Tales of the red panda the crime cabal by gregg taylor. A description of tropes appearing in red panda adventures. Participants in the discussion include jesse, paul weimer, and mr jim moon. Download tales of the red panda pyramid of peril free books. The crime cabal is a perfect introduction for new follwers of the masked protectors of depressionera toronto. The red panda adventures is a lighthearted radio drama series in the style of old time radio. The crime cabal is the first volume of three in the tales of the red panda series. Red panda adventures decoder rng theatre wiki fandom. The mind master to be an improvement over the first book the crime cabal. Its a nice touch, and just one of the ways that taylor hearkens back to the radio serials that red panda is based on. If youve ever heard the audio adventures of the red panda and his high kickin, high glidin female sidekick, the flying squirrel. The red panda s thrilling exploits have been chronicled in decoder ring theatres awardwinning radio drama series the red panda adventures, in graphic novel form digitally from monkeybrain comics and in a trade paperback edition from idw publishing, and in the ongoing tales of the red panda prose novel series.
The novels tell new stories set in the same continuity as the audio drama, with events from one sometimes being mentioned in the other. I really enjoyed getting more background about the red panda and his network. Gregg taylor the writer and owner of the red panda came out with with a red panda book written in the tradition of the 1930s and 1940s pulp adventure magazines, titled tales of the red panda. The crime cabal presents the masked protectors of depressionera toronto in a pulse pounding conflict with gangsters, racketeers, corrupt officials and powermad supervillains. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tales of the red panda. The crime cabal by gregg taylor published by autogyro 167 pages. The crime cabal by gregg taylor available from rakuten kobo. Based on the awesome red panda adventures audio drama, the teriffic twosome of toronto travels to egypt for a great indiana jonesstyle pulp adventure. The books began as a companion piece to his popular radio adventure series the red panda adventures, heard on independant radio stations around north america and. This book is well written, but taylor s heavy experience in writing scripts relative to writing prose shows in a few of the scenes. The mind master is a return to 1930s toronto following the exploits of canadas greatest superhero the red panda and his partnerlove interest the flying squirrel.
An exciting shotgun wedding of the awesome sequential art of mask of the red panda and the voice cast of decoder ring theatre. The crime cabal por gregg taylor disponible en rakuten kobo. Gregg taylor and dean kotz is raising funds for mask of the red panda the fullcast video comic. The mind master por gregg taylor disponible en rakuten kobo.
Gregg taylor is the author of black jack justice 4. The crime cabal by gregg taylor, a fistful of nothing by dan. The red panda adventures was written and directed by creator gregg taylor, and tells the ongoing story of the masked protector of depressionera toronto, who is secretly wealthy young gadabout august fenwick, and his trusty partner in crime fighting, kit baxter a. All three red panda novels are available as audiobooks on.
Book 1 in the tales of the red panda pulp adventure series. Gregg taylor s love of the classic adventure stories of the golden age of radio, comics and pulp fiction are the driving passions behind the tales of the red panda series of books. The crime cabal presents the masked protectors of depressionera toronto battling gangsters, racketeers, corrupt officials and powermad supervillains. They have been featured in adventure novels, comic books, video comics and a series of fullcast, radiostyle adventure stories that started it all, and have run more than a decade from decoder ring theatre. Taylor is terrific at telling these loving tributes to the heroes of golden age radio, pulps and comics. Gregg taylor s red panda audio adventures thrill internet and radio audiences twice a month with exciting, funny, and romantic tales of the red panda, a the shadowstyle pulp hero heavy on gear and hypnotic tricks, and his sidekick and love interest, the flying squirrel, who dishes out the licks to the bad guys. The first of gregg taylor s tales of the red panda adventure novels is an impressive expansion of his red panda universe. The android assassins by gregg taylor available from rakuten kobo.
The red panda adventures is a lighthearted adventure series in the style of old time radio that follows the 1930s adventures of canadas greatest superhero, the red panda, and his trusty sidekick, the fearless fighting female the flying squirrel, as they protect the citizens of toronto from villains ranging from gangsters and supervillains to the supernatural forces of darkness. Both of my loves show up in the three red panda novels that are now available. Thanks so much to all of the listeners and fans who voted like crazed beavers and put decoder ring theatre over the top in the podcast awards. The mind master is the second in the series of books by character creatorand portrayer gregg taylor based on his decoder ring theater podcast series. A somewhat darker tale as gregg taylor sets the red panda against a foe whose mind powers possibly surpass those of our hero. Tales of the red panda series by gregg taylor goodreads. The books began as a companion piece to his popular radio advent. The crime cabal to be better than the print version. Awhile back i wrote about one of my favorite podcasts, the red panda adventures by decoder ring theatre.
There are millions of folks voting in these awards, and coming out on top in the cultural arts category. The mind master by gregg taylor available from rakuten kobo. If you like all of those words, like i do, then this book is for you. This is pure pulp joy filled with mystery men, sassy sidekicks, villainous mobsters, zombies, fistfights, gunfights, swordfights, and enough squirrelfu to fill the most voluminous can of rodent whooparse. Would you consider the audio edition of tales of the red panda. The tales of the red panda novel series is written by gregg taylor and styled after golden age hero pulp magazines like the shadow, doc savage and the spider. Gregg taylor continues to weave fantastic tales in all of his writing endeavors audio drama, novels and comics alike. The crime cabal is the first novel set within the same setting as the podcast audio dramas, also written and produced by gregg taylor. The second of the tales of the red panda novels, written by gregg taylor, edited by editor.
Series creator gregg taylor has expressed his disdain for the more. The tales of the red panda novel series is written by gregg taylor and. Consider taylor s reputed dislike of origin stories, this book contains a surprising amount of background information on the red panda. The characters from decoder ring theatres longrunning fullcast audio drama series the red panda adventures here make the leap into twofisted pulpstyle prose in spectacular style. The red panda and his erstwhile partnerin crime fighting, the flying squirrel are the masked protectors of toronto in the 1930s and 1940s.
As usual the performance that gregg provides is a highlight. Gregg taylor s red panda audio adventures thrill internet and radio audiences twice a month with exciting, funny, and romantic tales of the red panda, a the shadowstyle pulp hero heavy on gear and hypnotic tricks, and his sidekick and love interest, the flying squirrel, who dishes out. The mind master is a thrilling and diverting tale for any who love the classic adventure stories of the 30s and 40s and who fondly recall the golden age of radio. I dont usually praise an audio rendition of a book over reading the written word, but in the case of the crime cabal, the chance to hear gregg taylor s performance is a real highlight and not to be missed. If you love classic adventure stories, mystery men, pulp fiction and golden age superheroics, you wont want to miss tales of the red panda. This is gregg taylor s third red panda novel and sees the return of captain clockwork, a villain from his outstanding ongoing audio drama series, take center stage. Like the fullcast audio drama series that the series grew from decoder ring theatres the red panda adventures, tales of the red panda. This is an unabridged reading of the short story 21 minutes followed by a discussion of it. The crime cabal on may 15, 2012 the first of gregg taylor s tales of the red panda adventure novels is an impressive expansion of his red panda universe. Tales of the red panda big bads are, in this order. Smashwords about gregg taylor, author of black jack. I enjoyed both books immensely, but found the mind master to be a little more polished, to flow a little more smoothly, and to be just a little more interesting, exciting, and intriguing. Book 3 in the tales of the red panda pulp adventure series winner of the 2011 pulp ark award for best novel gregg taylor and best cover art thomas perkins.
The crime cabal presents the masked protectors of depressionera toronto in a pulse pounding conflict with gangsters, racketeers, corrupt. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Gregg taylor is a writer, director and actor who turned his. Thats right, gregg taylor is the man behind canadas greatest mysteryman in the pulp tradition today the red panda. Im noticing an alliterative theme in the menaces in the tales of the red panda series the crime cabal, the mind master, and now the android assassins. The third volume of this loving tribute to the classic hero pulps of the 1930s and 40s, tales of the red. Continuing adventures of the red panda and flying squirrel as heard on decoder ring theatre tales of the red panda. Even the united remnants of torontos defeated underworld co. Written in the breathless style of the classic hero pulps of the 1930s and 40s, tales of the red panda. I dont usually praise an audio rendition of a book over reading the written word, but in the case of the crime cabal, the chance to hear gregg taylor s performance is a.