Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you can see by the photo above, the Rob Davis and the Air Chief once again were part of the fun that is the Windy City Pulp & Paper convention that is held every Spring in Chicago. This year was no exception to the great show it was.

Lots and lots of vendors were on hand to sell their treasures from old time paperbacks to….

…classic pulps and the New Pulp variety as demonstrated by our pal, Tommy Hancock.  We saw so many of our old friends and as ever made lots of new ones.

One of the people responsible for this great show every year is Doug Ellis, himself a collector of pulp art.  Here he is checking off a list of new acquired pieces.

A Friday night Windy City tradition is a bunch of us heading out to a hamburger joint known as Fudruckers and this year six of us were chowing down together. on the left (from to back) is Van Plexico, Gene Moyers, and the Air Chief, while to our right (again front to back) Rob Davis, Wayne Reinagel & Tommy Hancock.)

Of course one of the highlights of the show is on Friday night with the Air Chief and Rob get to announce this year’s winners of the Pulp Factory Awards and hand out their actual awards.  Winning for Best Pulp Cover was the amazing Michael Kaluta and his cover painting to Airship 27 Production’s “Towers of Metropolis.”

Best Pulp Novel went to “Sentinels – The Dark Crusade,” by writer Van Allen Plexico and Best Interior Illustrations went to Chris Kohler who actually did the illos for this book.

The Best Anthology went to “Singularity – Rise of the Post Humans,” from Pro Se Productions, edited by Jaime Ramos.  That’s Jaime to the right above.  And the Best Pulp Short Story went to writer David Michelinie for “Lord Pemberton’s Adjustment Service” which appeared in that very book.  David is on the left above, and of course standing proudly between them is Pro Se publisher, Tommy Hancock. Our heartfelt congratulations to all this year’s winners, they were all well deserved.

With the con behind us, it is time to get back to work and Airship 27 Productions hits the ground running with our latest volume (# 9) of SHERLOCK HOLMES – Consulting Detective.  This one features a fantastic cover by the amazing Adam Shaw with stories by Aaron Smith, Erik Franklin, Fred Adams Jr. & Ian Watson. Our bestselling series to date, now available from Amazon and soon on Kindle.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  Thanks again for stopping by and we’ll see you all back here next week.

Ron – Over & Out!