Black Jack Justice
Black Jack Justice is a podcast radio drama series in the style of old time radio private detective shows. It is written, directed and produced by Gregg Taylor for Decoder Ring Theatre. It follows two detectives, Jack Justice (voice by Christopher Mott) and his partner Trixie Dixon (voiced by Andrea Lyons), who divide the voice-over narration duties of the show.
Stage Play
The original Black Jack Justice was a stage play written by creator Gregg Taylor. The play was a comedy about a very bad day on an old time radio show. The writer, Martin Bracknell, wakes up from a drunken stupor and realizes there is no script for the night's episode that is just about to go on the air. The last portion of the play features the cast attempting to put on the show anyway, making it up as they go along.
When Taylor decided to begin producing radio dramas for podcasting, he decided to actually produce Black Jack Justice as a series along with Red Panda Adventures.
Podcast Series
The first season of Black Jack Justice was 12 episodes long. From season two onward, there have been six. The show currently is released on a bi-monthly basis, trading off with Tales Of The Red Panda (the present iteration of "Red Panda Adventures".
Episodes
Novel
In April 2012, Gregg Taylor published the novel, Black Jack Justice, detailing the first meeting of Jack and Trixie.
Webcomic
In December 2008, the Addictive Comics website began posting a comic adaptation of "Justice Served Cold," the first episode of the audio series. The art was done by Sami Kivelä with inks by Mark Hester. The script was simply the au episodes per season. Currently, the series releases new episodes on the 15th of every month from September through February. A "Showcase" series fills in the remaining monthsdio drama script, which resulted in some very word-heavy comic pages. The 13-page adaptation wrapped up in March 2009. Despite the promise of more Black Jack Justice, as well as an adaptation of the Red Panda Adventures, no new pages have been posted since.
Dramatis Personae
- Jack Justice: An Army sniper in World War II, Jack is as hard-boiled a private as they come. Voiced by Christopher Mott.
- Trixie Dixon: An independent woman, Trixie is every bit as hard boiled as her partner. Voiced by Andrea Lyons.
- Lieutenant Victor Sabien: Jack and Trixie's on-again/off-again friend on the police department. Voiced by Gregg Taylor.
- Freddie "The Finger" Hawthorne: Jack's best friend. Freddie is a small-time hood who often ends up in situations way over his head. Voiced by Peter Nicol.
- Sergeant Otis Nelson: Bumbling police detective working under Lt. Sabien who often gets caught up in Jack and Trixie's cases.
- Theodore West: A small fry at Braithwaite's, a large rival detective agency, who carries a rather large torch for Trixie.
- Alf McKinney: The house detective at the Metrolight Hotel. He also has a thing for Trixie. Voiced by Gregg Taylor.