The second in what promises to be an engaging series of graphic novel adaptations of Donald Westlake/Richard Stark’s Parker novels is The Man With the Getaway Face (24 giant 8x12-inch pages, IDW, $2, a “prequel” price), the second Parker adventure, which, here, abridges the original novel about the first robbery Parker conducts after undergoing plastic surgery to change his appearance. This short tale functions as a bridging prelude to The Outfit, the third Parker book, slated to appear in the fall. Darwyn Cooke’s art and storytelling are as taut and stark as the tale itself. Drawn in black tinged with tan highlights and shapes, half the pages are nearly wordless, a tour de force of visual narrative.
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