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art by Mike Kaluta

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thought bout it for a sec but The Shadow looks like Shadow the Hedgehog but if he became vintage and deformed

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The Phantom and The Shadow

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The Shadow

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The Shadow

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An idea I had for an animated series based on the shadow called “The Shadow Knows”. I really wanted him to look like an actual shadow with very little detail except for the creases of his gloves or capes. His legs are never shown ar he slithers and “swooshes” everywhere. The creases in his scarf act as his mouth tilting to show his mood.

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baby's first dividers !

thought dividers / graphics / blog decor stuff was cool and wanted to make my own without goin too crazy w it

based + traced from these pulp graphics

and The Shadow Club logo

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WHERE TO START WITH THE SHADOW?

Explaining this format, this was an anonymous ask but because i've been very...very...VERY silly I deleted it on accident.

They wanted to know where to start with The Shadow.

That can vary based on personal preference. I have more of a bias towards the original pulp run of the character since that's where he's at his best both in character and with stories. I would start there if possible.

Start with the first 5 stories:

The Living Shadow

Eyes of The Shadow

The Shadow Laughs

The Red Menace

Gangdom's Doom

Then read any stories from the 30s. Here are some recommendations:

The Death Tower

The Silent Seven

The Grove of Doom

The Black Hush

The Road of Crime

The Five Chameleons

The Salamanders

The Black Falcon

Charg, Monster

The Voodoo Master Saga (The Voodoo Master, City of Doom, Voodoo Trail)

The 40s has some good ones but I have this impossible paranoid scenario in my head that someone goes from finishing The Living Shadow then for some unknown reason The Television Murders and then never reads The Shadow again.

First 5 start out a bit long but after Gangdom's Doom they changed to a smaller format. They're short, digestible and you could practically start anywhere. Only a handful of stories have a linear storyline.

It's expected but as a reminder, all of it's an older product (unsensible to anyone NOT white, handsome, and male.)

OTHER RECOMMENDS:

The Shadow: IN THE COILS OF Leviathan - Literally designed to be an introduction and the closest thing to an og pulp story in modern times. His greatest presentation in comics DEFINITELY give it a read.

The Shadow Movie Adaptation - In here in case you didn't like the movie. More creativity and a lot less drama. Actually does A LOT of things better than the movie.

The Shadow (1973 - 1975) - A decent series that takes inspiration from the stories and radio.

The Shadow (serial) - Due to the format it's kinda built like a story. Best out of all theatrical releases that came out during his peak. Also one of the few films that weren't hyperfixated on the radio show (and didn't put you in a coma!)

The Shadow Radio Show season 1 and / or the BF Goodrich Summer Season - The beginning of the psychic origin and invisible element of the Shadow, which has been attached to many character iterations since. An obvious pick but features the more memorable stuff and some of the series' stronger episodes.

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he just like me fr

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most artists make him too average / bulky

he needs a more off-putting build

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The Shadow by Dan Schkade

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REF

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this is kinda what he looked like when I started drawing him

the SPY vs SPY thing was 95.8% accidental

like I knew what that was before The Shadow but it didn't inspire the drawings at all lmao

currently it's a stylized version of how he's described in the og stories

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