12/28 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, BEAUTIES AND THE BEAST and EILEEN THORNE, FREELANCE LAB ASSISTANT)

Good afternoon, everyone!  I hope you enjoyed an...unusual but joyful Christmas Day this past Friday.

Public Domain Comics Theater Comics For Your Ears #1 (available here) is still on sale for $5.  If you’ve got a surfeit of Christmas or other holiday cash, please mosey on over to our temporary Pop-up Shop!

Those of you who have been following Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama (and there are a lot of you; our first episode has been downloaded a thousand times since its debut on Black Friday!) shouldn’t be worried that there are only three more episodes of this season to go.  This weekend, Thomas Deja begun the task of adapting the second book in Terry Moore’s classic, I Dream of You, and he actually got a little bit ahead, finishing the first episode in a matter of hours!  The plan is to begin record our second season starting in February with episodes dropping every Friday starting March 27th, 2021.*

That doesn’t mean we’re going dark three weeks from this Friday.  We’ve got Death Code: Ninja and the Spacehawk episode of Public Domain Comics Theater later in January.  There’ll be another PDCT this winter that adapts ‘The Pit of Horror’ from Adventures Into Darkness #7.  And then there’s our first 8TW After Dark production (dropping on Valentine’s Day), Beauties and The Beast, and our first Eileen Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant serial!

Beauties and The Beast started out as our second VHS Box Theater...but it sort of ran away from itself and became something weirder (I have not seen the original film, but I am pretty sure there is no Sumerian Fire Demon Bird in it), as well as more....adult.  We had already come up with the 8TW After Dark line for a project that’s in stasis--if it ever gets greenlit, you’re going to love it--to represent productions that may be a little more violent, profane or overall adult than our usual audience.  As Beauties contains audio nudity, frank language and, ummmm, a sex scene between a human and a cryptid...well, it became obvious this had to be put behind the beaded curtain at the back of our theater.  

And we’re proud to report that the first part of our first adventure featuring Ms. Thorne, ‘The Cross-Cut Saw of Time,’ is in the can and scheduled for recording later in January.  We’re aiming for a late February/early March release for this serialized story, which will see Eileen and her new...friend? (she did try to remove Eileen’s face when they first met, after all) Dr. Leda Marsh venturing into The Quantum Clocoa to confront her evil twin sister, Elaine!  What’s a Quantum Clocoa, you ask?  You’ll know soon enough!  It’ll be a rollicking adventure in questionable science in the tonuge-through-cheek 8TW style!

Don’t forget to follow our Twitter (maintained by Bernice, Our Social Media Cat) @Ocadecagonagon and join our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/.  And check in on Friday for the next episode of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama!

*--We are casting for several key roles in I Dream of You, especially Darcy Parker.  We encourage any aspiring voice actors to contact us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com.  Keep in mind that, due to rights issues, SiP is strictly a fan work.  Guidelines on how to audition in general for us can be found here

It's the FIFTH EPISODE of STRANGERS IN PARADISE: THE AUDIO DRAMA!

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Merry Christmas! We’ve hung Freddie in the department store window...well, kinda with care...to celebrate our fifth episode!

#TakeOffYourShorts

This Episode

Katchoo: Lauren A! Kennedey
Freddie: Brad Oxnam
Ginger: Femmie London
Debbie: Vanessa Van Zerr
Witnesses: David Ellis, Chris Honeywell, Amy Riddle, Anna Crawford, Clair Voyd, Eugene R. Hendricks

Be sure to let us what you think at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Ocadecagonagon) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/).

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

 Remember, we have our first box set, Public Domain Comics Theater Comics For Your Ears #1 available for purchase for one measly five dollar bill here 

 See you for New Year's Eve for Episode Six!

PDCT COMICS FOR YOUR EARS #1 IS HERE...and it’s yours for a Fiver!

 

Our temporary Pop-Up Shop is now open for business with the first Ocadecagonagon Theater Works Box Set!  Public Domain Comics For Your Ears #1 contains the first two PDCT productions that dropped in October and two that are available to everyone for the first time: Murder Mansion (originally offered by several podcasters as a Patreon Exclusive) and Dancer of Death (exclusive to this box set!).  Five dollars will net you these four productions, some special interstitial material recorded exclusively for the box sets, all the guest commercial spots, liner notes written by The Horror Host and trailers for our present and upcoming projects!

It’s forty-five minutes of entertainment that’s scary, funny and based on some gems from the Golden Age of Comics, now in a convenient MP3 format you can take with you anywhere.  What’s not to like?

Hey, and if you know someone who likes audio drama, it’s a great little digital stocking stuffer.

JUST GO HERE TO PURCHASE PDCT COMICS FOR YOUR EARS #1: HORROR!

Thank you in advance, and join us here for our weekly update in the next few days, and Strangers In Paradise The Audio Drama Episode Five on Christmas Day!

STRANGERS IN PARADISE Episode Four Is Out Now!

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Our adaptation of Terry Moore’s Classic continues.  In this one--Katchoo plans Revenge, Freddie plans Mischief and someone observes Venus...or is that the Vacuum?

#WoofWoofMrAnimalMan

This Episode

Francine: Nicole Thomte
Katchoo: Lauren A! Kennedey
David: Riley Maness
Freddie: Brad Oxnam
Ginger: Femmie London
Richard The Neighbor: Eugene R. Hendricks
Neighbor’s Wife: Amy Riddle
Freddie’s Neighbor: Clair Voyde

Be sure to let us what you think at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Ocadecagonagon) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/).

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

Remember to join us Monday for the release of Public Domain Comic Theater Comics For Your Ears #1: Horror!

12/14 Update (DEATH CODE NINJA, PUBLIC DOMAIN COMIC THEATER, and other stuff!)

Good day, my friends!  I hope you’re all enjoying the holiday season of your choice!  We here at 8TW are very inclusive...just remember, it’s always the season for giving when it comes to people less fortunate than ourselves!

We’re still on holiday break here at the virtual recording studio, but that doesn’t mean we’re standing around doing nothing!  Yesterday, our Graphic Design Doyen Clair auditioned for the upcoming season of America’s Got Talent, and while we’re scattered all across the country, we were all behind her sending her positivity and encouragement.  And two of our writers, Thomas Deja and David Ellis, are hard at work on new scripts for upcoming production.  David’s project is the debut of F.O.X.E.S., Lightning Bolt: Ressurection, featuring the heroines of our January production Death Code: Ninja.  And Tom is almost done with our February production Beauties and The Beast (which will be released on Valentine’s Day and might be our first 8TW After Dark presentation, but more on that in the coming weeks) and is writing the first episode of the first Eileen Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant serial, set to debut in March!  Tom also recorded another bonus feature for Death Code: Ninja, as he sat down to watch the actual films whose VHS Box inspired David to write next month’s extravaganza.  Not only does he discuss the movie, its ‘auteur’ Godfrey Ho and how close we came to capturing the source material, he recorded his reactions as he watched!  Come to The Movies: Death Code: Ninja will be available as part of the DCN box set in February (and if you’re a Patreon of Thomas’ Domicile of Dread, you can hear it right now!).
 

Of course, we’re sure some of you folks have friends and family who like audio drama, and you’d like the perfect present for them.  Well, lucky you...next Monday, the 8TW will be offering Public Domain Comic Theater Comics For Your Ears #1: Horror, which collects our first two productions back in October, the special production that was made available to select You Tube and Podcast audiences last month, and a brand new production, Dancer of Death (be prepared for all the accents, 'cause we got 'em in this one!).  Each of these stories are introduced and narrated by The Horror Host (portrayed by our Sultan of Sound Design Chris Honeywell), giving a little spice to each story.  Plus our individual players came up with some exclusive commercials and other interstissal bits, and you should also get some trailers for future titles. It’ll be yours for only $5, wrapped up for you in a pleasant little zip file tied with an imaginary bow.

And while, for the time being, we will be making this first box set available through Ko-Fi starting this coming Monday, the 21st... that is going to change.  Femmie London, our Maven of Marketing, has been deep at work.  Our plan for next year includes the installation of a Patreon and an online shop where you’ll be able to purchase our box sets...and maaaybe some other stuff.  We already have some ideas of what we can offer Patrons (there’s a reason we’re renovating a virtual space on our Discord presently codenamed ‘Da Lounge’), but if you have an idea of what you’d like to see, please let us know at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com!

Don’t forget to follow our Twitter (maintained by Bernice, Our Social Media Cat) @Ocadecagonagon and join our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/.

We’re really excited about 2021, and the food for your ears we want to share with you.  Join us Friday for Episode Four of Strangers In Paradise, and get ready to visit our temporary Pop-Up Shop on Monday!

Episode Three of STRANGERS IN PARADISE is Live!

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Our adaptation of Terry Moore’s Classic continues.  In this one--Nudity!  A Car Crash! Panic In The Park!

It’s not as spectacular as it seems.  #ThisIsAPublicPark

This Episode

Francine: Nicole Thomte
Katchoo: Lauren A! Kennedey
David: Riley Maness
Freddie: Brad Oxnam

Be sure to let us what you think at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Ocadecagonagon) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/).


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

12/7 Update (STRANGERS IN PARADISE, DEATH CODE: NINJA...and SPACEHAWK!)

Yes, there were Strangers In
Paradise trading cards.  

Good day, my friends! I hope you’ve enjoyed the second episode of Strangers In Paradise: The Audio Drama.  We’re still reeling from the reception of our debut--not only was that first episode the most downloaded production in November on the Two True Freaks Network after only four days of release, it’s presently the third most downloaded production for all of 2020.  

Let that sink in for a moment.

Thank you all!  You must really like what we’re laying down, and I hope we can continue to keep you entertained as we adapt the entire epic.  The present plan is for writing to begin on Season Two, I Dream of You after Christmas with the intention of releasing it starting late March.  Be sure to check our production schedule, which has recently been updated, for more information.

This weekend we finally put a lid on Death Code: Ninja, and recorded two bonus features for the ‘Collector’s Edition’ that will be available for a modest fee in February.  You’ll be able to hear interviews with Femmie London (who plays Yuki in our 80‘s martial arts spy action epic) and writer David Ellis.  Sometime this week, I will be reviving the popular ‘Come To The Movies’ format to watch, react to and review the actual Death Code: Ninja, which will also be part of the Collector’s Edition.  If there’s something else you’d like to see as a bonus feature, please contact us at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com!

Oh...you might have noticed that there’s something new on the release schedule.  The last Friday in January, we will be releasing the first episode of Public Domain Comic Theater for 2021 in collaboration with YouTuber FizzFop.  You may be familiar with Fizz’ ‘Lost Heroes’ essays on obscure and notable super heroes of the Golden, Silver and Bronze Age.  Next month, Fizz will be presenting an essay on Spacehawk, the closest thing the great cartoonist Basil Wolverton did to a superhero series.  I love Wolverton, and I adore his bizarre and original art, so when he suggested 8TW might want to adapt a Spacehawk story, I jumped at the chance.  Fizz also chose a few other stories for us to adapt throughout the spring, including two more horror stories, so watch for them--and check out his YouTube channel.

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.  We also have a Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/.

There’s more in the pipeline throughout the new year, and we’d love to hear what you’d like to hear us do.  Would you like us to adapt classic children’s literature?  Is there a special property you’d like us to explore?  Let us know by emailing us at the address above.  Thank you again for being on this journey with us, and we’ll see you here Friday for Episode Three of Strangers In Paradise!

STRANGERS IN PARADISE THE AUDIO DRAMA EPISODE TWO IS HERE!

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Our adaptation of Terry Moore’s Classic continues.  In this one, meet David, Francine surprises Freddie about as much as Freddie surprises Francine and tremble before the eruption of Mount Katchoo!

This Episode

Francine: Nicole Thomte
Katchoo: Lauren A! Kennedy
David: Riley Maness
Freddie: Brad Oxnam
Margie: Vanessa Van Zerr
Casey: Femmie London
Freddie ‘Friend’: Anna Crawford
Waitress: Amy Riddle
Museum Announcer: Witney Seibold

Be sure to let us what you think at ocadecagonagontheaterworks@gmail.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Ocadecagonagon) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/164149742068310/).


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