Greetings Loyal Airmen, hope all of you have been enjoying the start of Spring.  As I write these words, Colorado and points west are getting nailed by a powerful blizzard.  Seems like in certain parts of the country, old man winter does not want to relinquish his hold just yet. But he will, as even nature cannot stand against the inevitable march of time.  Speaking of such, this past Tuesday, March 24th, marked the one year anniversary of my lung surgery.  This time last year, your Air Chief was in a hospital bed recovering and wondering what the future held in store for him.  Lots of prayers came my way those days and the weeks and months after.  All of which are why my recovery was so successful and I remain in good health to this day.  I will never forget those prayers and well wishes.

So how did we spend that memorable day?  Good question.  We spent it granting our granddaughter Chelsea a very special request.  A typical teenage girl, she is a huge fan of the music trio, the Jonas Brothers.  Their latest concert was playing at the local cinema as a special one night only event and she so wanted to go.  So we picked her up at her school that afternoon and drove down to the theater to catch the 4:40 PM showing.
      
                                                        The Jonas Brothers in Concert

All of us had a blast.  Chelsea for the obvious reasons.  Valerie and me, because this was a Disney digital 3-D production and absolutely fantastic to view.  Everything was so crystal clear.  It was like having the best seats in the hall at the actual concert.  Oh, and we were the only three people in the theater.  Talk about feeling like a VIP.  Ha.  After the showing, we stopped at a fast food restaurant to grab a burger then took her home.  Chelsea had a great time and so did her grandparents.  One we'll all remember fondly for years to come.  And though Ye Old Air Chief is no expert on teen-age boy bands, let me add, the Jonas Brothers are extremely talented and put on a truly fun show.

Last week we talked a great deal about pulps.  A new series just released from the folks who brought you the Hard Case Crime paperback series is called HUNT, featuring a modern day Indiana Jones-like hero named Gabriel Hunt.  The first book pictured above comes out at the end of April.  We received an advance reading copy and reviewed it favorably at our blog site, Pulp Fiction Reviews.   See the link above to read that.  This is one series you should keep an eye out for.

               
                        Captain Hazzard by Jay Piscopo

Meanwhile Airship 27 Productions is only a few weeks away from reprinting our very first Captain Hazzard novel, Python Men of the Lost City.  Cover painter, Mark Maddox, has turned in a gorgeous painting and we hope to announce the book's availability soon.  Meanwhile, our good friend, Maine illustrator, Jay Piscopo, did up this great Captain Hazzard pin-up for us and we think its super.  Wanted to share it with all you Loyal Airmen.  Jay has signed on to do some work for Airship 27 Prod. and we couldn't be happier to have him aboard.

               
                            Cast of Mr.Jigsaw by Gary Kato

After weeks and weeks of waiting, we just learned tonight that our second issue of  MR.JIGSAW – Man of a Thousand Parts should finally be out by early next week.  We'll post the actual cover for it in next week's Flight Log along with the link to where to purchase a copy.  In the meanwhile enjoy the color-guide artist Gary Kato did up for it years ago.  We've been hard at work this week writing a new Jiggy story.  Can't wait to finish those reprint issues and get to the new stuff.

Finally, ye Old Air Chief recently did a two hour podcast with Chuck Moore of Comic Related.  Joining us in this marathon gab-fest was fellow comics fan, Bill Gladman.  The topic was the evolution of comics in America over the past thirty years, good and bad.  Chuck posted both halves of this informal conversation over at the site, on the front page (www.comicrelated.com).  Part one is listed as Podcast # 93 and part two is # 94.  We hope you'll stop by and listen in.  We had a blast doing this.

And that's a wrap for another week, Loyal Airmen.  Thanks ever for stopping by.  Take care, have a great week and we'll be back in seven days.

Ron – Over & Out!