Well, Loyal Airmen, another Pulp Fest has come and gone and as ever, the Air Chief had a blast.  It truly is one of the most fun packed pulp shows out there and Rob Davis and yours truly look forward to it every year and are never disappointed by the show and turn out of so many Loyal Airmen.

Here's a good shot of Airship 27 Productions Art Director Rob Davis and yours truly, the Air Chief early Saturday morning after we had set up and before they opened the doors to let in the crowds waiting in the hall.  Look at that, we had THREE tables this year, full of pulps, comics, premium patches and….for the first time ever, boxed sets of our first Airship 27 Audio Book – Captain Hazzard Python Men of the Lost City!! Rob did such an amazing job of putting those together.  Each handsomely designed case comes with four labeled disc containing six hours of audio thrills as read by voice actor Joe Stofko.  Note, as this was our first time offering these, we only brought five to the show.  We sold four!!  Wahoo.

And for the fourth year in a row, the Air Chief hosted the New Pulp Panel, one of half a dozen panels presented over the course of the weekend.  That's the Air Chief up front after having made introductions to my stellar panel.  From left to right on the stage we had writers, Jim Beard, Rich Lai, Frank Schildiner and Win Scott Eckert.  Our topic was The Future of New Pulp and it was a truly lively discussions that covered many thought provoking avenues concerning the media we all love so dearly.  The audience was most receptive and we're hoping this continues to be a regular feature at Pulp Fest.

And of course while we were away in Columbus, our good friends at Pro Se Productions were busy releasing their latest quarterly pulp magazine, Pro Sen Presents # 19 with a Brother Bones cover story as written by yours truly and drawn by Rob.  A tip of the hat to publisher Tommy Hancock, editor Lee Housteon Jr. and designer Sean Ali for a magnificent job.  Note, the book is available at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble on-lines.

And as an extra treat for all of you, here's the interior illustration that appears before the prose, as whipped up by Sean.  The guy has too much talent, ah.  We love this piece too.  Oh, and while on the subject of the Undead Avenger, several nights ago a colleague and good pal, wrote requesting to use him in a new story he is writing about his own pulp hero; sort of featuring Brother Bones as a guest hero.  We were only too delighted to give this friend the green light to use our character.  Not giving away anything yet, as we do want to keep it under wraps until the story is out.

On the comics-front, Canadian artist Olivier Raymond continues to whip up sketches and pin-ups of the character Satin Wei, who will be starring in her own one shot comic special called SATIN'S WAYS.  Olivier is doing all the art and lettering for this 48 page crime caper and we think you Loyal Airmen are going to love it once it is out.

Lastly, today's e-mail brought us a wonderful invitation from the people at Mile High Comics in Denver, the world's biggest comic book shop.  Seems they are having a Comicpalooza on Sat. afternoon Sept. 15th with fifteen comic creators on hand to sign their wares for the fans, yours truly among them.  We'll keep you posted as the date nears and find out who else will be joining us there for the fun.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  Our long traveling plans have successfully concluded for this year on a truly high note.  Who knows what 1024 will bring?  As ever thanks for stopping by, see you here next week.
Ron – Over & Out!