Greetings Loyal Airmen, as we say good-bye to May and get ready for full-on Summer with June, we thought we’d bring you up to speed on certain titles and where they are at production-wise. So let’s get started.

JIN & TONIK # 2

NEW TAKES ON OLD CHARACTERS

The above paragraph of comic history is offered because last week, comic writer/editor/publisher Ben Dunn, on creative whim, whipped up his own quite radical take on the character. So outlandish in fact, he appropriate labeled him ABSOLUTE BLACK TERROR. He commented wondering if such a “take” might be worth developing. Which is where the Air Chief comes in. We thought the sketch was terrific and began getting ideas that might be perfectly suited to this new version. After writing Ben, we got his okay to see what we could develop. Happily, at the same this was happening, we’d recently been contacted by industry professional artist, Dell Barras, about the possibilities of us working together on a project. The Air Chief wasted no time in discussing this character with Dell and he Signed on immediately. What happens next is this. If Dell and the yours truly can produce a 24 page, full color comic, Ben is willing to take it on, build the funding campaign and get it published. Dell did the sketch above left of the character and his alter ego, a nebbish college professor. All sounded great, but we were still missing to two important members of our project team, a pro-caliber colorist and letterer. Enter super colorist, David Rios, our co-host on the Tues Silverline Podcast. That’s his colors on Del’s sketch. We love it. Now all that remains is for us to find a letterer and we’re off to races. Wish us luck, Loyal Airmen. As always, we’ll keep you posted.

A DREAM OF DAD

And that’s it for this week’s entry, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by and we’ll see you all back here next Friday morning. Ron – Over & Out!