For those who have never heard a "Red Panda" web-cast; check it out! You're in for a treat! The series is patterned after 30's & 40's Old-Time Radio, and is loaded with all the adventure, humor, fantasy, intrigue and romantic sparks you could ask for!
The Red Panda / August Fenwick (voiced by Gregg Taylor), along with his wife and partner, The Flying Squirrel / Kit Baxter-Fenwick (voiced by Clarissa Der Nederlanden-Taylor) battle evil forces in WW II-era Toronto and overseas. They face-off with wild villains like---Prof. Zombie; The Genie; The Electric Eel; The Golden Claw; The Mad Monkey; Prof. Friedrich Von Schlitz; along with a host of others too numerous to mention.The episodes have a fabulous variety of themes, like---The Supernatural; The Undead; Time-Travel; Team-ups with a variety of other Superheroes; Robots; Amnesia; European War-Time Intrigue; and lest we forget; Love, Marriage & Childbirth!
As I had mentioned, when I wrote about Decoder Ring Theatre before; Gregg Taylor has written several Red Panda novels; 3 "Mask of The Red Panda" Digi-Comics; as well as every "Red Panda Adventures" Web-Cast episode script! That's pretty amazing!!! Now, they just released a TPB version of "Mask of The Red Panda" (which collects the material from all 3 Digi-Comics), and it is fantastic!!! The book features the excellent writing of Gregg Taylor and the stunning artwork of Dean Kotz (in a Golden-Age Comic Book Color style)! Collectors of graphic novels and TPBs; you need to buy this book!
While you are at the Decoder Ring Theatre site, be sure to try the "Black Jack Justice" series, also. It is a well-acted, tongue-in-cheek private detective series, which is also a lot of fun! The cast features---Christopher Mott as 'Black' Jack Justice; Andrea Lyons as Trixie Dixon, Girl Detective (Jack's partner); Gregg Taylor as Lt. Victor Sabien (a gruff, flustered cop,who reluctantly works with them, from time-to-time); Peter Nicol as Freddie "The Finger" Hawthorne (a hilarious small-time crook & stoolie, who also works with them, occasionally); along with a host of other great actors.
If you haven't tried Decoder Ring Theatre or "The Red Panda Adventures" yet, you're definitely missing out!
Kudos to the cast & crew of Decoder Ring Theatre! Keep 'em flying!!!
