You Got Noir in My Comic Book
Darwyn Cooke is one of my favorite comic book artists. His style has elements of Alex Toth, Jack Kirby, and even Will Eisner. He worked as a storyboard artist for Bruce Timm back in the days of Batman the Animated Series, and you can see the evolution of that style in his work. I read Richard Stark's novel The Hunter a few years ago and enjoyed it for what it was, a brutal revenge fantasy. Sometimes two good things don't add up to a better thing though. I think I prefer my crime noir fiction and my comic books as two separate treats.