Episode 6 is now available!

In the 6th episode of The Shade’s Journal, join host Matt Kramer for discussions of Starman 9-11, as well as the Shade story from Showcase ’95 #12. We also get a little taste of why continuity in the DC Universe is a mixed blessing.

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Contest info!

The first contest to win a copy of the first Starman TPB "Sins of the Father" will end on June 29th, 2008. Please have all entries in by midnight on that day!

The Shade's Journal Episode 5

In Episode 5 of the Shade’s Journal, let’s spend a (K)Night at the circus, as host Matt Kramer discusses issues 7 and 8 of Starman. So join in for meetings with a blue skinned alien geek, an octopus woman, and an incubus as Jack takes his first steps to becoming an honest hero. Also, we discuss how to enter the first contest to win a copy of the first volume of Starman, "Sins of the Father".

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Maurin Quina by Leonetto Capiello, c. 1906

In episode 7 of The Shade's Journal, I made a comparison between the visual of Bliss and this image. If anyone would like to purchase a copy of this image, check out art.com or follow this link: http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/pd--10027889/sp--A/Maurin_Quina_c1906.htm

The Shade's Journal Episode 4

Episode 4 of The Shade's Journal is now available!

In this episode, join your host Matt Kramer for a discussion of Starman #6, the first tale of Times Past. Find out how the Shade got his own little piece of Opal City, as well as what literary characters he was the basis for. Matt also tells a story, Hans Christian Anderson’s "The Shadow".

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