Jade City Pharaoh - Enter the Anvil

Thursday, March 15 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Herald heads for a deadly showdown of strength and wits

Superhero Herald MF Jones faces off with the Beef Cooka’s deadliest henchman, Anvil Steel. Can the Jade City Pharaoh defeat a maniac made of metal?

Jade City Pharaoh – Burning

Thursday, March 08 2012 by Alex Granados and Lindsay Thomas

Jade City is buzzing about a rare TV appearance by superhero Herald M.F. Jones, although the reviews are mixed. But things really heat up when the evil Beef Cooka makes a very personal attack on Jones’ alter ego, Malik Fraser.

Jade City Pharaoh - Home

Thursday, March 01 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Even superheroes get stressed out by hostage situations.

Superhero Herald MF Jones finds himself in the middle of a tense hostage situation when a mild-mannered Jade City citizen named Benjamin Macintosh decides to hold a bank loan officer against his will. What caused Macintosh to snap?

Jade City Pharaoh - Winner Take Nothing (Part II)

Thursday, February 23 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Herald remembers Uncle Roscoe's training

Superhero Herald MF Jones finally comes face-to-face with his manipulative arch nemesis The Beef Cooka, who has a life-changing proposal for Jade City’s savior in exchange for the safe return of Kid Delight. Can Jones keep the upper hand and rescue Kid before The Beef Cooka cooks up any more trouble?

Jade City Pharaoh - Winner Take Nothing (Part I)

Thursday, February 16 2012 by Isaac-Davy Aronson and Lindsay Thomas

Superheroes don't get the night off...

Superhero Herald M.F. Jones attempts to take a night off from crime fighting to make time with the beautiful Belinda Goodall and attend an art exhibit and as his alter ego, Malik Fraser. But Jade City villain The Beef Cooka has other ideas and before long Jones is donning his green cape to save an innocent citizen.

Jade City Pharaoh - Ibrahim & the Real Americans

Thursday, February 09 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

"Why go where people don't want you?"

The construction of an Islamic cultural center in one of Jade City’s least tolerant neighborhoods fuels hostility against the city’s Muslim community. Can superhero Herald MF Jones prevent anger from escalating into violence?

Jade City Pharaoh - Beautiful Melancholy

Thursday, February 02 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Herald falls for a woman with sad eyes

Malik Fraser, the alter ego of superhero Herald M.F. Jones, reveals romantic feelings for a well-read, sad-eyed beauty named Belinda Goodall. But when he discovers the dark secret behind the sadness in her green eyes, can he help her?

Jade City Pharaoh - To Serve the People

Thursday, January 26 2012 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

"You have to protect yourself, Jones!"

Heavy rains in Jade City ground superhero Herald M.F. Jones. During the downpour, he meets a new friend named Asphalt and meets up with an old friend from the Jade City Police Department expresses concern for his safety.

Jade City Pharaoh - A Jade City Christmas

Thursday, December 22 2011 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

What's got our hero so down?

Even Jade City turns into a holly jolly place in the days leading up to Christmas. The Beef Cooka is quiet and Herald’s best friend, Supreme Intellect, is throwing the neighborhood’s hottest holiday party, but our superhero can’t bring himself to enjoy this time of year. Maybe a visit to his dear Aunt Margaret’s house will lift his spirits…

Jade City Pharaoh - Walking the Line

Thursday, December 15 2011 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Supreme Intellect

Jade City’s city workers rally together in a peaceful demonstration against employee pension cuts…but it’s not peaceful for long when The Beef Cooka’s evil henchmen hit the scene.

Jade City Pharaoh - Where There's Smoke

Thursday, December 08 2011 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

"Help us, Herald Jones!"

Jade City’s hero Herald MF Jones comes to the rescue when an apartment building catches on fire. But was the fire an accident…or the work of The Beef Cooka?

Jade City Pharaoh - Funyuns and a Coke

Thursday, December 01 2011 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

"That's one bad mutha..."

In the pilot episode of the radio drama, “Jade City Pharaoh,” superhero Herald MF Jones’ snack break gets interrupted by the villainous antics of his archnemsis, The Beef Cooka.

The Jade City Pharaoh

Thursday, November 03 2011 by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas

Comic artwork by Franco

When last we left superhero Herald M.F. Jones, he was saving the people of Jade City from the controlling clutches of corrupt, charismatic villains. That was in “Jade City Chronicles,” a stage production that ran at Man Bites Dog Theater in Durham last summer. Since then, playwright Howard Craft has written even more spectacular adventures for Herald, an African-American vigilante with a unique past and supernatural abilities. The new chapters of Herald’s life will be heard on the radio in a new series called “The Jade City Pharaoh,” which is in development to premiere on WUNC’s “The State of Things” in December. Craft joins host Frank Stasio to talk about creating a modern-day hero that’s perfect for the stage, the comic strip and the airwaves.

SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Jade City Pharaoh is coming to "The State of Things" on WUNC! Join host Frank Stasio at the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw, NC on Friday, November 4th at 8 p.m. for a benefit to support a new radio drama series starring Herald MF Jones, the bad ass black superhero of "Jade City Chronicles." It's an evening of live music, visual art, spoken word and audience participation with playwright Howard Craft, Shirlette Ammons & the Dynamite Brothers, Poetic Portraits of a Revolution, Franco, Kim Arrington and more. Tickets start at just $25! For more information, click here.

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