Acmecast #263 - For Dar! Best, Adam & Stephen.

Stephen and Adam pay tribute with a final word on their favorite creator that brought them closer together as friends through comics, travel and attitude, Darwyn Cooke.

Show Notes:

• Inside cover doodles of Batman in Batman Ego & Other Stories, The Spirit in volume 1, and Doop in X-Force - Famous, Mutant & Mortal.
• MegaCon 2008 Green Lantern sketch with detail of the playing card from the New Frontier Casino, reprinted in Retroactive by Brandstudio Press.
• Issue #6 Page 8 from The Spirit, inked by J.Bone, acquired at San Diego Comic Con International 2010, as well as the HeroesCon 2008 print that was turned into the cover of the DC: New Frontier deluxe edition hardcover.
• Kitty Pryde full commission from MegaCon 2008.
• New Frontier finished promo image with the original art.
• Adam's Green Lantern and Stephen's Batman & Supergirl from the Absolute New Frontier frontispiece.
• Signature plates from the exclusive editions of Parker - The Hunter, The Outfit and the Score, issued at San Diego Comic Con International 2009, New York Comic Con 2010 and San Diego Comic Con International 2012, respectively.
• Signed copy of October 1985's New Talent Showcase #19, featuring Darwyn's first published work, and a retouched copy of Solo #5.
• The cover of next month's Silver Surfer #5, with the figure that we suppose is Darwyn.
• Page 1 of the Justice League: New Frontier Special, pretty much summing up the way Stephen feels about comics, and especially DC, in general.
• Comic Book Artist Magazine cover from March 2004 featuring characters from DC AND Marvel as well as Toy Story, Men in Black, Witchblade, Looney Tunes, Madman and more.
• Detective Comics #37 variant cover from December 2015.