Mike Mayhew captures The Shadow perfectly in this great painting--love the angle looking up and his red eyes. Check out his deviantART page here! Nuff Said.
Showing posts with label The Shadow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Shadow. Show all posts
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The Shadow by Mike Mayhew
Mike Mayhew captures The Shadow perfectly in this great painting--love the angle looking up and his red eyes. Check out his deviantART page here! Nuff Said.
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Shadow #1 original art cover by Michael Kaluta
I am sure all Silver Age fans remember Kaluta's famous 1973 cover to The Shadow #1. I always found the texture and shading on that piece to be different than any other cover I had seen up to that point.
The original cover art to this piece, which looks even better in black and white than full color! The Shadow is rendered with tones, a grey ink wash perhaps? The train and city skyline draw your attention to the figure in the center.
Here is a DC house ad from House of Mystery 217, announcing the forthcoming arrival of The Shadow in July 1973. Doc Savage was already being published by Marvel and Steranko had brought these pulp heroes back into the spotlight from his History of Comics. Nuff Said!
The original cover art to this piece, which looks even better in black and white than full color! The Shadow is rendered with tones, a grey ink wash perhaps? The train and city skyline draw your attention to the figure in the center.
Here is a DC house ad from House of Mystery 217, announcing the forthcoming arrival of The Shadow in July 1973. Doc Savage was already being published by Marvel and Steranko had brought these pulp heroes back into the spotlight from his History of Comics. Nuff Said!
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Shadow "Lamont Cranston & Margo Lane" poster by Michael Kaluta
I recently came across this gem that was published as a poster in 1976.
Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margo Lane enjoying a night out on the town, with his alter ego hanging over them in the painting. I remember this one fondly as I painstakingly tried to copy this in pencil for a high school art class. I could not match the mastery of Michael Kaluta! Nuff Said.
Lamont Cranston (aka The Shadow) and Margo Lane enjoying a night out on the town, with his alter ego hanging over them in the painting. I remember this one fondly as I painstakingly tried to copy this in pencil for a high school art class. I could not match the mastery of Michael Kaluta! Nuff Said.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Jim Steranko Knows The Shadow: Two Paintings from MediaScene in 1975
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows. And who knows the Shadow? Jim Steranko!
In the 1970s, a lot of material from the pulp magazines were re-published as paperback books. Conan and Doc Savage were the two most popular pulp heroes that found a new audience. The Shadow followed, with a paperback series that featured some great Steranko covers.
You can find some of those Steranko covers on the Internet, but I will wager that many people haven't seen this fantastic Shadow cover from MediaScene #14. Published by Steranko's SuperGraphics company in 1975, this issue was chock full of Shadow news and features.
The biggest news was a new fan club that Steranko announced, The Shadow Secret Society. Similar to the fan club for Marvel (FOOM) that Steranko also launched, the SSS membership kit included an illustrated envelope, a pin, a membership card, newsletter, etc. Looking back, I don't think any of that stuff was as exciting as these two paintings that Steranko produced for MediaScene.
Steranko's enthusiasm for the pulp magazines infected everyone who read his great History of Comics. He made the connection between the pulps and the birth of comics, and introduced a new generation to Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Spider, etc. Nuff Said!
In the 1970s, a lot of material from the pulp magazines were re-published as paperback books. Conan and Doc Savage were the two most popular pulp heroes that found a new audience. The Shadow followed, with a paperback series that featured some great Steranko covers.
You can find some of those Steranko covers on the Internet, but I will wager that many people haven't seen this fantastic Shadow cover from MediaScene #14. Published by Steranko's SuperGraphics company in 1975, this issue was chock full of Shadow news and features.
The biggest news was a new fan club that Steranko announced, The Shadow Secret Society. Similar to the fan club for Marvel (FOOM) that Steranko also launched, the SSS membership kit included an illustrated envelope, a pin, a membership card, newsletter, etc. Looking back, I don't think any of that stuff was as exciting as these two paintings that Steranko produced for MediaScene.
Steranko's enthusiasm for the pulp magazines infected everyone who read his great History of Comics. He made the connection between the pulps and the birth of comics, and introduced a new generation to Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Spider, etc. Nuff Said!
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