Decoder Ring Theatre

With the demise of the old boards, the thread where I tried to keep everyone up to date on Decoder Ring Theatre - home of the fantastic "Red Panda Adventures" and "Black Jack Justice" audio dramas, is gone. Hopefully it is all right to begin a new one.

For those unfamiliar, Decoder Ring Theatre is an audio drama production company run by Gregg Taylor. Gregg writes, directs, produces and acts in the two primary series, in addition to writing tie-in novels for both and MonkeyBrain's Red Panda comics. Beginning Sep. 1, 2014 (Season 10), DRT will be releasing one new episode per month, alternating between the detective series, "Black Jack Justice" (Sep. 1), and the super hero stories of the "Red Panda Adventures" (Oct. 1).

Currently, the powerful ninth season finale of the "Red Panda Adventures" is available now for download.

[URL="http://traffic.libsyn.com/decoderring/Red_Panda_Adv_108_-_The_Gadget.mp3"]Red Panda Adventures - episode 108 - The Gadget[/URL]

"A new world is about to be born.

But before it can be born... something will have to die, at the hands of [B]The Gadget[/B]."

Comixology has Red Panda #7, due out Aug 20, up for pre order.

[URL="https://m.comixology.com/The-Red-Panda-7-Night-of-the-Red-Panda-Part-4/digital-comic/132466"]Red Panda #7 at Comixology[/URL]

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This issue: Rhyme Spree Part 2, plus chapters 5 and 6 of the upcoming novel, Pyramid of Peril, and a Villain File all about the Poet.

As an interesting aside, at this year's Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Comics artist Skottie Young was doing head sketches at the shop we went to. One of my boys asked for the Red Panda:

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I wanted to see what it would look like in color, so I used a photo editing app on my phone and got this:

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I always like to see how different artists visualize things.

The new issue (#7) of Red Panda Comics is now available. A nice conclusion to this story featuring the Poet.

[url]http://www.comicbookresources.com:8080/?page=preview&id=23139[/url]

Already looking forward to the next story featuring Professor Zombie.

Kicking off Decoder Ring Theatre's 10th season is a fantastic new episode of their detective series, Black Jack Justice:

[URL="http://traffic.libsyn.com/decoderring/Black_Jack_Justice_61_-_The_Rat-Trap.mp3"]Black Jack Justice - episode 61 - The Rat Trap[/URL]

"Sometimes the problems that bring people to the grey-green doors of the mighty world headquarters of Justice and Dixon are not as big as they might imagine. Sometimes they are simple people, befuddled by a problem outside of their experience, and assuming a degree of complexity that does not otherwise exist. Those are good days. This isn't one of them."

While there is no new Red Panda episode or comic for September, there is still a new adventure for the Terrific Twosome of Toronto. If you've been following the "Pulp Preview" chapters in the Red Panda digital comics, you've already had a taste. The full version of "Tales of the Red Panda: The Pyramid of Peril" is finally available. Fourth in the series, this book follows the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel to Egypt on a mission to locate the Stranger, who has disappeared.

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The Pyramid of Peril is available in a variety of formats for your bookshelf or ereader of choice:

[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Red-Panda-Pyramid-Volume/dp/1493553070"]Paperback[/URL]
[URL="http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Red-Panda-Pyramid-Peril-ebook/dp/B00NC7Z0R6"]Kindle[/URL]
[URL="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/475340"]Smashwords[/URL]

As the 10th season of the Red Panda Adventures opens up, World War II is over and we find many of our old friends have returned home...

[URL="http://traffic.libsyn.com/decoderring/Red_Panda_Adv_109_-_The_Ghost.mp3"]The Red Panda Adventures - episode 109 - The Ghost[/URL]

Peace and prosperity has been restored, and the nation's fighting men are finding their roles in the Toronto of tomorrow. But it isn't as easy for some as it is for others. Some choose a vocation of crime, some long to cover it and one seems to have become... a Ghost.

To be released October 15, you can [URL="https://www.comixology.com/The-Red-Panda-8-Night-of-the-Red-Panda-Part-5/digital-comic/153275"]pre-order issue #8 of the Red Panda on Comixology[/URL] now. Featuring the comic book debuts of two fan-favorite characters, villain Professor Zombie and Red Panda Agent Harry "Eagle Eyes" Kelly.

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[B]The Red Panda #8: Night of the Red Panda Part 5[/B]

The all-new, two-fisted pulp adventures Terrific Twosome of Toronto! This issue: "Dance of the Dead pt. 1 of 2" When August Fenwick takes in a charity ball, he finds himself swarmed by the reanimated dead without a bright red domino mask or plucky sidekick in sight! But can Kit Baxter really be far behind? Plus two more serialized chapters of the prose pulp novel "Pyramid of Peril", and a behind the scenes "Villain File" on sinister science villain and mistress of the undead Professor Zombie.