illustration

Artist: Darwyn Cooke (All)

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Darwyn Cooke Selina's Big Score Cast of Characters Illustration Comic Art

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Title:	Darwyn Cooke Selina's Big Score Cast of Characters Illustration
Artist:	Darwyn Cooke (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	5,057
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Favorited on CAF:	2
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	8/1/2016
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This was my big score from San Diego Comic Con 2016. I'm not sure if this has ever been published but I don't care, I love it. The gang's all here, from left to right: Swifty, Stark, Selina, Jeff and Slam Bradley.

I had the good fortune of meeting and getting to know Darwyn as he was just starting out in Animation for Warner Bros. After leaving animation and getting into comics Dar left Los Angeles and headed back to Canada but when Selina's Big Score was released he came back to LA to celebrate and had a big gathering that he was nice enough to invite me to. This piece brings back good memories.

Found this quote of Dawyn's regarding Selina's Big Score online:

During my run on Catwoman with Ed Brubaker and Doc Allred, I saw the chance to do a story that filled a few gaps in Selina�s life and perhaps provide her with the motivation for the altruistic deeds Ed and I had her displaying in the monthly. That being said, Selina was simply a great character that would be a natural for a heist story. I teamed Selina up with Jeff and Stark, the two bad boys I had used in the then unpublished �Deja Vu�.
Jeff is my Chow Yun Fat � a favorite of mine from the Hong Kong crime movie scene. Stark is my Lee Marvin, and is named after the crime novelist Richard Stark. Stark (a pseudonym for Donald Westlake) is famous for his series of �Parker� crime novels. The 1966 film classic Point Blank is an adaptation of Parker�s first appearance and stars Lee Marvin in a quintessential performance. The other cornerstone of BIG SCORE was Siegel and Shuster�s Slam Bradley, a character I had become quite fond of since Ed�s and my decision to weave him into Selina�s world. The monthly was emphasizing Slam as a foil to Selina, and as such his drinking and need were the sides we were seeing. I wanted to show the other side of the man � the streetwise detective, the romantic adventurer and, primarily, the slightly crazy Irishman who acts with great justice and violence when faced with evil bastards.
I threw in Burgess Meredith (Swifty) and Pam Grier (Crystal) and I had a cast to kill for. BIG SCORE remains my favorite book that I�ve written and drawn.
� Darwyn Cooke

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Will K
Member Since 2006

Posted on 8/1/2016

Wanted to say that I like how loose this looks. But maybe that's the wrong word. I think it the piece exudes... attitude ? Love this piece!

Glen Brunswick
Member Since 2004

Posted on 8/1/2016

Awesome piece, John. Even better in person. Enjoy it!

Borna B
Member Since 2007

Posted on 8/2/2016

Love it! This would be a catch for me too.

bob fish
Member Since 2011

Posted on 8/2/2016

Excellent ! Congrats

Tim G
Member Since 2010

Posted on 8/3/2016

Good eye John! Love these Darwyn character pieces.

Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 1/20/2017

A truly wonderful find. Congratulations! I'd have bought it, too.

Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007

Posted on 9/8/2018

She looks good as the leader

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/9/2019

Great Gang shot.

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