Legendary "DC: The New Frontier" creator and comic book legend Darwyn Cooke passes away

By now, the new has officially been reported and the comic book industry worldwide mourns the loss of one of its beacons of light - Legendary Canadian comic book writer and artist Darwyn Cooke lost the battle to cancer and has passed away. As Comic Book.com and Newsarama reports. The eisner award winner and creator of DC: The New Frontier fought the brave fight... And now has moved on to a better place and has truly "gone too soon". :( He will be missed as fans, friends, and loved ones mourn his passing around the globe.

R.I.P Darwyn Cooke. Your legacy lives on in your works.

DC Comics reveals December 2014 Darwyn Cooke variant cover theme

Looks like DC Comics is going for another variant theme month come December, and this time all the focus will be on the art style and pencils of one of the most talented artists of recent comic history - Darwyn Cooke!

Yes, the man who drew the classic DC: The New Frontier and has great runs in The Spirit and Catwoman is bringing his art skills for December's line of variant covers for books in The New 52, which you can read the list of in Comic Vine. The cover to Justice League #37 is shown above, and Cooke recently did a variant for this month's issue #33 of the comic to honor Batman's 75th Anniversary this year!

Check out ALL THE COVERS via Newsarama. Watch out for the Darwyn Cooke wave of DC Comics New 52 covers this December!

Batman 75: DC All Access previews Darwyn Cooke's Batman Beyond tribute

Giving their first look at what may very well be a fine tribute of epic proportions from the legendary Darwyn Cooke, DC All Access has the very first sneak peek at the next Batman 75 animated short from one of the minds behind the futurists Batman Beyond series, which sees Terry McGinnis as Batman trying to save his mentor Bruce Wayne from... Batman?

Well, more like a Batman bot or something... But very much like Bruce during his prime! This, fans have got to see!


Darwyn Cooke's Batman Beyond - First Look (DCAA)
The Batman Beyond animated short for the Batman 75th Anniversary debuts in Wondercon!