scans_daily: Garth Ennis Is Doing a Shadow Comic! Also, Liefeld's Hawkman and Deathstroke Covers

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@ 2012-01-20 01:27 am UTC

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char: the shadow/lamont cranston, creator: garth ennis, creator: rob liefeld, medium: music, title: punisher max, title: the shadow

Garth Ennis Is Doing a Shadow Comic! Also, Liefeld's Hawkman and Deathstroke Covers

The first has me grinning, as I love the character, I love that it's going to have a 1930s setting, and to me Garth Ennis' best work is when he's doing crime or war stories, so to me this series is going to rock so hard! Here's one of several covers that the series is getting,

Also he's going to be going back to Punisher Max, which is also good, though personally I was actually enjoying Jason Aaron's run so far.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/16/garth-ennis-shadow-ongoing-series-dynamite/#ixzz1jdukzOrW

Oh, and here's an interview and two covers from two of the series' that Liefeld is taking over, and they have me grinning for entirely different reasons...
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36511

Sorry Rob, I know that somehow your books might turn out to be good... but even if DC wasn't putting out books with both very good writing and art (shout out to the Shade and Batwoman amongst others), your covers alone manage to get me giggling.

But then, the theme song for the cheesy yet enjoyable Adam Baldwin Shadow is also hilarious, so I probably just have a weird sense of humour,

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	no subject his_spiffynesss 2012-01-20 02:00 am UTC (link)
	If you haven't heard, Howard Chaykin's Shadow series from the 80's is getting collected (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject okkult3000 2012-01-20 03:30 am UTC (link)
	That series was both an interesting take on the character and crazy misogynistic. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject golden_orange 2012-01-20 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh God, I remember that theme song from "The Shadow"; it goes so over-the-top that it somehow manages to be terrible and wonderful at the same time. Much like the movie, in many ways. (Pedantic correction, however; it was actually Alec Baldwin who was the Shadow, not Adam. Easy mistake to make given how many of them there are, though.) (Reply to this)

	no subject star_of_airdrie 2012-01-20 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Hawkman looks like Hawk and the level of my shock is a 1 on a scale of 1 to 1,000... The fact that Lobo in joining Deathstroke is still giving me nightmares... (Reply to this)

	no subject lissa_quon 2012-01-20 04:50 am UTC (link)
	AH THE SHADOW!!! I have fondness for that movie and that hilariously cheesy ending theme. I think that film was probably my first real geek experience. That said --- I'm definitely going to have to keep an eye out for that Shadow comic. (Reply to this)

	no subject akodo_rokku 2012-01-20 05:24 am UTC (link)
	So what DC is saying, is that they're going to cancel Hawkman and Deathstroke next. No big loss. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject kenn_el 2012-01-21 04:12 pm UTC (link)
	Then they can move him on to 'World's Finest' and 'Superman'! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject curlyjo1 2012-01-20 05:27 am UTC (link)
	... For the first time, I'm a little bit glad that they killed off Kendra Saunders. Better than being subjected to Liefeld art. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject star_of_airdrie 2012-01-20 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	Good point (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject halloweenjack 2012-01-20 05:50 am UTC (link)
	Take another look at the page you linked to. Ennis isn't going back to Punisher MAX; they're just speculating that his Shadow will be similar in tone and quality. I hope that it's at least better than The Boys, Crossed and Jennifer Blood. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-20 11:07 am UTC (link)
	http://www.newsarama.com/comics/garth-ennis-shadow-dynamite-120116.html (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject halloweenjack 2012-01-20 02:54 pm UTC (link)
	New information! Thanks. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject big_daddy_d 2012-01-20 06:36 am UTC (link)
	The only time I've been exposed to The Shadow is via the movie starring Alec Baldwin, sooo any recommendations? (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject espanolbot 2012-01-20 11:14 am UTC (link)
	The Michael Wm. Kaluta comics are good, though I'm not sure if they're still in print at this point. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject skjam 2012-02-20 04:23 am UTC (link)
	I've just posted a story from "The Shadow Strikes!" a DC series published in the early 90s but not very 90sish. On a broader scale, you can get podcasts of old Shadow radio show episodes various places on the internet. If you want to go hardcore, the pulp novels are being reprinted two to a volume and are good value for money. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject pyrotwilight 2012-01-20 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Wait...is that Hawkman cover supposed to be Hawkman, or some extreme(!!!) enemy Hawkman has to fight? I legitimately can't tell. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject q99 2012-01-22 05:58 pm UTC (link)
	That's Hawkman. This is the current costume, so if anything he's become sleeker and less extreme. IMO, the two pics are pretty good by Liefeld standards. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject eyz 2012-01-20 12:59 pm UTC (link)
	Love what you did there, Rob. I couldn't imagine it was possible to turn these already 90's-ysh designer 90's-ysh-er. claps hands (Reply to this)

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leoboiko
2012-01-20 01:31 pm UTC (link)

Heh, same day I got the record for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9DluI703Fk

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	no subject bradygirl_12 2012-01-20 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	The Shadow knows! evil laugh (Reply to this)

	no subject darkblade 2012-01-20 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Well Leifeld has improved over the last twenty years. His art is still awful but it's not physically painful to look at anymore. (Reply to this)

	no subject thesecondevil 2012-01-20 06:25 pm UTC (link)
	This might sound ridiculous but has Liefeld actually streamlined New 52 Deathstroke's costume? (Reply to this)

	no subject benuben 2012-01-20 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Of course.... Kind of funny how much Deathstrokes costume looks like that Bloodstrike (seriously?) design. (Reply to this)

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