Graphic novel fans may recognize the name For Blood or Justice. The eight-episode, horror-noir audio drama of the same name is based on it. The immersive, highly cinematic series from indie filmmakers Todd Kniss and Scotty Weil features Danny Trejo and other top talent.
For Blood or Justice recently announced their new distribution deal with global media platform reVolver Podcasts. The partnership helps the serial connect with wider audiences, marketing opportunities, and the ever-growing U.S. Hispanic market. Perfect timing, seeing as how October is Hispanic Heritage Month!
The podcast is produced to let audiences “see” their way through the gritty, period story and the episodes were intentionally performed without a narrator. The acclaimed and diverse cast —who were drawn from film, tv, and the voice-over world— performs over 60 roles. Sound design elements were also considered characters, selected to let listeners dive into the dark underworld and elicit the motion and emotion like no other serial available today.
The stylized and distinctive artwork from the companion graphic novel completes and complements the depths of the horror-noir world set in the summer of 1977. It was written and created by Kniss, edited and art directed by Eduardo Lopez, with pencil and inks by Wayne Lowdy, color by Gregory Albert and Sean Callahan, cover art by Paul Sylva, and lettering by Brian Wright.
Let’s check out what For Blood or Justice is about, who else is in it, the trailer, and find out where to listen to all of season 1.
For Blood or Justice Synopsis
In 1977, a Texas lawman (Kellan Lutz) hunts two psychopathic killers across the no man’s land of Texas and into a Mexican border town where monstrous human experiments are being conducted by an escaped Nazi scientist (Xander Berkeley) and backed by a clandestine band of US Black Ops.
Note: Content involves mature themes and may not be suitable for all audiences.
For Blood or Justice Cast
Big and small screen actors you may recognize include Danny Trejo (Heat, Desperado, Machete), Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga film series, FBI: Most Wanted), Steven Weber (13 Reasons Why, Chicago Med), and Spencer Garrett (Dopesick, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood).
Other renowned acting and voice-over talents include Eric Bauza (Warner Bros’ Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian & more), Tara Strong (Loki, Teen Titans, The Fairly OddParents), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead, Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Phil LaMarr (MADTV, Pulp Fiction), Wallace Langham (The Larry Sanders Show, CSI: Las Vegas), Lori Alan (SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy), Jearnest Corchado (The Blacklist, Apple TV’s Little America), Zach Grenier (DEVs, Deadwood, Fight Club), voice actor, comedian and impressionist Maurice LeMarche (Pinky & The Brain, Animaniacs), Sarah Clarke (The Twilight Saga, 24), and Geoffrey Blake (Forrest Gump, Midway).
But wait, there’s more! (It is a cast of 60 after all!) Other prolific actors and voice talents appearing in For Blood or Justice include Scott Parkin, Ozioma Akagha, Scott Weil, Mike McColl, Ogie Banks, Kristin Slaysman, Vincent Corazza, Jane Cooke, Jeff LeBeau, Mikey Kelley, Fabiola Stevenson, Gabriel Romero, Kevin Andrew Rivera, and Bentley Lee Conger.
For Blood or Justice Trailer
Where to Listen to For Blood or Justice
For Blood of Justice is available now on reVolver Podcasts, Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, Amazon, Audible, Overcast, Podchaser, and pretty much anywhere you can find podcasts.
For More Info
If you’re interested in reading the graphic novel, you can download it here: https://www.forbloodorjustice.com/graphic-novel.
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Do you have a favorite Danny Trejo movie?
I’ve never seen any of the Machete movies, which so many people know him from, but I totally dug him in both Con Air and most especially From Dusk Till Dawn.
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
I don’t have a favorite Trejo film. I’m just glad he turned his life around after a shaky start. I’m rootin’ for him!