Welcome to Airship 27

My name is Ron Fortier, and I have been a professional writer for over forty-five years. I have worked on comic book projects such as The Hulk, Popeye, Rambo and Peter Pan. With my two most popular comic series being The Green Hornet and The Terminator (with Alex Ross). With Ardath Mayhar I penned two TSR fantasy novels, and in 2001 I had my first play, a World War II romantic comedy, produced.

This site serves as a portfolio of the work I’ve done to date, as a showcase for projects in the works, and as home for my online Journal (below), which will be updated frequently.

I am currently writing and producing pulp novels and short stories for various publishers and have several movie scripts floating around Hollywood looking for a home, and if that isn’t enough, I also have a review column at the www.pulpfictionreviews.blogspot.com website.

A devoted grandfather of six, at 75, I am thrilled to be part of the new web-comic evolution. Part of this joy is in the realization of a life long dream, that of becoming a pulp writer.

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy your stay.

BARRY BASKERVILLE # 10

26 Jun | '2026

Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you’ll recall, last week we mentioned that our tenth volume in the children’s book series, “Barry Baskerville and the Rare Coin” was within days of release. Well later that Friday it was up bright as a daisy on Amazon. Above the is the cover. As ever, story by creator Richard Kellogg with all art by Gary Kato and book design and layouts by Art Director Rob Davis. So yes, go to Amazon and check it out, along with the previous exciting nine books. These are perfect young children from 5 to 8. And as ever Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your continued support.

DRAGON ON A STAMP

One of the greatest martial artist and film stars ever to wow an audience was the late Bruce Lee. Via his role as Kato on the short-lived and much lamented TV series, The Green Hornet, Lee introduced the world to Chinese fighting ala Kung Fu. Then he went on to make the classic feature, “Enter the Dragon,” before dying suddenly. Last Saturday the Air Chief received a really sweet and funny Father’s Day card from daughter Heather that featured Marvel’s wacky hero, Deadpool. We loved it. Then as we were starting to put away the envelope it arrived in we realized the character on the stamps was nothing by the legend himself, the one and only Bruce Lee. Wow. It’s an honor long over due. Thanks US Postal, you got it right this time. And to you, Heather dear.

THE AIRSHIP 27 PODCAST EPISODE # 105

The episode # 105 of the Airship 27 Podcast is now up at You Tube. Rob and the Air Chief talk about our recent releases and what new titles we have in the works. See link below. Enjoy.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Iwr91I4QY)

MR. JIGSAW MANGA STYLE

Reminding all you Loyal Airmen, the Mr. Jigsaw story being produced by Ben Dunn at Antarctic Press, using the same script we wrote for issue # 19 of the Mr. Jigsaw issue from Redbud Studio is still happening. Above is one of the current pages turned in by the “unknown” artist. Hopefully Ben will provide us with a name eventually. Ben says we’ve ten pages left and then….we shall see. At one point the idea of coloring “both” versions and publishing back to back was discussed. Again, we’ll leave this Ben. Still it is just plain weird seeing these pages done manga-style. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen.

CRIMSON NUN # 3

BIG BOY IN SCRANTON

Back in the early 1940, the Union Pacific Railroad had a few dozen giant locomotives built. They were nicknamed Big Boys. Today there is only a handful of them remaining. One such in the past month has crossed the country in conjunction with America’s 250th Birthday Celebration and two weeks ago arrived in Scranton, PA. Naturally its stops along the way has drawn thousands of viewers and among those in Scranton was our son Scott, a devoted train-enthusiast. His grandfather was a conductor all his life on the Boston & Maine Railroad. Anyways, Scott drove the two hours from his Connecticut home to view this marvel of engineering and snapped a few photos ala the one above. He tells me, this Big Boy will continue on per the plan of its arriving in Philadelphia on July 4th. Now that should be a sight to behold. Thanks Scott, for sharing this amazing experiences with us.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As you can see, rather a busy one at that. As always thanks for stopping by and checking out what’s new. Hope to see you back here next Friday. Until then God bless. Ron – Over & Out!