Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #33

By: Joe Cromarty

Joe Cromarty — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:06:58 +0000

Will this ever be updated? 2007 was two years ago. I am anxious to see another Shadow movie. As to who can play it, certainly not A. Baldwin; he's gotten too heavy. I'm really not up on the actor scene 'cause there's been too much emphasis on who's doing who, who isn't doing who, who's a lez, who's a fag. Yeah, Broday's got the nose for it! PLEASE update!

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:35:14 +0000

And let's not forget about the Shadow's main contribution to the american comics: Shadow was one of the main inspiration for Bob Kane and Bill Finger's Batman.

The Shadow series from the DC Bronze Age was too short lived. One of the gems from that era.

There was a classic Shadow hardcover graphic novel published by Marvel 15 or 20 years ago (?) that was pretty nice also. It was drawn (and written?) by Mike Kaluta and inked by Russ Heath!

By: John

John — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:48:22 +0000

If you let go of your preconceptions and don't expect it to be a definitive Shadow movie, the Alec Baldwin film is kind of fun.

Bruce Campbell would be too cutesy. I say Raimi should invent a time machine and get Basil Rathbone to play the part.

By: ulf boehnke

ulf boehnke — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:18:38 +0000

Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of man?#

The Shadow Nose!

By: Evan Waters

Evan Waters — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:53:36 +0000

I rather liked the Baldwin film. Nice twisty plot, some good humor, awesome Goldsmith score.

I actually haven't read very much of the Shadow in comics. The most exposure I've had of him is probably from the radio series- I have a bunch of cassettes somewhere and I listened to 'em on a car trip. Great character.

By: Rob Schamberger

Rob Schamberger — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:03:08 +0000

The best part of the Archie series was that they made Shiwan Khan look like a Marlon Brando biker/Village People leather man.

Don't forget the Mike Kaluta/Gary Gianni Dark Horse stuff. Beautiful, beautiful work!

By: Dan K

Dan K — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:52:10 +0000

"I will have to look up Robbie Robertson"

He's a Spiderman character. JJJ deputy at the Daily Bugle.

By: maggie

maggie — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:38:37 +0000

Awwgh! What was the Archie Series thinking? The Shadow looks horrible as a superhero. There isn't anything of him left in that green get up.

I will have to look up Robbie Robertson...

By: John Seavey

John Seavey — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:34:12 +0000

They don't just do it for the star factor--they do it because masks don't emote. Note that in 'V for Vendetta', where the part really did require V to wear the mask the entire time, one of the few complaints movie critics gave was that there was "very little chemistry" in the scenes between V and Evey, and that he seemed "distant and remote". It's because he was wearing a mask with only one facial expression.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:30:43 +0000

I'd get an unknown. Same as they did with Christopher Reeve for Superman. Find a guy who looks the part who can act. My all-time favorite Shadow comic was the Gerard Jones/Eduardo Barreto one, though I quite liked Chaykin's and Baker's. And of course the O'Neil/Kaluta one's a classic; Frank Robbins and ER Cruz did some really stunning artwork on the 70's run too, though they never get any fan love for it. I don't hate the Baldwin movie as much as some do. I liked the attempted rationalizations of Cranston becoming the Shadow, and why he'd hang out with Margo Lane, and the visualization of Burbank and the other agents and the lair-- the secret pneumatic-tube system cracked me up. The failure was getting Baldwin -- he did a good job, but you know, he's a star, so you have to see his face. So too much of the movie is Cranston or the Shadow without his hat and cape. Phooey on that. I'm about ready to suggest they start putting it into the contract that if you agree to be in a superhero movie you have to wear the goddam mask when the script calls for you to be in your superhero outfit. Call it the Tobey Maguire clause. Incidentally, I feel your pain in terms of traffic. I spent most of the week working on that ZAPP piece and making sure I got everyone's name right. "No Comments Yet" is just sitting there taunting me when I swing by here. I did get a nice note from Jennifer at SPL; she apparently sent a link to her bosses to encourage more of that kind of program at the library. That was cheering.

By: Annoyed Grunt

Annoyed Grunt — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:30:07 +0000

I like the fact that Robo-Shadow cover says 'For mature readers' when it looks like the least mature Shadow story ever.

A few years back I was working the evening shift at a job that was in the sticks. On the way home at midnight an AM station would replay old radio shows. There was something odd about being half asleep and driving through unlit roads while a booming voice tells you 'the weed of crime bears bitter fruit!'

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:29:30 +0000

Interestin' and well researched. That was a good piece.

By: Dan K

Dan K — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:23:43 +0000

Bruce Campbell is the only man who could pull of Judge Dredd. It's all about the chin baby.

By: Scott King

Scott King — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:21:19 +0000

Age doesn't matter when Bruce Campbell is involved.

By: hifidigitalboy

hifidigitalboy — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:17:16 +0000

I second Bruce Campbell!

By: Dan K

Dan K — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:17:06 +0000

What happened to black history month? I was looking foward to Robbie Robertson.

By: Adam Jones

Adam Jones — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:50:05 +0000

I don't care what you say.

Bruce Campbell can pull off the Shadow.