Greetings Loyal Airmen.  Sadly we cannot announce the release of our new BLACK BAT MYSTERY pulp book this week as he had hoped.  Our dedicated proof-reader, Charles Saunders, ran into some PC problems that forced him to have to go back to square one and this simply put us off track. So keep your fingers crossed we'll have it for you next week.  Meanwhile we never did get around to showing you all our photos from our wonderful trip to Chicago after the Windy City Con. And there were a few the Air Chief really wanted to share with you.

             
                      AT WRIGLEY FIELD
As you all know, the Air Chief is a baseball fan and every years cheers on the home team, the Boston Red Sox. One of the joys of this franchise is that they play in one of the oldest stadiums still in operation, Fenway Park.  Another in this select history is the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field and the opportunity to catch a game there was too good to pass up.  God bless our daughter, Heather, who got us tickets to a Monday night game against the Washington Nationals.  Heather lives within walking distance of the ballpark.  Above is a shot of the two of us taken by Val, as we wait to get in.

          
                                       Heather & The Air Chief at Wrigley Field
The night was a pure blast, not too hot or cold. Perfect for a ballgame.  The crowd was totally into the game and we really loved being there.  The Cubs fans have a wonderful tradition. If the team wins, they all stand up at the end of the game and sing a special song to them.  Thousands of fans in one voice, singing to their team.  Both Val and the Air Chief were really touched by this wonderful moment of fan appreciation.

And the other very cool thing awaited us outside, when we turned around and saw the brightly lit neon letters announcing the team's victory.  We will never forget our first trip to Wrigley and the fun we had there.  And we can't think of a better way to close out our Chicago trip but with the cheer, GO CUBS!!!

On to another very cool topic.  One of the Air Chief's all time favorite comic book heroes has always been Captain America.  Created during World War II by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, he was the ultimate patriotic hero for young boys and girls during those difficult times.  When Stan Lee and Kirby brought him back in the early 1960s as part of their super team, the Avengers, this young 13 yr. comic fan was in his glory.  Cap soon became my number one comic hero.  Now as all of you know, Marvel has been bringing all their fantastic characters to movie life what with such hits as the Spiderman movies, the X-Men films and most recently the highly successful Ironman pictures with Robert Downey Jr.  Coming up next will be a big screen adaption of their Norse God hero, THOR.  Then some time next year, 2012, under the helm of director Joe Johnson, we are at long last going to get, CAPTAIN AMERICA -The First Avenger.

The Air Chief has been a huge fan of Joe Johnson since he made his directorial debut with the great comic book movie, The Rocketeer, and we are convinced he will do justice to our red, white and blue warrior. A few days ago the studio released several illustrations which depict actor Chris Evans wearing the official Captain America costume as it will be done in the movie.  We could not have been happier.

             
            The Movie Captain America
The costume is a truly fitting adaption of his star-spangled look, done with much respect to Kirby's original drawings in the comics. The movie will be set in WW II, as it should, depicting Cap's battling his dreaded foe, the Nazi fiend Red Skull, to be played by Hugo Weaving.  When the Air Chief sees all these great comic book movies, the 13 yr old kid inside truly is yelling for joy. These are really fun times to be a comic book lover.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  We hope your own summer has gotten off to a great start. See you all back here next week. Till then, take care,
Ron- Over & Out.