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and scream 'Parker!' at him all the time, but he lived not far from me at the time, and quite often I would visit his home and hang out with him while he lettered pages, and then we'd drop 'em off at the
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and becoming a tank driver. Parker applied for
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comic book, published by Marvel from 1994 to 1996. He wrote and illustrated his own graphic novel,
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from 2007 to 2009. Parker has illustrated a series of graphic novel parodies (written by
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in the deserts of New Mexico and Utah. He was also an acting
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