January 2, 2009
Addictive Comics/Decoder Ring Theater for 2009
Happy New Year.Â
I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Years and that you’re ready for a very good 2009.
Since this is our first post on the Black Jack Justice Blog of 2009 (I took yesterday completely off and just watched Football. I hope you did the same. At least the “took off” part. The football was pretty crappy. I have high hopes for the Florida/Oklahoma match-up though.) — where was I? Oh yeah…
Since this is our first post on the Black Jack Justice Blog of 2009, I thought I would give you a few teasers about what we are working on for ol’ Square Jaw and other Decoder Ring Theatre properties for the coming year.
BLACK JACK JUSTICE
We’ve been very pleased with the reception that Justice Served Cold has gotten from the DRT fans and the many new fans that have clicked over from The Rookie to check it out.Â
So, we plan to continue adapting the Black Jack Justice stories. Some of you may have assumed this was the plan (and in many ways it was) but it really did depend upon the reception we got. So thank yourselves for this if you love Black Jack Justice.
Stories #2 and #3 are already in the works. The Rookie Artist, Mark Hester (who still thinks it’s weird to type in the third person) will be drawing #2 — in a very different style from the one The Rookie fans are use to.  BJJ artist extrodinaire, Sami Kivelä, will be returning with #3. He is also doing the adapting of the story himself (from Gregg Taylor’s script) — so you know it will rock.
We’ll be searching for some outstanding artists to work with us on future stories and may even do some “comic-only” (or “comic-first”) stories.
THE RED PANDA
The great reception for Black Jack Justice also convinced us that we should do The Red Panda. We won’t kid you here — naturally we planned (hoped) all along to do The Red Panda — But the reception and the comments really did make it a done deal.
Again we are looking for the right artists to bring RP and TFS to life. If you know someone — or you ARE someone — please, PLEASE visit our NEW TALENT SEARCH PAGE.
ADDITIONAL DECODER RING THEATER STORIES
I’m really not suppose to say anything about this (seriously!) but that’s never stopped me before.Â
We had a mind-blowingly good artist contact us recently (look for a sample of his artwork on the Art of Addictive Comics Blog — Coming soon!) and he wants to do… well, let’s just say “another of DRT’s Podcasts” – they might DECK me if I use this SPACE to announce it.Â
It just so happens that Scott is good friends with the author of this particular story (we have been discussing some of his other stories — I don’t think we have FAILED in our MONOLOGUES with him — but I can’t tell you who it is yet.) so it has a better than equal chance of happening.
If it all comes together — it will KICK SERIOUS A**! (that’s not a hint. Just capitals.
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Personally, I would like to see us do some of the Decoder Ring Theatre Showcase stories down the road. Let us know your favorites.
OTHER COMICS and BLOGSÂ Â Â
Naturally we are happy with our readers from DRT and Black Jack Justice and hope you will continue to support all of the stories that AC and DRT team-up to do.
But don’t forget to check out all the other stories and blogs we have planned. I won’t go into all of them on this post (it’s long already) but we will keep you informed.Â
Not everything will be everyone’s cup of tea — but you may discover something you like.Â
So be sure to give everything a look.Â
See ya,
Mark
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Filed under Gregg Taylor, Mark Hester, Sami Kivelä by Mark
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