8TW Update 2/18 (EILEEN THORNE: FREELANCE LAB ASSISTANT, STRANGERS IN PARADISE: THE AUDIO DRAMA, PUBLIC DOMAIN COMICS THEATER)

 Good day, my friends!  Hope all is well in this weird weathery time!

By now, you've heard the debut episode of Eileen Thorne: Freelance Lab Assistant (and if you haven't, go here and check it out, because it is truly amazing. "The chemistry between Vanessa Van Zerr and Anna Crawford is simply amazing...whenever I sit down to write Eileen and Leda, I always end up grinning," Writer/Director Thomas Deja says.  Episode Two, 'My Burden, My Sister,' drops tomorrow, which sees Eileen and her new sidekick/partner enter an alien landscape and learn about River Theory while dodging moose eagles and other...interesting creatures.  The third episode is already written, and is scheduled to drop next month, just before....

After taking a break for...that day (most of our actors and writers have significant others....and those that don't have cats), Strangers In Paradise: I Dream of You continues recording this Sunday with one of the more complex scenes the 8TW has tackled so far.  "Episode Nine is mainly one long sequence composed of interconnected scenes that impact our three main characters," Deja explains.  "If this was a movie, it'd one of those complex tracking shots that seem like it's all done in one take.  This is going to be...fun?...to 'choreograph' sonically."  Our adapter is still hewing as close to Terry Moore's original creation as possible while translating the saga of Francine and Katchoo.  But people who think they know what this audio drama is all about are going to be taken off guard.  "There's one scene coming up that, if our actors pull it off, will be a total gut punch.  Even though we touched on some serious issues in the first season, here is where Terry brings the noir to this light, semicomedic soap opera."

Before I Dream of You debuts on March 27th, we've got another little surprise.  Eugene R. Hendricks, who has memorably played some featured creatures in the first season of Public Domain Comics Theater writes the third episode in its second season...and it's a western!  We here at 8TW always intended PDCT to explore all the genres that were popular in the Golden and early Silver Age of Comics, and 'Kate's Seven Day Wonder' is an example of an oater with some strange elements--like being set in what was then the modern age, and featuring a female lead..

"At one point in time, Westerns were the biggest segment in the entertainment industry, and comic books were no different. They were so pervasive that the story ideas seemed to be reused over and over," Eugene says about the story he chose to adapt.  "K-Bar Kate, the star of 'Kate's Seven Day Wonder,' is one of the exceptions. A strong, intelligent woman with her own goals, Kate was one of the few female characters to head up her own stories."  And considering that Eugene's next major project is Trekker, the adaptation of Ron Randall's retrofuture crime thriller....which has two very strong female characters at its center, this story seems a natural warm-up.

We'd also like to take a moment to invite you once again to visit our temporary pop-up shop and consider buying the Public Domain Comic Theater Box Set or some of our brand new ringtones.  At this point, this is how we support ourselves so that we can continue building our troupe and giving those artists at least something at the end of the day.  The intention this year is to open up a more dedicated Ko-Fi, as well as a Patreon and other ways for you to support us, but until we get that up and running, buying our wares is all we got.  There'll be more items available soon, including a box set for Death Code: Ninja in March and Beauties and The Beast in April,both of which will include interviews and special features, so visit https://ko-fi.com/thomasdeja/shop and consider bringing some of our audio goodness home with you!

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