Daddy Cool

Daddy Cool is a novel by African American writer Donald Goines. It has been described as a European cult classic and "the bible of rappers." Background Daddy Cool was published in 1974, the year of Goines' death, along with five of his other novels. In 1984, Daddy Cool was turned into a graphic novel, with text by comics veteran Don Glut and illustrations by Filipino artist Alfredo Alcala. However, it was released under Goines' name, making it the first graphic novel released under an African American author's name. Holloway House reissued the book in 2003. A film adaptation was greenlit by ContentFilm in 2004, to be helmed by Never Die Alone director Ernest R. Dickerson, and rapper DMX expressed interest in a starting role. However, these plans never came to fruition.