Our second Premier Comic is the very enjoyable BLACK JACK JUSTICE.

BLACK JACK JUSTICE currently appears in an ongoing audio drama podcast from the Decoder Ring Theatre.  The podcast is a full-cast, live-action production in the tradition of Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe and Richard Diamond of Old Time Radio fame. 

Like those legendary detectives, Jack Justice is a 1940’s-style, tough guy detective, hard boiled, hard drinking and quick with the ever ready wise crack.  He is a veteren of World War II and occasionally his memories will bring out his softer side, much to his embarrassment.  Like most of the radio-detective series of the forties, there’s plenty of fun mixed in with the excitement.

What sets BLACK JACK JUSTICE apart from the detectives of yesteryear is his partner in crime, Trixie Dixon, ”Girl Detective.”  Trixie is a true partner and she plays a larger role than the women in the classic detective series, like Sam Spade’s secretary, Effie.  Furthermore she is anything but a dizzy broad.   Trixie Dixon is also a hard-boiled, wise-cracking detective who, in a pleasent new twist, also does narration of the stories.  This is a really fun bit.  As you might expect, she often sees things a bit differently than Jack does.

THE ADDICTIVE COMICS’ BLACK JACK JUSTICE

The Story

As soon as Scott and I started discussing the plans for what would become Addictive Comics, I knew there was one person I would contact immediately — Gregg Taylor of Decoder Ring Theater.

I have been a huge fan since the Original Red Panda Series and knew that BLACK JACK JUSTICE would make a great comic. 

To my delight, Gregg was thrilled by the opportunity and has been a big supporter and help to us as we get this underway. 

We are adapting the comic STRAIGHT from Gregg’s scripts — so you know it’s gonna be good. 

The Artwork

BLACK JACK JUSTICE continued to be blessed when we signed my first choice for artist — the very talented Sami Kivelä.  You are gonna love this guy’s work.  Especially the “dames.”  Let’s face it, anyone can draw Iron-man (as John Byrne once said) but it takes a special talent to dramically draw everyday life.  Sami has that rare talent.  Add to that a very real sense of the 1940’s era and a definite feel for Noir and you have a true winner.

I will be doing the inking and I just hope I don’t mess it up.

Here is a very small teaser for you.  Jack Justice head studies by Sami Kivelä:

 Click on the above drawing for a Larger View and
some interesting information about this sketch.

That’s all you get for now.  Sorry – no Trixie.  You’ll have to wait for the comic for her.  I gotta tell you though — she’s worth the wait!  Sign up for our email if you haven’t so you won’t miss a thing. 

By the way, for all you art fans — we are going to have an “Art of Black Jack Justice Blog” running alongside the comic series.  We will have some of Sami’s and my sketches and concept drawing for Black Jack Justice along with some of our other work and the Noir-style work of other Addictive Artists.  We plan to discuss each drawing and answer questions.  We also hope to include some fan drawings — so get cracking.    It ought to be a lot of fun.

IT’S ALL COMING VERY SOON!   

Trust me on this one – If you love Old Time Radio Detective Series (and who doesn’t?) or Film Noir (and who doesn’t?) or just damn good stories and artwork  (and who doesn’t?), then you MUST check out BLACK JACK JUSTICE. It has everything we love about the hardboiled private dick.

Mark

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FROM THE EVIL CLOSET OF SCOTT SIGLER:

There’s not much to look at yet, other than this frickin’ amazing ROOKIE page by Mark Hester included below. This is just to get your pulse up, a little tease before we delve into the hotness of full-on weekly webcomics.

Addictive Comics is the partnership of author and podcaster Scott Sigler (the egotistical bastard writing this), artist and art director Mark Hester, and programmer Paul Rogalinski. Our goals are simple — spend five years giving the world amazing free webcomics based on podcast fiction, build a huge online following, then sell out to a big comic company and become the Pimps of the French Riviera.

This blog is ground zero for all the news leading up to the Launch of Addictive Comics, and once we go live, it will continue to document the trials, tribulations and goat sacrifices necessary to establish an online business.

We plan to turn podcast fiction stories into webcomics, releasing a new page from each story every week until the book is complete.  It’s all free. We string you out — hence the term “addictive.” Normally, pushers like us say “first hit is free,” but unfortunately for our business model, all the damn hits are free. We think it will be an amazing experience for you to be able to listen to a free podiobook and either read the comic at the same time or go back and read it after you’re done. No one else in the world is doing this. That’s why we get to wear the big-boy pants.

FLAGSHIP TITLES
We’re kicking it off live and loud with THE ROOKIE, a scifi/football/gangster story that is also available as a free audiobook at Podiobooks.com.  I wrote it. It rocks.

Here’s that page of PNFL action from THE ROOKIE I promised ya.  Click on the picture below if you want to see a bigger, badder, in-your-face look at the good stuff.

Our other feature title is the amazing BLACK JACK JUSTICE, a 50s hard-boiled detective series from Decoder Ring Theater that also available as a free Live-Action Podcast Drama from their Website.

We’ll be telling you more about both of them right here on the Addictive Comics Blog in the next few days.

FUTURE TITLES
I won’t say much about this now, but I will assure you that we are in talks with some of the biggest names in podcast fiction.  And soon, we’ll be adding a little graphic novel called ANCESTOR to the mix … 

SEE YA, WOULDN’T WANT TO BE YA
That’s it for now. See the little “subscribe” link in the upper right-hand corner of this page? Subscribe already. Watch the fun as we build Addictive Comics from the blog post you’re reading now into a worldwide phenomenon responsible for creating A-list artists, best-selling graphic novels and movies based on the stories you see here.

Start tapping a vein, sucker, because once you see the junk we’re cooking up, you’ll be hooked for life.

Scott

A QUICK NOTE FROM MARK:

Hi,

Most of you don’t know me, but I have been working in comics off-and-on for the past 20 years.  Let me tell you something…

I have never been this excited by a project. 

Scott’s comments above are completely over-the-top as usual (Hey, that’s why we love him!) but everything he says it 100% true. 

We are out to create a whole new, exciting experience in webcomics.

The stories and writers we are lining up for you are gonna blow your socks off.  Believe me, “you ain’t never seen nothing like it before!” 

BUT — WE NEED YOUR HELP

I know it’s a tired old cliche, but we REALLY DO want to hear from you. 

This is a whole new experience for us, also — with all the problems and challenges of any new venture.  We are gonna take it very slowly at first but there will still probably be plenty of stops & starts and a few mistakes along the way. 

You really can Help Us.

After all, chances are you arrived at this page because you heard Scott mention it on the Nocturnal Podcast.  That means that you are already a Sigler Junkie and you are a fan of that in-your-face excitement that only Scott can produce.   You know what this guy can do!

Wouldn’t you love to see that same excitement in a webcomic?

I’m not gonna give you a long list of what we are looking for — because we want to hear ANY ideas you have.  What would you like to see? 

You know Scott, nothing — and I mean NOTHING! – is too far out there.

Mark

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