Greetings Loyal Airmen.  We had promised to both show you more of our Chicago photos and some graphic art this time around and we will be sticking to one half of that plan. Some truly good news has come our way and we've opted to hold off on the Chicago shots a little longer to bring you all up to speed on this wonderful “other” event.

                    
Almost nine years ago, a small community theater group called the Sanford Maine Stage company staged my three act play, WHERE LOVE TAKES YOU.  It is a romantic comedy based on the true story of how my father, George Fortier, met and fell in love with my mother, Gabrielle Richer just prior to World War II.  When the SMS performed it, we actually filled the hall with family, both the Richers and Fortiers, and it was a truly magical night for all of us.  A great cast brought my grandparents and father back to all of us for a few hours and it was nothing short of a miracle.

Since that long ago weekend, we've tried to get the play published but alas, to no success and had honestly given up any thought of ever seeing it staged again.  Then out of the blue, last week, the two directors who put this on, Mary Stair & David Goodwin, wrote me an e-mail inquiring to see if it would be okay for them to produce it again this summer.  We were pretty much in shock those first few seconds of reading their offer. Then we wasted no time in replying affirmatively. Next week, auditions will be held May 26 & 27 at the theater and we hope by then they will have set an actual play date.  As you can well imagine, the Air Chief was wound for sound all week, especially in telling the news to my mother and the rest of the family.  Everyone is thrilled at seeing it done again.  We'll keep you posted once the production and rehearsals get underway.

          
As for comics, check out the gorgeous illustration above announcing the arrival of a new webstrip to be called CHIVALRY, INC.  Created and written by yours truly with art by Canadian artist Olivier Raymond.  This is still months away, but I truly wanted to show off Olivier's beautiful work.  The strip is about a Montreal police detective named Valerie Chevalier, who quits the force to start her own Private Investigation Agency.  There's a whole lot more to the story, but we'll save that for later.  Don't want to give it all away now.

             
And finally, on the pulp front, Airship 27 Productions writer Adam Lance Garcia has finished writing a brand new Green Lama novel entitled GREEN LAMA UNBOUND.  We are in the process of putting it together now, and it will feature a cover by British artist supreme, Mike Fyles.  To help promote the book, Adam and Mike got the idea to do up a special Green Lama Unboud bookmark.  See above.  Pretty neat, huh?  Once made up, they will be giving these away at conventions.  Fingers crossed, the book should be out some time next month or shortly thereafter.

So there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  Starting to get real busy around the old Hanger 27.  But then again, that's always a good thing.  Heck, even the Red Sox have won their last three games.  May not be anything spectacular, but it sure is better than losing three in a row.  All for now.

Ron-Over & Out!