ALL’S FAIR IN WAR
A Domino Lady Audio-Book
Written by Rich Harvey
Directed by Lance Roger Axt
Engineered by Piper Payne
Recorded at Broken Radio Studios, San Francisco, CA
Post Production by The AudioComics Company
One of the truly wonderful and totally unexpected results of
the new renaissance in pulp fiction has been the resurgence renewed interest in
old time radio dramas. And what better
subject matter for these new audio outfits then the classic pulp heroes of the
1930s and 40s. Several companies have
started producing audio books from the original pulp magazines and now for the
very first time pulp fans can “listen” to the adventures of the Spider, Secret
Agent X and many others.
Of course as all pulp fans know, there were very few lady
avengers and the clear cut leader of that small group was writer Lars
Anderson’s Domino Lady. Now Audio Comics
out of San Francisco,
directed by Lance Roger Axt, has produced a truly marvelous original Domino
Lady radio drama written by Rich Harvey and acted by a truly inspired cast.
In San Diego
for the new Pacific Coast Exposition, Ellen Patrick, daughter of the former
State Attorney General, is only too willing to contribute financially to the
mega event which will bring much needed revenue to the popular seacoast
community. When someone breaks into the
aptly named Crime Does Not Pay pavilion and walks off with a unique one million
bill printed by the Federal Reserve, it spells disaster for Mayor Benbough and
his planning committee. Unless the bill can be recovered, the insurance company
will demand restitution from the city and in the process bankrupt it.
Once again, the beautiful and audacious Miss Patrick dons
her gown, cape and as the Domino Mask
slips into the fair grounds to do her own investigation. She is nearly captured by her former
paramour, private eye Roge McKane, on duty as the exposition’s chief of
security. The inter-change between these
two is pure sauciness with double-entendres flying left and right and had this
listener laughing aloud.
ALL’S FAIR IN WAR is a superb audio treat with great
writing, perfect acting; especially by Karen Stillwell as Ellen Patrick/Domino
Lady and Peter Carini as McKane. The
blues/jazz soundtrack is also a gem and easily sets the story’s
atmosphere. If we have one complaint is
that this is only the opening chapter in the series and ends much too soon,
leaving us wanting a whole lot more. Axt
and Audio Comics have produced a top-notch audio recording that is pure pulp
goodness. We recommend you order you
copy now. You thank us later.
Cast & Crew –
Karen Stilwell as Ellen Patrick/The Domino Lady
Peter Carini as Roge McKane
Mandy Brown as Dottie Jaster
Peter Papadopoulos as Dan Carley
Kevin Donnelly as "Moxie"
Bill Chessman as Samuel Benton
Lance Roger Axt as Mayor Benbough and your Narrator
Christine Marshall as your Announcer
Additional roles portrayed by the members of the Pulp
Adventures Acting Company
www.audiocomicscompany.com is
the URL for purchasing direct: also, we will have links to where All's Fair
in War can be purchased via iTunes, Amazon Mp3, Zune, Rhapsody,
Nokia, and eMusic starting next week (or I should say, when it's up on
iTunes, Amazon Mp3, Zune, Rhapsody, Nokia, and eMusic). Thanks!
5 comments:
Thanks for the sweet review, glad you liked it.
Karen Stilwell
You are very welcomed, Karen. You make a terrific Domino Lady. So looking forward to more of these.
Somebody should mention the name of the artist who did the 'cover.' It's slick, and said person deserves some recognition.
The artist who did the cover is Paul Sizer, and it's an updated version of a Domino Lady "placeholder" he did while working on a "Re-make/Re-Model" version for Warren Ellis. Paul's name is mentioned on the credits on the AudioComics website, and he'll be given due credit on the final chapter of the trilogy as part of the closing "thank you's;" AudioComics is planning on using different artists for the Mp3 cover of each chapter.
Ron:
Thanks for the kind words. I wondered if some of that dialogue would be funny to anyone other than myself. Late at night, I thought yes ... after a good night's sleep, rereading it the next day, I wasn't so sure.
Blame me for the wait. I should have written the scripts faster. This allows AudioComics to experiment with the episodic format though, so think of this as a "pilot episode". Hopefully, when you hear part two and three, you'll agree that it was worth the wait.
RICH HARVEY
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