Richard Stark 's self - named Peter Stark was the star of two dozen crime - fiction books . I think he eventually saw that we were n't interested in taking Parker and doing what we wanted with him . Darwyn Cooke has taken up Stark 's exploits in a new series of graphic novels . Cooke will debut his newest book , ` ` The Score , '' at San Diego Comic - Con this week .
Richard Stark 's self - named Peter Stark was the star of two dozen crime - fiction books . Darwyn Cooke has taken up Stark 's exploits in a new series of graphic novels . Cooke will debut his newest book , ` ` The Score , '' at San Diego Comic - Con this week .