Greetings Loyal Airmen, well here we are only a few more weeks till Christmas and the child in us is really starting to get excited.  Before we get into this week's Flight Log, let me bring you up to date on a couple of medical issues that have been plaguing the Air Chief and his pals.  Last week reported Rob Davis, Art Director of Airship 27 Productions and the head of Redbud Studio had his cancerous prostate removed.  Rob went through the surgery with flying colors, was released from the hospital two days later and is now home recovering slowly.  Reports indicate he is cancer free. The best holiday news of all.  From Rob's e-mails, we know he's anxious to get back to his drawing board as soon as possible. But still, as we've cautioned him, a little forced R & R is good for all of every now and then.  Do keep him in your thoughts and prayers, all of which he truly appreciates.  Let's get into the fun stuff, and we'll get back to the Air Chief's health report at the end.

As you are all aware, Valerie and the Air Chief are truly happy in our new home in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Well it was only a matter of time before we found the local shop here in the Fort.  Our son Alan brought us there yesterday; it's called GRYPHON – Games & Comics and is run by Liana & Sherman Sanders, two of the nicest people we've ever met.  Their store is located off the main avenue,  at 2020 S.College Ave. Suite B.  You can see there card, full address and phone number above.  Their store is one of the nicest, cleanest and well laid out shops the Air Chief has ever been in and we plan on being regulars.  In fact we're hoping eventually all local Loyal Airmen will be able to pick up our Mr.Jigsaw comics & other titles at GRYPHON – Games & Comics.

        
Speaking of our comics, we are still assembling some truly great comic strips starring classic pulp tales form the 1930s which we will be collecting in a whopping huge black and white anthology called…well, see the logo above.  Recently writer Adam Garcia sent us the roughs for the page of his Green Lama story as done by the artist on the strip, the amazing Mike Fyles.  We thought you'd all like a sneak peek.  We hope to have the book available sometime next Feb.

             
                  First Page Green Lama Comic
Looks absolutely fantastic.  Can't wait to see it completed.  Remember Loyal Airmen, this comic will contain eight great comic adventures of well known, colorful pulp heroes.  Some of them appearing in comics for the very first time.  Stay tuned.  More to come.

            
                   ZOMBIE BOOK # 3
Finally on the comic home front, the above little cutey.  Th Air Chief has never been a fan of zombie tales or movies.  But when our good buddy, artist Rich Woodall invited the Air Chief and Rob to do up a short zombie take for this new series from Terminal Press, we couldn't refuse him.  We ended up producing a five page ditty called DEADLINE.  Thus far there have been four editions of this now best selling anthology series. Ours appears in issue # 3 (see above) if you are interested in snagging a copy, simply go to their website at –
(www.TerminalPress.com) –  The price is $10 for 84 full color pages of gory, disgusting zombie fare.

And there you have it for another week at Hanger 27, Loyal Airmen.  Now time for  the Air Chief's latest health report.  The MRI pictures we took last week revealed that the Air Chief has three minor heriated disc in his lower back.  We are now going to consult a back surgeon early next week to discuss what our options are to fixing those; it most likely will be some kind of surgery.  We will keep you posted.  And considering how far medicine has come in the past ten years, we're told this is a fairly common procedure.  Also of note, our family doctor, at Valerie's suggestion, gave us a script for a super steroid drug that is a very powerful anti-inflammatory. Upon getting home yesterday, we took two and within an hour the leg pain that had been bothering us for over a month went away.  We almost cried realizing it was no longer …there.  We have enough of these pills to take us into the New Year to whatever date such surgery would be scheduled.

So there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  Amidst the parties and cards and gift wrapping, we continue to appreciate this as the Season of Peace & Love.  Whatever toys or baubles we share with each other, remember that we, as family, are the greatest gifts to one another.

Ron – Over & Out!