11/30 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE and stuff in prep for 2021)

Good day, my friends! I hope you all enjoyed the first episode of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama.  We’ve been touched by all the positive words, especially the tweet that came from Terry Moore himself.

Our next episode is done and ready to debut this coming Friday, December 4th.  This episode features the introduction of David, played by Riley Maness...and one of my favorite scenes in the whole first book, which includes a phrase that never ceases to make me giggle (a phrase that Terry told me he came up with because the editors wouldn’t let him use the phrase he wanted).  The episode will also feature voice work by Vanessa Van Zerr, who will play Margie, and Amy Riddle...oh, and a surprise cameo by co-custodian of the Critically Acclaimed Podcast Network and self-described (and proud of it) cinema snob Witney Seibold.

This weekend we closed out our recording schedule for the year--okay, save for one small sequence of Death Code: Ninja that I promise you’ll love once we wrap it up later this week.  We’ve got everything we’re presenting to you recorded through January 22nd, and that episode of Public Domain Comic Theater will be recorded on our first session of 2021, January 10th.  We’ll be enjoying the holidays...although some of us will be working on scripts for Beauties and The Beast, Women’s Prison Massacre, Lightning Bolt: Resurrection and the first episode of Eileen Thorne, Freelance Lab Assistant.  

Now that you’ve heard what we’re capable of, tell us what you’d like to see us tackle.  While it looks like we’ve got most of 2021 locked in (what with the above and new episodes of VHS Box Theater and Public Domain Comic Theater as well as the beginning of Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You and pre-production for the first Trekker serial, coming in late summer), we’re always looking for new projects.  We’ve had some discussion, given how grindhouse-y most of our work has been to date, about doing some all-ages fare.  8TW is all about turning people onto the joys of audio drama, so it would seem that something younger folks could listen to would be a natural.  What do you think?  Should we turn our wierd sensibilities to, let’s say, classical children’s literature?

Just a reminder--in addition to keeping track of our blog, we encourage you to follow our Twitter (maintained by Bernice, Our Social Media Cat) @Ocadecagonagon.  Bernice assures me a Facebook page will be forthcoming.  If there are any other social media you think we might need, drop us a line at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com and we’ll see what we can do!

This is an exciting time for us, and I am so happy all of you have decided to take this journey--hopefully not just SiP: The Audio Drama, but our other works.  This was an impulsive question spurred on by a lifelong desire that has grown into something so insanely wonderful....and we are grateful to have you with us.

It's FINALLY HERE! STRANGERS IN PARADISE: THE AUDIO DRAMA Arrives!

 YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO THIS

This week, and for the next seven weeks after that, hear our adaptation of Terry Moore's first storyline in the landmark comic!  It's our featured serial for our inaugural season!

This Episode

Francine: Nicole Thomte
Katchoo: Lauren A! Kennedy
Freddie: Brad Oxnam
Ms. Beem: Anna Crawford
Student Actors: Eugene R. Hendricks, David Ellis

Be sure to let us what you think at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Ocadecagonagon).  A Facebook Page is forthcoming.

If you'd like to buy this or other works by Mr. Moore, please go to abstractstudiocomics.com

11/23 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, EILEEN THORNE: FREELANCE LAB ASSISTANT plus our Twitter Page and new logo!)

Good day, my friends!  I hope you enjoyed your weekend, and are looking forward to the debut of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama this Friday, November 27th!

This Sunday, we formally wrapped the adaptation of the first volume of Terry Moore’s landmark comic as Riley Maness and Lauren A! Kennedy recorded the last scene.  Our Sultan of Sound Design is hard at work putting it all together so that you’ll be able to hear the adventures of Francine, Katchoo and David (okay, yeah, and Freddie as well....) every Friday for the next eight weeks.  As this is the project that brought everyone together, everyone is super excited to see how the world reacts to this full cast audio drama.  And don’t worry...I’ll begin work on adapting Book Two, I Dream of You, after Christmas.

So what do you think of our logo?  Our Grandmaster of Graphic Design Clair came up with it based on a rather vague concept by myself, and I think it’s neat!

Also new is our Twitter feed, which officially popped into existence Sunday night.  It’s maintained by Bernice The Social Media Cat and her assistant, The Fred Olen Rey Plant.  Be sure to follow us at @Ocadecagonagon to get all the news and views from our testy tabby!  I have already talked to Bernice about setting up a Faceback Group, and she tells me it’ll be live later this week.

Of course, just because we’re all focused on Strangers In Paradise this week doesn’t mean work stops on the stuff we’ve got in store for you next year.  One of the scheduled productions for the Spring is the first EiLeen Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant serial.  Elaine, who first appeared in Public Domain Comic Theater: Monster of The Bayous (still available for free on the 8TW's feed at The Two True Freaks Podcast Network) takes the spotlight in a series of all new explorations into mad science as brought to life by our Voice Virtuoso, Vanessa Van Zerr.  In anticipation of Eileen’s spotlight debut, Vanessa (who you will be hearing primarily as Margie in this first season of SiP) got into character for a series of photos!  What do you think?

Remember that, while we’re not holding active auditions, we are still seeking voice actors, sound designers, foley artists and other creative types who want to join our noble quest to bring audio fun and weirdness to your earholes.  Keep in mind that right now, this is a ‘Purely For The Love Of The Art Form’ Gig!  As I prepare for I Dream of You, we’re particularly looking for voice actors for the roles of, among other, Darcy Parker.  We’re LGBTQ positive, and actively encourage artist of color to join our collective.  Just reach out to us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com and we’ll get the wheels moving.

See you in four days for Episode One of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama!

CROSS PROMOTION DAY!...AND COMING NEXT YEAR: TREKKER!

Good morning, everyone!  I hope you’re ready for some kick-ass audio drama!

Today is, in fact, our Big-Ass Cross Promotion Day.  Yesterday, I sent out links to our podcasting partners as well as a few YouTubers (like Chauncey ‘Twisted Girl’ K. Robinson and Fizz Fop) and a couple of comic book and horror celebrities, for Public Domain Comic Theater: Murder Mansion.  If you are a patron or contributor to the podcasts listed below, you may have already gotten it in your hands.  I let the podcasts determine how they want to distribute it, so go to their site to learn what you need to do to get a copy.  Listen to it, enjoy it, and stick around after special guest announcer Michael Bailey’s spiel for not only the trailer for Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama (dropping next week!) but a little preview of what we’ve got in store for 2021.  

....and that little speech previewing some of the projects we’ll be presenting in the coming year?  Remember I said there was something we had in the pipeline that we couldn’t announce just yet, something really cool and of interest to fans of sci-fi noir?  Well, it turns out that now I can announce that Ocadecagonagon Theater Works will be adapting Ron Randall’s retrofuture thriller series Trekker, that follows the adventures of bounty hunter Mercy St. Clair in the city of New Gelaph in 2226!  

Ron has been creating stories of Mercy, best friend Molly Sundowner and Scuf the dox since 1987, predating other popular sci-fi noirs like Firefly and Cowboy BeBop.  We will be bringing his world to life starting this summer, adapting Mercy’s first adventure!  If you’d like to learn more about this property, please visit Trekkercomic.com and consider joining the Trekker Facebook Page. The 8TW is super-excited to be able to construct this well-realized, well-loved two-fisted, two-gunned pulp world in an audio format.

As with Strangers In Paradise, Trekker is being done with the blessing and cooperation of it’s creator, Ron Randall.  The serials will be written and overseen by our very own Eugene R. Hendricks, with sound design by the 8TW’s greatest weapon, Chris Honeywell.  We hope to have the first story available through our Ocadecagonagon Feed on the Two True Freaks Podcast Network in August 2021.

Please keep an eye on this space for more information as this production develops.  We’ve got a strong slate for 2021 with something...well, if not for everyone, for a lot of people!

Thanks to our Podcast Partners For Participating In Today’s Cross-Promotion!

Dread Media
Hypnogoria
Deja’s Domicile of Dread
Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Geek Cast Radio
Monster Kid Radio
The Lurking Transmission

 Please visit their sites via the links provided and give their stuff a listen!

 (And join us Next Friday for Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama Episode One!)

11/17 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, PUBLIC DOMAIN COMIC THEATER, VHS BOX THEATER and stuff for 2021)

Good afternoon, people!  Hope you are doing well!

Well, our penultimate recording session for this Year of The Plague, 2020, went well as we put Public Domain Comics Theater: Dancer of Death in the can and recorded the first third of VHS Box Theater: Death Code: Ninja, which will be wrapped up in anticipation of its January release this coming Sunday.  We also came closer to putting Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama Book One to bed--I’m not sure, but I think we are about 7/8th done.

After this coming week’s session, we will be taking a break for the holidays.  This has been an abbreviated recording season considering how quickly the 8TW came together, but I’m proud to say we managed to get pretty much everything done we want to present through the end of January--at which point we’ll be up to our ears in the next wave of productions, including our Valentine’s Day special Beauties and The Beast, three new Public Domain Comics Theaters (the fifth PDCT production, Pit of Horror, is being written now, and our friend Fizz Fop has chosen the first two stories in his ‘residency’ with the series!), and hopefully the first productions in our original series, Elaine Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant and F.O.X.E.S.

(Incidentally, we’ve got a name for our first F.O.X.E.S. story...it’s called Lightning Bolt Resurrection.  What does that mean?  You’ll find out next year...)

We’re also preparing for late Spring the first of our 8TW After Dark productions.  These are productions meant for adults, and will deal with adult themes, be more intense, and use adult language....so don’t let young people listen to them!  They’ll be available exclusively for a small fee through our site.  You’ll have to provide the brown paper wrapper, though

There is presently something that we’re waiting for approval before announcing, but it’ll be a pretty big production for next summer.  If you’re a fan of noir-edged science fiction, you’re going to love it, trust us!

This Friday is our Special 8TW Cross-Promotion, as we hand Public Domain Comic Theater: Murder Mansion over to a selection of podcasters and YouTubers to share with their fans how they see fit.  Remember, Murder Mansion will not be available except through these podcasts until our first box set, Public Comic Domain Theater Comics For Your Ears #1: Horror, drops on December 21st, which will include the first four tales and some special little surprises...and all it’ll cost you is five bucks for an hour’s worth of entertainment!  What’s not to love?

At present, here’s a list of our promotion partners:

Dread Media
Hypnogoria
Deja’s Domicile of Dread
Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Geek Cast Radio
Monster Kid Radio
The Lurking Transmission

If you have a horror-themed podcast or YouTube channel and would like to participate, contact us at the email below!

As always,we are looking for new voice artists, sound designers, musicians and other creator types to join our little collective.  We are proudly LGBTQ safe (as one of our group pointed out, two of our lines feature same sex couples...maybe three) and are looking for diverse voices as we continue to mutate and grow into something special.  We’ll be posting some guidelines for sending us audition tapes and the like (ideally, we’d like to hear a minute of you doing five different characters) soon, but feel free to contact us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com!

See you in a few days for our Big-Ass Public Domain Comic Theater Cross-Promotion Event!

11/9 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, PUBLIC DOMAIN COMIC THEATER, VHS BOX THEATER and some other stuff)

Good evening, everyone...feels like we’ve come out of a cave we’ve been living in since 2016, doesn’t it?

Strangers In Paradise: Book One is roughly 4/5th of the way in the can, and will be ready for you to listen throughout this holiday season!  We expect recording to be wrapped up by the end of this month.

We had a rather...lively General Meeting yesterday where we set our schedule through the 1st Quarter of 2021.  Take a look at what we’ve got coming for you through next March here.

You’ll notice our next release is Friday, November 20th, when we unleash Public Domain Comic Theater: Murder Mansion.  As mentioned earlier, this adaptation of a story drawn by the great Alex Toth (I am a big fan of this artist, and if you ever enjoyed Space Ghost as a kid, so are you!) will be available only through some of our horror podcasting and YouTubing friends until the release of our first box set, Public Domain Comic Theater Comics For Your Ears #1 in late December.  Right now the list of podcasts participating in this promotion are:

Dread Media
Hypnogoria
Deja’s Domicile of Dread
Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Geek Cast Radio
Monster Kid Radio
The Lurking Transmission
 

Follow the links above to find out how you can get your free copy of Public Domain Comic Theater: Murder Mansion!

We also settled on what will be our 4th PDCT production, as we finalized casting for ‘The Dancer of Death’ (from 1952‘s Horrific #1, penciled by the Jerry Iger Shop).  We will be recording it this coming Sunday.  Remember, this production will be available only in Public Domain Comic Theater Comics For Your Ears #1.  That box set will be available before Christmas for five measly dollars!  Watch this site to learn how to get your hands on it!

The other production we hope to have in the can before we take the holiday season off is, of course, our initial VHS Box Theater, Death Code: Ninja.  Casting has been completed, David Ellis is polishing up the script, and planning has already started on a spin-off, F.O.X.E.S!  A version of this martial arts spy action flick will be available in January through our feed on The Two True Freaks Network , with an expanded ‘Director’s Cut’ with extra scenes and featurettes like a brief tutorial from our Sultan of Sound Design, Chris Honeywell being available in February for a price to be announced.  Our plan is to do this for every VHS Box Theater production...and if you ask what’s the next one, well.....let’s say it’s Valentine Day appropriate, and might not be workplace appropriate.

There are two productions of our Public Domain Comic Theater spin-off, Eileen Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant in various stages of prep.  One is called Cupid and Psycho.  The other one...we’re working on it, but there will be volcanos and goat men involved...honest!  We'd love title suggestions for that one!

There are two projects we are working on acquiring the rights to that will be rocking your world in the spring and summer of 2021if all goes well.  All I can say is keep an eye on this space for more news.

We are still welcoming new voice actors and other artists into our fold.  We’d particularly like to hear from foley artists and sound designers to work with Chris on future productions and from musicians who’d like to score our stories!  Just send inquiries, voice reels, etc. (we’d love feedback and ideas as to what you’d like to see, ummm hear and what featurettes you’d want on paid releases) to ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com

11/6 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE)

This morning I listened to the finalized mix of the first episode of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama.

You know, talking about an idea and planning to do it, and examining how you’re going to do it, is one thing.  But actually hearing that idea, seeing it made into a tangible, physical (at least as physical as a digital item can be) form is....something special.  I am so proud of the people who decided they wanted to follow this dream with me, and super-grateful to Terry Moore for allowing me to utilize his characters and words to turn that dream into a reality.

I am also thrilled to see what y’all make of that episode when it drops on November 27th through the Two True Freaks Network.

For all you voice actors and aspiring voice actors: I will be accepting voice reels in January, as we’ve got several major new roles to fill for Book Two: I Dream of You.  If you’d like to join this project, please send samples to ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com.  Keep in mind that, due to rights issues, Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama has to be a fan work.  However, as you no doubt noticed, we’ve got other productions we’re working on that may lead to some small recompense.  I hate those who solicit creative types with the old  ‘experience/exposure’ card, as I’ve been on the fuzzy end of that stick before, so I don’t want to do that.  Since it became obvious 8TW was going to be here for a while, I made it my business to find some projects that can lead to some revenue.  Don’t plan on quitting your day job, but I hope stuff like the Public Domain Comic Theater box sets and VHS Box Theater Director’s Cuts will allow the artists participating to maybe buy a couple of coffees or a nice dinner for their efforts.

We are slowly adding more to this blog, including info on each of our projects.  Hopefully, one day we’ll be able to create our website all our own, but until then, we’re going to make this as website-y a blog as it can be!

Check Out Our Release Schedule Here

Check Out Some Behind The Scenes Info on Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama Here

Keep an eye on this spot in the next few days for more info on our Special Edition of Public Domain Comic Theater:Murder Mansion.  The list of participating podcasters and Youtubers is growing, and we’re super excited to share this with new audiences!

11/3 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, PUBLIC DOMAIN COMIC THEATER, VHS BOX THEATER)

Good afternoon, my friends.  I hope that if you can vote, you have voted!  This is the most important election of our lives, and it’s vital all of us have our say!

First off, I’m proud to announce a start date for Book One of Strangers In Paradise...or maybe I should let you hear it.

Listen To This!

That’s right, folks!  Book One of Terry Moore’s Strangers In Paradise will be bringing warmth and snark to your 2020 Holidays! Be sure to check the Two True Freaks Podcast Network every Friday starting on Black Friday, November 27th for a new episode of this eight-episode story.  By the time we’re done, I’ll be working hard to adapt Book Two: I Dream Of You for presentation starting in March of 2021.  

(And in case you’re wondering, we’re committed to adapting all the books in Terry’s series.  So, we’ll be hanging out in his world for a while!)

Of course, that’s not all we’re planning.  The third episode of Public Domain Comic Theater: Murder Mansion is in the can and being mixed by our Sultan of Sound Design, Chris Honeywell!  As I mentioned in an earlier update, this episode will not be released to the public...it will be available to fans of certain podcasts and YouTube channels for a donation.  On the list right now are:

Dread Media
Hypnogoria
Deja’s Domicile of Dread
Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Geek Cast Radio*

If you are a podcaster or YouTuber and would like to be part of this promotion, please contact us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com. I will update the list next time.

I am also working on the script for the fourth episode.  It’s entitled The Dancer of Death, and it will be available in December exclusively as part of the first Public Domain Comic Theater digital box set, along with the other three horror comic adaptations and maaaaybe a couple of surprises as well!

After Book One of SiP is done, be prepared for the debut of VHS Box Theater!  David Ellis is working hard on the script for our first production under this banner, Death Code: Ninja!  VHSBT are a series of one-shot productions based on the boxes of vintage VHS and DVD cases...not the actual film, but what you wish the film would be!  Right now, we’re scheduled to reveal it to you all in January....then in February, we’ve got a Valentine Day’s Treat for you, so watch for it (let me just drop a little hint to your right)!  There will also be other PDCT episodes during that space between Books One and Two and a few things--one in particular that’s pending we are all raring to go on that’s waiting for approval from one of the creators--are in the hopper.

(And yes, I will get to writing the first Elaine Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant adventure, Cupid and Psycho, sometimes during the holidays...be patient!)

Once again, remember we are always looking for voice actors, artists and other creative types to join us.  We’ll be especially interested in some voice actors for significant roles in SiP Book Two: I Dream of You.  If you’re interested, contact us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com

Thank you so much for the interest you’re giving us.  Stay Safe and Keep Your Earholes Open!

*--and keep an eye open on Geek Cast Radio, as host Mike Blanchard is planning on having some 8TW personnel on his podcast!