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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.

HAPPY EASTER!!!

2 Apr | '2026

Greetings Loyal Airmen, obviously today is not Friday. So why is the Air Chief posting our weekly Flight Log a day early? Because tomorrow, is of course Good Friday and the start of Easter weekend. As a person of faith, we choose to spend tomorrow in contemplation and prayer; reflecting on the death of our savior Jesus Christ on a cross. for the salvation of our souls.

CONGRATS PULP FACTORY AWARDS WINNERS!

Meanwhile last weekend was the annual Windy City Pulp & Paper Show in Chicago and many of our New Pulp colleagues gathered for a rollicking fun time. Sadly, due to a conflicting schedule, Airship 27 was unable to attend and we sorely missed being there. Thanks to PF members Jonathan Sweet & Brian K. Morris, the Pulp Factory Awards ceremony went on without a hitch that Friday night and above is the list of all the winners. We want to congratulate all of them, including all the nominees this year. Over 500 members of the Facebook Pulp Factory voted, proving New Pulp is very much alive. well and growing. As for Windy City, count on seeing us next year for sure!

PROJECT HAIL MARY

Towards the end of last year, our grandson Alex gave me a sci-fi book he’d just finished reading. Said it was one of the best books he’d ever read. That’s saying a lot. For the longest time, Alex just wasn’t a reader. So naturally we were curious as to what kind of story had captivated him so much. As it turned that book was “Project – Hail Mary” by writer Andy Weir; the same fellow who wrote the highly popular “The Martian” later turned into a successful movie with Matt Damon. “Project – Hail Mary” is a really fast paced adventure wherein scientist from around the world discover our sun is dying out; some unknown cause is devouring it. Not only our sun, but also all the other suns in the galaxy; except one. Tau Ceti is not dimming at all and seems to be impervious to whatever is ravishing its sister stars. Solution, sent a team of astronauts to Tau Ceti to learn what is its secret. That’s the basic premise and along the way, we meet Ryland Grace, a high-school science teacher who eventually discovers the “thing” destroying our sun and the fact that it can be used as a super-propellant to get our astronauts to a sun light years away from Earth. Grace is played perfectly by Ryan Gosling in the movie; one he personally optioned four years ago when it was still in manuscript form before publication. There’s so much more to this story, including Grace’s encounter with an alien on a similar mission as his own to relate here. Let me just say we loved the book and earlier this week, with most of our family in tow, we saw the film adaptation together. All of us came out of the theater with huge smiles on our faces. “Project – Hail Mary” is one of those old style sci-fi books we discovered while in high school, when sci-fi was all about the hope and challenge of the future for all mankind. Instead of the stupid, dark & gloom dystopian bullshit that it serves up these days. That’s why this book and movie is such a breath of fresh air and audiences around the world are making it one of the biggest movie hits in decades. But don’t take our word for it, go out and see it for yourself. You can thank us later.

THE SILVERLINE TUES NIGHT PODCAST

Finally, we just wanted to take a minute to tell you Loyal Airmen about the podcast show the Air Chief has been co-host the past year hosted by the Silverline Comics outfit. It’s pretty much five comic creators getting together every Tues night to discuss a topic geared to help new would-be comic creators, writers and artists, by giving them things we’ve learned in our own careers. Left to right above is Tim TK, a young writer and the show’s moderator, Jose Fuentes, a Kubert school graduate artist/inker, Brent Larsen a published writer of both comics and screenplays, then in bottom row, yours truly, the old man of the group and lastly, professional comic colorist David Rios. The shows are live Tues night, but then post to You Tube the following Wed morning at this link. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdUHCi7YKLk) If you are at all interested in the how comics are made, please join us, either live on Tues night or check out the shows on You Tube. We’re hoping to build our audience and if you’ve any ideas for a topic you’d like us to cover in a future episode, let us know.

And there you have it for this early Flight Log entry, Loyal Airmen. All of us at the Airship 27 Hangar want to wish all of you a truly joyous and wonderful Happy Easter. May the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ bring peace and love leading you to His eternal heavenly home. God bless, Ron – Over & Out!