I've been sketching again, and tried to draw a picture of the Shadow and Lamont Cranston, only Cranston ended up looking more like George Clarendon. (House points if you remember him. *shivers*)

And here they are.

The last time any real news came out about the 2010 movie was December of as year. (Columbia & Raimi Team on The Shadow)

Now, we see what going on is... nothing. "I don't have any news on 'The Shadow' at this time, except that the company that I have with Josh Donen, my producing partner, we've got the rights to 'The Shadow.' I love the character very much and we're trying to work on a story that'll do justice to the character." --Sam Raimi on Spider-Man 4 and The Shadow

Theshadowfan.com has the story "More Producers Tied to The Shadow 2010" for June, but I haven't read this anywhere else.

The theory is if The Shadow is to actually come out in 2010, we'll definitely hear something by late 2008.

Just thought someone might look in this place and like to know!

Here's a rather silly Shadow icon made from that Shadow-in-sanctum picture that one finds everywhere:



Lyrics from Constantinople (TMBG). *hides*

I've been doing a little research lately.

The Syracuse University Library is currently undertaking a project to record and preserve all publications of Street & Smith, the original publisher of the Shadow pulp novels. It doesn't look as though the project's current holdings include any of the Shadow books, but they have a nice list of all S&S' Shadow radio script titles.

A good portion of the titles can be found for download here.

I've also found a comprehensive list of Shadow books, radio programs, comics, and movies. Interestingly, the new reprints by Nostalgia Ventures are not in the original order.

This book was written by Robert Sampson, and published by Pulp Press in 1982. It's essentially a history of The Shadow,focusing mostly on the character as he appeared in the pulp magazines. It's a very well written book, and I'd recommend it to all fans of the Shadow.

Here's a link to where you can learn more about the book:http://shadowsanctum.net/history/reference/reference-night_master.html



p.s
the book has been out of print for a long time. copies usually go for well above $50.

Further proof that Peter Wingfield is the Shadow.


( Original image )

( As an icon )


And as a special bonus, here's a short story carefully styled after Maxwell Grant's immortal Shadow Magazine!

Rating: PG
Genre: drama, mystery
Summary: Death prowls the trail of the white stone tiger -- and only The Shadow can identify the killer!
Title: The Bengal Tiger

The other night I drew a sketch of the Shadow in action. Follow the link!

Here's some amazing Shadow fanart(of the digital kind) that I found online:

http://www.alpc.com/hero109.htm

http://www.alpc.com/hero30.htm

http://www.alpc.com/hero3.htm <= this one is the best. very 'pulp'. :)

Don't know if you already knew this, fellow Shadow fans, but there have been some interesting Shadow news recently! According to VintageLibrary, licensed reprints of the Shadow pulps are coming soon! The first is actually due out sometime in July.

For more info, go here:
http://www.vintagelibrary.com/pulpfiction/ComingSoon/ShadowAndDocSavagePaperbacks.php

I did a bunch of rough sketches yesterday, and the best one turned out to be The Shadow.

Though world is full of good actors who might (pun intended) want a shot at it, my personal pick for the Shadow is Peter Wingfield. (You may have seen him as Methos in the Highlander series.)

Here are four icons to prove it. All are sharable; just comment and credit me in your keywords.


     


Text on the first icon is a quote from Sherlock Holmes; the second and third are verses from T.S. Eliot's 'The Hollow Men'; and the last one's from Jules Verne.


If you were making a Shadow movie tomorrow, who would you pick?

Hello! I'm a pulp!Shadow fan from way back and just found this place... is anyone still around?

Here are a few of my favorite Shadow links:

The Shadow: Master of Darkness -- huge amount of information about every incarnation of the character.
The Shadow Magazine -- reviews for all 325 Shadow pulps, and some other neat stuff.
Dial B for Blog -- just found this one, actually; a fun summary of the Shadow's pulp character, with plenty of quotes.
IMDB message boards for The Shadow ('94)... currently supporting some weird rumors about a second Shadow movie.

And of course... blackmask.com. (Shh. Search for 'Maxwell Grant'.)

I declare this community open!

Hi. For now I'm your friendly neighborhood moderator, which means that if you hate the color scheme, it's my fault. Other than that, I'll be keeping an eye on the community, steering topics back to The Shadow, and occasionally, if necessary, deleting spammers. When not needed for any of these functions, I am a regular poster.

This community is for discussion of all aspects of The Shadow, from the original pulp magazines to the '70s comic to the '90s comic to the radio shows and movies. Fanfic is also welcome with no discrimination based on rating (but please put R and NC-17 rated pieces under cut tags as well as longer fics).

::gestures grandly with one outstretched arm:: Let the conversation begin...