Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’ve got a major announcement to lay on all of you. But before we go to it, let’s look at a few other equally important updates.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Artist/creator, Cesar Feliciano isn’t wasting any time jumping into the second issue of our spy-thriller and above are his pencils for page one. We love Cesar’s art, and it shined on issue # 1. Trust us, Loyal Airmen, you’d seen anything yet.

CHIVALRY INC.

Likewise work on the first issue of CHIVALRY, INC. is progressing smoothly with Jesse Hasan’s clean inks over Javier Lugo’s pencils. We’re also thrilled to announce, super colorist, Mickey Clausen, has joined the art team.  Ironically the scene above pictures an imagine Thanksgiving Turkey dinner. Now that’s a really fun coincidence.

BEYOND THE STARS # 4

Alright, now to the big event of this week, the completion of BEYOND THE STARS # 4 and the launching of its funding campaign. Here’s the link (https://www.fundmycomic.com/bts1-4) Simply cut and paste that to your search engine. All of us involved with the book are psyched to have it completed. Above to the left is co-creator Andrea Bormida’s cover, as colored by Angelo Vecciarelli and lettered by Mike Belcher. Note, this cover will be done in silver foil. To the right of it is Rob Davis’ alternate cover. There will be a second by artist Jose Fuentes, which we’ll post here when completed. The funding campaign goes to the 20th of Dec. So if you’d like to give the Air Chief a really nice Christmas gift….Yes, we know. We have no shame. Chuckle. Note, for all you Loyal Airmen who may not have picked up the first three issues of this six part mini-series, issues 1, 2 & 3 are still very much available via the funding campaign. Thanks as ever, Loyal Airmen, for you continued support. We couldn’t do this without you.

TWO FANS IN THE COMIC

Way back when we were funding issue # 1 of BEYOND THE STARS, we offered fans the opportunity, with their monetary donation, to appear in a future issue. Two of our fans took us up with that, a young man and young woman. We then proceeded to create characters based on the photos they sent us and now in this issue # 4 they make their appearances. The fellow appears on Pg 2 (upper left) as Fleet Commander Haniel Smada, and the young lady, on Pg 9 (upper right) as Song Seer Anada Dee. We hope they approve and cherish their cameos. We truly appreciated their support.

NOW THAT’S COFFEE!

Everyone in our family knows how much we love coffee. The Air Chief has been drinking the dark brew since he was 13 yrs old. When we spotted the above illustration on Facebook a few day ago, we had a good laugh and knew we had to share it with all you Loyal Airmen. If Batman ever gets into the java business, we’re totally going to give his brew a try.

A NEW OFFICE SIGN

And lastly, we wanted to show all you Loyal Airmen the Air Chief’s newest Office Sign. It was a gift from our grand kids here in Colorado, for our birthday a few weeks ago and we love. It was custom made off of Etsy and it puts a big smile on our face every morning when we walk into this room.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen. Note, the funding campaign for BEYOND THE STARS # 4 is only 25 days long and we need to raise $700 to get the book published. Even if you can’t help money wise, do spread the word to all your comic loving friends and family. For which we’ll be eternally grateful. And with that we end saying….HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ONE AND ALL AND GOD BLESS!!!

Ron – Over & Out!