Well, Jack and Trixie have solved the case and “Justice” is served up.

Let us hear your comments on the last page and the whole story.  What did you think?

Also keep watching this blog, the Addictive Comics Blog and your Email Inbox (Please signup for the Newsletter if you haven’t) as we gear up for the next Black Jack Justice Story.

It will be Justice is Blind, by the way and we will have more information here soon.

Mark

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Please let us know what you think of Page 12 of Justice Served Cold.

The End is Near

Next week is the conclusion of the first story.  Be sure to read below the artwork and visit the blog for all the information about where we go from here.

Lettering

Well, I may not be getting any better ARTISTICALLY — but I am definitely getting better LOGISTICALLY.  I don’t think I could have done this page 10 weeks ago. 

Whew. 

Going around the cars in panel #3 and fitting everything in panels #4 - 7 was a lot of fun.  (Right…) 

On the plus-side I only had to cut 2 short lines from the script (Anyone know what they are?  Gregg?) and panel #2 might have been the easiest of the story so far.

Mark  

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Please share your comments on Black Jack Justice Page 10 with us.

AC

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I really can’t imagine someone reading the blog who hasn’t read the comic.  What would be the point?  However, just in case…

(Besides, I needed something to fill this post, anyway.)

We have been promising it since day one — and it’s finally up and running

The Art of Addictive Comics Blog is LIVE!

We’ve wanted to do this even before we started the comics, but we weren’t sure if there was really a need for it.  As creators we love to discuss the story and artwork amoungst ourselves, but we didn’t know if the readers would be interested or not.

But the comments on the Blogs have convinced us that at least a few of you would like to delve more deeply into the creation process. 

So we’ve created The Art of Addictive Comics Blog.

Some of you may note that we only have one Art Blog when we have mentioned before that we would be doing individual ones for each book.  We decided that one would be better.  That’s all.

You might also notice, when you visit, that it looks a little sparce.  We’ll be fixing that as we go along. 

Our first post is all about the page you just read — Black Jack Justice - Justice Served Cold - Page 8 — And TREES! 

If you are interested in Artwork, the creation process or you’re just wasting time at work until the whistle blows — Check out The Art of Addictive Comics Blog by CLICKING HERE NOW. 

Now, please, your comments on Page Eight.

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I tried really hard to get the Art of Addictive Comics Blog ready for this week.

It’s not the blog itself — putting up and starting a blog is drop dead simple.  That’s why they are so popular. 

It’s the content.  I just didn’t have the time to get everything ready.

But this would have been a perfect week.  Trust me.  This page bears A LOT of talking about. 

If you are interested in the artwork and the processes that go into creating it and getting it on the screen, be sure to check out The Art of Addictive Comics Blog – which should be up NEXT WEEK.

Now, please, your comments on Page 7 of Black Jack Justice — Justice Served Cold.   

Mark

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Please let us know what you think about Black Jack Justice Page 6 here. 

Also if you would like to make a comment on the Black Jack Justice VIDEO in the previous post you can do it here.  (if you came here directly from the comic CLICK HERE to view the previous post. Opens in new page.)  

You may note that the comments are turned “off” on the video post.  That wasn’t because we didn’t want to hear from you .  We would love to hear what you think and any ideas you may have to make it better and how we can do more.

The problem is that Wordpress is horribly flakey where videos are concerned.  Each time you “Edit” a post (which is how we respond to your comments) you run the risk of the video screwing up.  It happens almost everytime. 

Skip this next part if programming bores you. (Head down to “New Videos”)

Maybe someone out there can help.  Here’s what happens –

Put the post up once and the video is fine (as you can hopefully see — please let me know IMMEDIATELY if it isn’t working for you.  It’s fine on my screen) as long as I don’t touch the post.  But as soon as I open the post to edit anything, half the program code for the video disappears.  It’s gone when I open it.  Like it wasn’t there.  Instead of the 6 to 8 lines I put in originally, there are about 3 lines that don’t make sense — or work.

I have to go to YouTube and resave the code.  Post it, save and leave very carefully.  Then it’s fine again – until the next time I click edit.  

On some of my other blogs I have had vids that stay for months, working perfectly.  But try and edit anywhere in the post and BAM!, 1/2 the lines of video code are just gone. 

New Videos

Anyway, we have this video for BJJ and a similar one for The Rookie, finished and ready to post on some of the video sharing sites.  The one below is only on YouTube and here right now and The Rookie isn’t posted at all. 

We’ll monitor the results and, if they are getting us some good results (more readers!), we’ll probably do some more of them.  So far it looks promising — there have been 42 views in a little under 12 hours.  Not bad.   

If and when we do, we’ll post them here or maybe at the bottom of the comic pages, which have no problem with vids. 

So please let us know what you think and any ideas you have for more vids and any other “get the word out” activities.

We do thank you.

Mark, Scott, Gregg and Sami

PS Please feel free to get the post at YouTube and embed it on your site or just link to the video there or on this blog.

Here is the YouTube address –  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm18eRvwu8U

And here is the Last Post’s direct address — http://addictivecomics.com/blackjackjusticeblog/uncategorized/hard-boiled-detective-stories-in-an-intelligent-webcomic

Thank you.

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Let’s hear those comments on Page 5! 

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For fun, here is Gregg’s original script for this page.  If you like you can compare this to the comic page to see exactly what we cut out. 

Let us know if you think we did a good job.

TRIX: Jack’s eyes narrowed and his jaw set hard behind his smirk. Donna Ryan. Wife of industrialist Clarence Ryan. The Ryans drew a lot of water in this town. This might be more trouble than it was worth. Jack glanced at me. I shrugged a little. We did need the case, but did we need the headaches? I was doing mental arithmetic; adding up the pros and cons on an invisible ledger. Jack’s eyes drifted back to Mrs. Ryan. I wondered what he was adding up.

JACK: The Ryan dame looked down at her shoes. Her whole body was shaking, trembling in a way that had nothing to do with the draft through the office window. She’d touched up her face before she came in, but this close I could see that a lot of tears had wandered past those eyes in the last few hours. She was terrified. Terrified of everything. Everything she had and everything she’d lost. We knew who she was and she was almost sure we’d use it to our advantage. That tore it. I’m different things to different people, but I’m a blackmailer to nobody.

JACK: All right, Mrs. Ryan. Take a breath and relax a little. I won’t promise that everything’s gonna be fine, but we’ll do our best to make it so. Your letters have come home to roost, have they?

DONN: In a manner of speaking. It was just last night when a messenger arrived at my home. He delivered an envelope which contained a single letter, in my own girlish hand, written shortly before the war. It also contained this:

JACK: Trixie?

TRIX: Single page, handwritten. On the letterhead of the messenger company – probably written at their office. The text is short and to the point: “Reply tomorrow – 8pm Metrolite Hotel room 314”.

JACK: That’s it?

TRIX: That’s all.

JACK: That’s odd.

DONN: Why odd? You said you’d handled this sort of thing before.

TRIX: Yes Mrs. Ryan, but usually the… I’m sorry, but the blackmailer-

DONN: -Oh!

TRIX: -will include a little more information about their terms. An amount would be a common thing to include, or at least a more direct suggestion of consequences.

DONN: I can well imagine the consequences.

JACK: These kind of people don’t usually have that much imagination. Could mean anything. Could mean our mutual friend is new at this. That might work to our advantage.

DONN: I see.

TRIX: It’s your party, Mrs. Ryan. How do you want us to handle this?

DONN: I- I’d like you to… take care of it.

JACK: Forgive me ma’am. It’s not that we’re dense, it’s just that could mean anything. Including a whole range of services we don’t supply.

TRIX: I know this is difficult for you, but we’ve got to be specific if we’re to cut to the happy ending. 

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Let’s here the comments on Page 5!

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Hello again. 

Here are all of your comments on Page 3.

Don’t forget, to view the rest of the blog — including the “Between ComicPages Posts” – click the BJJ Blog Home link in the top left corner.

Mark

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Hey, we’re glad you could make it. 

This is where you can comment on Page 3 and read the comments made by other readers and the creators.

To view the rest of the blog click the BJJ Blog Home link in the top left corner.

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Page 3 really taxed my almost-non-existent lettering skills to the max.  I had to move and squeeze and move some more just to fit everything in.  Those fans of Black Jack Justice who have the shows memorized (you know who you are!) will see that we still had to cut a little bit of the dialogue.  Sorry.

It wasn’t much — but if you want to hear the complete text, visit Decoder Ring Theatre and download the wonderful Podcast of Justice Served Cold.

I am even more sorry that I had to cover up so much of Sami’s beautiful artwork.   After the Holidays are over we plan on creating another blog to feature and highlight the artwork of Black Jack Justice and other artwork by the Creators.  We’ll probably include the “pre-word balloon pages” each week for anyone interested in them.  But until then here is a special little treat.  

I HATED to cover these legs up –

Pencils by Sami - Inks by Mark - Legs by Donna

Let us know if this kind of stuff interests you (”discussions about the artwork” not the girl )

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While you’re here, don’t forget to have a look around.  There is a gorgeous picture of Trixie by Sami on the post for December 19th.

Mark
   

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