Greetings Loyal Airmen. Sometimes life seems to get away from us all. Having lots of fun things to show off in last week’s Flight Log, we didn’t realized until it had been posted that we had forgotten to put up page 4 of The Great Airship Race. Ouch, do forgive us and here it is, Loyal Airmen.
THE GREAT AIRSHIP RACE Pg 4
The action is heating up, Loyal Airmen. Be back here next week for the 5th and final page.
THE CRIMSON NUN Issue # 3
Artist Jesse Thomas has been hard at work on issue # 3 of our series for Antarctic Press. In this page, Gabrielle, who will become the Crimson Nun in our story, meets the head of Vatican Security, one Henri Metien. He will be responsible for her training as the first ever Swiss Guard. Stay tuned.
THE RETURN OF DOC ATLAS
Even since the creation of the classic pulp hero, Doc Savage by writer Lester Dent, tons of would be pulp scribes have attempted to do their own version of a globe trotting adventure who leads a team of specialist in battle. Heck, if the Air Chief has done five such novels reviving the one-shot wonder, Captain Hazzard. Still, one of the more successful clones by Doc Atlas by Michael Black and Ray Lovato. Thus far Airship 27 has published two volumes of his adventures and at present the Air Chief is editing a Volume Three. So if any of you Loyal Airmen are at all intrigued, we’re happy to remind you Volumes 1 & 2, as seen above, are still available at Amazon in both paperback on Kindle. Till then, keep an eye out for Volume Three.
BEYOND 175
Earlier in the year, Airship 27 had the thrill of reprinting BEYOND 30, a long forgotten sci-fi novel by the late, great pulp writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book had long since gone in public domain and one of our writers, Harding McFadden, had come to us with an actual sequel to that novel. So, he, yours truly, and Rob Davis decided to do an Airship 27 edition before releasing Harding’s exciting sequel, BEYOND 175. Now we’re happy to announce that BEYOND 175 has been published and is now our latest Airship 27 release of 2026. The book is now available of Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle. We think you Loyal Airmen are going to find it a truly remarkable, fitting sequel to the Burrough’s lost classic.
BEYOND THE STARS # 6
An don’t look now, Loyal Airmen, the but long awaited final issue (# 6) of BEYOND THE STARS is now in the final stages of production from Silverline Comics. As you can see from the gorgeous colored page above, artist Andrea Bormedia is putting forth his most beautiful art with this climatic last issue. All that remains now is the lettering by Mike Belcher and we’ll be ready for publication. Ending an almost three year journey. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen, we’ll let you know when the funding campaign launches.
And there you have it for this busy as ever week, Loyal Airmen. We always appreciated your joining us here every Friday morning. And remember, unless we have another memory hiccup, we’ll be presenting the last page of the Great Airship Race. You won’t want to miss it! Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we thought we’d kick off this week’s Flight Log with a shot of the Fort Collins Comics Coffee Clutch Crew. This informal meeting of comic fans is something the Air Chief started up over ten years ago when we first moved to Fort Collins. Over those years lots of folks have come and gone. The group meets the first Sat of every month at the local comic shop from 10 a.m. to Noon. This past week’s attendees were (first three) Zane, Lorelei, James, (second four) Olivia, Kyle, Jesse, Alexis, (back four) Aaron, Todd, Sam and Abe. Love these gatherings. As always everyone had a fun time talking comics, movies and TV shows. If you don’t have such a club in your home town, Loyal Airmen, start one. You’ll be glad you did.
JIN & TONIK # 2
Super colorist Matt Webb graces us with another completed page, as illustrated by the amazing Cesar Feliciano. Once all are colored, the book will be off to letterer Mike Belcher. Really happy to see this one moving along so nicely.
MORE HEROES OUT THERE
Aside from the Sat morning hook up with our comic book pals, the Air Chief also got his fill of fun new super hero offerings. Friday afternoon the Air Chief and Val saw the new SPIDER-MAN Brand New Day movie and both of us gave it thumbs up. Val gave it an 8, whereas we gave it a 9. The major critique being it was a wee longer and could have lost 20 to 30 minutes without hurting the story. Tom Holland clearly become our favorite Peter Parker. Meanwhile, Sunday the Air Chief learned that BATMAN Cape Crusader animated series, season two was now available to stream. Whereas our streaming services are spotty at best, we thought it wise to binge the entire 10 episode. Again, like the Spidey flick, there were things we loved and a few things we thought done badly. Overall it was worth the five hour marathon and honestly we do love Warner’s animation. Kudos to Bruce Timm for bringing us as yet a new interpretation of a beloved character. And note, the Joker in this series is the creepiest we’ve ever seen. So there you have it. Go check them both out. You’ll be glad you did.
BROTHER BONES The Origin Graphic Novel Issue # 2
We are thrilled to report work on the second issue of the Brother Bones Origin Graphic Novel is progressing a hyper-speed, Loyal Airmen. As with book one, main artist Joe Arnold is hard at work on the origin saga, picking up where we left off in issue number one. Whereas this issue will also feature a special short bonus Brother Bones stand along tale. This one called “Party Girl” suggested by Joe and scripted by the Air Chief is being drawn by Gabriel Rearte. Above is one of his pencil pages and honestly, Loyal Airmen upon seeing it, we were blown away. Oh yeah, Gabriel is a wonderful talented artist. Going to be a joy to see him wrap up this bonus tale. In all, issue two is shaping up to be as exciting and thrilling as was the first issue. Oh, yeah.
AMONGST THE CROOKED STARS
Airship 27 Production is thrilled to announce the release of our newest pulp title, the sci-fi thriller, “Amongst the Crooked Stars” by British writer Daniel Whiston. This is the sequel to his earlier work, “Under a Crooked Star” which we published earlier in the year. As with that first book, all art to include the snazzy cover above the black and white interior illustrations were by Scottish artist Dave Thomson. Book is now available in paperback from Amazon and will soon be on Kindle. As always, Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your continued support.
And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As you can see, things are always busy at the old Hangar 27. Thanks ever for stopping by and we’ll plan on seeing you next week. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re going to start this week’s Flight Log with pointing all of you in the direction of a great new comic book graphic novel now being promoted at Kickstarter. Our good friend, artist Cesar Feliciano, with who we are currently doing “Jin & Tonik”, has a second series in the works. This one is done with writer Mark Stanlislawski and called “Gods & Soldiers.” It’s a action packed fantasy adventure about two marines who battle supernatural evil forces. Check out at spiffy image above. The first volume is now at Kickstarter. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elguapocomics/gods-and-soldiers-1?ref=ksr_email_creator_launch&utm_id=97758_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhbbiy2ux) Do yourselves a favor and check it out. This is the good stuff, people.
THE GREAT AIRSHIP RACE Pg 3
We hope all of you are enjoying this wild and wacky cartoon adventure. The race is on!!!
THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 Issue # 4
Rob Davis keeps the Air Chief drooling with each new page he turns on this wild alternate world adventure. Keep in mind the original Vol One is available at (www.IndyPlanet.com) as a graphic novel along with issues 1, 2 & 3 of this sequel series.
BLACK TERROR 2.0
Don’t look now, Loyal Airmen, but we are quickly approaching the final steps in the production of this comic…at long last. As of today, our letterer has the last four pages. Once he is done with those, the entire package, to include all 25 pgs and the amazing cover above goes off to Ben Dunn at Antarctic Press. In all honesty, Loyal Airmen, the Air Chief has no idea of Ben will take it on and in doing so give us the green light to continue to story begun in this book. Or will decided it isn’t something he wishes to publish. If the latter, we no plans other then pack up our toys and go home. So keep those fingers crossed.
SAINT JOAN OF ARC
One of the reasons the Air Chief was eager to write a new Crimson Nun series for Antarctic Press was the thought that we could incorporate the story of one of our favorite saints, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans, who leading a huge French army, liberated the town of Orleans and then help defeat the British occupiers of France. Joan was an average young peasant girl when she heard the voices of saints and Saint Michael the Archangel telling her God had a plan for her. Against all odds, she followed it unwavering even to her martyrdom. In my Crimson Nun story, it is Saint Joan who speaks to young Gabrielle Joan Cauxvette and eventually leads her to become the Pope’s Special Agent. Want to know more? Hang in there, artist Jesse Thomas is hot at work doing the art for issue # 3 of The Crimson Nun : Rebellion issue # 3.
FINALLY….THANKS SCOTT – There was no way we were going to wrap up this week’s entry with a huge thanks to son Scott who stepped in when, while assembling this entry, the Air Chief goofed and then couldn’t fix the problem we’d created. A hurried call to Scott, who by the way is the family’s computer guru, and two hours later snafu fixed and the page was good to go. So again, thanks Scott. And thanks to all you Loyal Airmen for stopping by again, It’s always a privilege to have you stop by every week. God bless you and yours. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, kicking off this week’s Flight Log with this great pictured of the might-have-been Kato as done by my pal Mike Belcher. Any of you who are old enough to recalling my two and a half year stint on the late Now Comics Green Hornet comic series, might recall a bit of this story. At the end, we’d been forced to remove our female Kato, Mishi, by orders of the license holders. So we had her shipped off to Germany to run one of her family’s many enterprises and filling her place beside the Paul Reid Green Hornet was none other than Hiyashi Kato, the older Bruce Lee version from the TV series. That was all well and good for a while, but we felt the age difference between the two was a problem and the solution was to bring aboard a newer, younger Kato. In the end, we created Kono Kato, a cousin to the original Kato Family, still living in Japan and becoming a major pest to his family social standings. Our image was of a rebel James Dean style young punk who would need some discipline and molding and voila, there was Kono. In the end, his parents would devise a plan to have him sent to America and live with the Reid family and ultimately become Paul’s newest crime-fighting partner. But not without lots and lots of friction. The idea had tons of potential abut alas, Now folded again for a second time and from this bankruptcy never returned. Thus Kono Kato was the might-have been Kato. Sigh.
THE GREAT AIRSHIP RACE Pg TWO
And with Pg 2, here’s the Air Chief and his co-pilots, Gordon Dymowski (with bowtie) and Brant Fowler. Things are heating up. Next week Pg 3!
THE BLACK TERROR 2.0
We are happy to announce our work on BLACK TERROR 2.0 issue number one is nearly complete. All the art by Dell Barras is done and the coloring by David Rios. We’ve a few pages to color then it will be off to Ben Dunn at Antarctic Press for his verdict. All fingers crossed he likes what he sees.
R.I.P. MITCH BYRD
We were truly saddened to hear of the passing of comic artist Mitch Byrd. Many years ago we crossed paths with Mitch when involved with the small independent comic out of Maine, Alpha Production. Mitch was just breaking into the business and we wrote a little 5 pg horror script called “Repeat Performance” and Mitch drew it perfectly. In appeared in one of Alpha’s anthologies and then years later in our own, “Ron Fortier’s Tales of the Macabre.” That’s pg # 1 above along with picture of Mitch. There was no doubt Mitch would make it to the big time and at DC Comics he became popular on the book, “Guy Gardner – Warrior.” He was a truly talented artist and good soul. Rest in peace old friend, you will be missed.
And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As always thanks for stopping by and checking out the doings at Hangar 27. With fingers crossed, we should have a new pulp title to announce next week. So until stay out of the heat, be well and God Bless. Ron- Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you’ll recall, the Air Chief posted the above add only a few weeks ago. Well, now there’s only 24 hrs left to shout it out. Tomorrow, artist Zane DeGaine will be guests at the High-Plains mini-con held at the Broken Spoke restaurant in Minatare, NE. Yup, we’re going to open up shop in an eatery and yes, it’s a first time for both us. The Air Chief will take photos. Count on it. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m and in the middle of that, at 2 p.m. we’ll be giving a panel on how to make comics. Should be a fun day. Here’s hoping any of you Loyal Airmen living in that neck of Nebraska will stop by and say hi.
THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 Issue # 4
Wahoo, artist Rob Davis just turned in the latest page on issue # 4 of THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 and at long last, we get to see the Bomber Queen flying back into action with our team of lovely heroes. This series really has the Air Chief wound for sound.
THE GREAT AIRSHIP RACE
Long ago the Air Chief was the member of a fun monthly podcast called Zone 4. We’ve mentioned that before in the past. During that time, the entire Zone 4 website crew had fun coming up with our own cartoon adventures until the Air Chief thought it might be fun to do a little 5 page adventure strip. Above is Page # 1 of THE GREAT AIRSHIP RACE and it showcases pals Erik Radcliffe and Bill Gladman, now morphed into Erik Von Ratfink and Gil Badman. We thought you Loyal Airmen would get a kick out of seeing it, so we will post a page a week here. Hope you enjoy it. Do let us know if you’d like to see more such strips.
COMING SOON FROM AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION
Finally, we thought we’d end this week’s entry by giving you Loyal Airmen a little artistic peek in what’s coming soon from Airship 27 Production in regards to new pulp novels. At upper left is an illustration from the book BEYOND 174 by writer Harding McFadden. This is the sequel to the Edgar Rice Burroughs book BEYOND 30, which we published last year. Our own Rob Davis is doing all the interior illustrations and cover for this one as he did for the Burroughs book. To upper right is an illustration for the sci-fi thriller AMONG THE CROOKED STARS by British writer Daniel Wishton. This is a sequel to his own UNDER THE CROOKED STAR which released earlier this years. As with that book, all the illustrations and cover for this particular sequel are by the amazing David Thomson of Scotland. Needless to say we here at Hangar 27 are really excited about this titles and most anxious to get them wrapped up and off to all you Loyal Airmen. Stay tuned.
And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by and look for us here again next Friday morning. God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’ve some exciting news for you this week. Artist Joe Arnold informed us recently that production has begun on issue # 2 of the “Brother Bones Origin Graphic Novel.” As with the first book, Joe will be doing the primary art on the main story and there will be a short bonus back up Bones tales. This one is called “Party Girl” and Joe recruited artist Gabriel Rearte to do the art for it. He will also be providing the alternate cover for this issue. Above are three of early roughs for what that cover might look. If you think we’re excited about this, you’re on the money. Joe hopes to launch the Kickstarter shortly. Once again, thanks so much to all you Brother Bones fans who made chapter one such a huge success.
THE CRIMSON NUN # 3
And here’s another inked page from issue # 3 by artist Jesse Thomas. This quiet scene depicts Gabrielle having breaking with Pope Pius XI after the dramatic events of the previous night. They are soon to become dear friends and he has some very amazing plans for her future. Oh, yeah.
And believe it or not, Loyal Airmen, that’s pretty much it for this week. Nothing unusual in regards to being a comic writer in the independent market. Oftentimes it takes weeks, even months before we’ll see progress on a comic. Roughs take time. Pencils take time. Inks take time. Colors take time. And even then after you’ve finished your issue, there’s the whole funding issue which tags on even more waiting time. So yes, the Air Chief is working on 8 different comic series, and the two pieces above show that. As for the other six, they are in various stages of development.
On a positive note, our small reading postcast from Rod Davis, First Flights, where we read from the first chapter of Brother Bones has gotten 70 hits. Wow. Just wow. And we’re happy to report lots more Airship 27 writers have signed on to do more of the fun shorts, so stay tuned. And finally, after years of nurturing an single idea in our mind, this past week the Air Chief began writing a new novel. We don’t want to give away much more, save to say it’s not fiction but based on the exploits of several truly amazing people after World War I. Intrigued? Good. Ha. Until next time, stay well. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as is the routine, we creators get our copies of our comics long after all our supporters have gotten theirs. Which is only right, as without them, we simply couldn’t publish these titles. So as happy as the Air Chief is here, deliriously so in fact, we are extremely grateful to each and everyone one of you purchased a copy and help make our funding campaign a success. Alright, so now stay tuned as the final chapter of this sage, issue # 6 is almost finished according to artist Andrea Bormida and believe me, it will blow your socks off. It’s the big battle climax the entire tale has been building up to. Trust me, Loyal Airmen, you won’t want to miss it.
AIRSHIP 27 TEST FLIGHTS LAUNCHES
Some big news here, Loyal Airmen. At the end of our last Airship 27 Podcast, Chief Engineer Rob suggested the possibility of our producing short, dedicated podcast wherein one of our many talented Airship 27 writers would read from their published works. After the show, Rob and the Air Chief continued the discussion until we volunteered to be the first reader. We chose to read the first chapter from our first ever Brother Bones story, “The Bone Brothers” which kicked off the very first book, “Brother Bones – The Undead Avenger.” The reading took 12 minutes and after that file was set, Rob then proceeded to dress it up with lots and lots of illustrations from our Brother Bones files to enhance the reading with visuals. It is now completed and can be found at you tube here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fViMwXS-x_w) Naturally we hope you’ll check it out whereby will gauge your reactions and then decide which writer will tag to do the next one. Wish us luck, Loyal Airmen. These are fun.
THE CRIMSON NUN # 3
Was looking through our Crimson Nun files for issue # 3 now in production and the more we studied Jesse Thomas’ pencils, the more we appreciated his amazing storytelling talent. We know we’ve posted the above page before Loyal Airmen, both inked and colored. But we really just wanted to give you some honest to goodness eye-candy with the dynamics of Jesse’s gorgeous pencils. Enjoy.
HIGH PLAINS MINI-CON
Finally, here’s a quick ad for my forthcoming appearance at the one-day comic con in Minatare, Nebraska, put on by our pal Matthew Rhys. As most of you Loyal Airmen know, the Air Chief stop doing big scale shows long ago. They were too crowded, devoted to movie and TV personalities rather than comics and really became no fun at all. In the past few years we were left the Wicked West Con held in the Spring. The Free Comic Book Day at the local comic shop and the Rocky Mountain Con in Nov. Well there was no Wicked West this year. Free Comic Book Day was its usual blast, but as of today, there has been absolutely no word on whether Rocky Mountain will happen this year or not. As you can see our public appearances have begun to shrink. Never mind we didn’t do the Windy City Pulp this year due conflicting schedules for partner Rob. Thus when Matthew hit us up early about his little one day show, we signed on immediately. And we won’t be attending alone, as one of the other guests is our Fort Collins creator neighbor artist Zane DeGaine. We’ll be riding up with him. He’s got a whopping big old truck that can easily haul both our comic boxes and banners etc. So there you have it, Loyal Airmen, if any of you are anywhere near Minatare, Ne. on the 18th of July, why not come on over and say hi. We’d love to meet you for sure.
HAPPY 4th OF JULY
Finally, Saturday is our country’s 250th birthday. Happy Birthday USA, land of the free because of the brave. May God continue to bless you. Amen. Ron – Over and Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you’ll recall, last week we mentioned that our tenth volume in the children’s book series, “Barry Baskerville and the Rare Coin” was within days of release. Well later that Friday it was up bright as a daisy on Amazon. Above the is the cover. As ever, story by creator Richard Kellogg with all art by Gary Kato and book design and layouts by Art Director Rob Davis. So yes, go to Amazon and check it out, along with the previous exciting nine books. These are perfect young children from 5 to 8. And as ever Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your continued support.
DRAGON ON A STAMP
One of the greatest martial artist and film stars ever to wow an audience was the late Bruce Lee. Via his role as Kato on the short-lived and much lamented TV series, The Green Hornet, Lee introduced the world to Chinese fighting ala Kung Fu. Then he went on to make the classic feature, “Enter the Dragon,” before dying suddenly. Last Saturday the Air Chief received a really sweet and funny Father’s Day card from daughter Heather that featured Marvel’s wacky hero, Deadpool. We loved it. Then as we were starting to put away the envelope it arrived in we realized the character on the stamps was nothing by the legend himself, the one and only Bruce Lee. Wow. It’s an honor long over due. Thanks US Postal, you got it right this time. And to you, Heather dear.
THE AIRSHIP 27 PODCAST EPISODE # 105
The episode # 105 of the Airship 27 Podcast is now up at You Tube. Rob and the Air Chief talk about our recent releases and what new titles we have in the works. See link below. Enjoy. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Iwr91I4QY)
MR. JIGSAW MANGA STYLE
Reminding all you Loyal Airmen, the Mr. Jigsaw story being produced by Ben Dunn at Antarctic Press, using the same script we wrote for issue # 19 of the Mr. Jigsaw issue from Redbud Studio is still happening. Above is one of the current pages turned in by the “unknown” artist. Hopefully Ben will provide us with a name eventually. Ben says we’ve ten pages left and then….we shall see. At one point the idea of coloring “both” versions and publishing back to back was discussed. Again, we’ll leave this Ben. Still it is just plain weird seeing these pages done manga-style. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen.
CRIMSON NUN # 3
Meanwhile artist Jesse Thomas turns in his latest colored page from The Crimson Nun #3 and we couldn’t be more excited. Scene depicts young Gabrielle Cauxvette with Pope Pius XI and a character (guy in the beret) who will become important to her future. Trust me, Loyal Airmen, you are going to love this issue.
BIG BOY IN SCRANTON
Back in the early 1940, the Union Pacific Railroad had a few dozen giant locomotives built. They were nicknamed Big Boys. Today there is only a handful of them remaining. One such in the past month has crossed the country in conjunction with America’s 250th Birthday Celebration and two weeks ago arrived in Scranton, PA. Naturally its stops along the way has drawn thousands of viewers and among those in Scranton was our son Scott, a devoted train-enthusiast. His grandfather was a conductor all his life on the Boston & Maine Railroad. Anyways, Scott drove the two hours from his Connecticut home to view this marvel of engineering and snapped a few photos ala the one above. He tells me, this Big Boy will continue on per the plan of its arriving in Philadelphia on July 4th. Now that should be a sight to behold. Thanks Scott, for sharing this amazing experiences with us.
And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As you can see, rather a busy one at that. As always thanks for stopping by and checking out what’s new. Hope to see you back here next Friday. Until then God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we thought we’d kick off this week’s Flight Log with some exciting news. We have a new inker on our 3 issue CHIVARLY, INC. mini-series now in production for Silverline Comics. Inker Erick Dotson, joins pencil artist Javier Lugo with issue # 2. Above is one of his first pages for the issue. He’ll be joined by colorist Mickey Clausen and letterer Mike Belcher. At this writing issue # 1 is now having covers done up, having been completed drawn and colored. Stay tune, it’s getting real.
THE BOY WHO WOULD BE SHERLOCK HOLMES
As most of you Loyal Airmen are well aware, for several years now, Airship 27 has been published the children’s books series, “Barry Baskerville Boy Detective,” as written by Richard Kellogg and illustrated by the terrific Gary Kato. The series follows the adventures of a young detective who idolizes his hero, Sherlock Holmes. Gary recently turned in the artwork for the 10th Barry Baskerville mystery and at present Art Director Rob Davis is assembling those pieces with the manuscript. With fingers crossed, the book could be up at Amazon by week’s end. If that happens, we’ll promote it at the end of this Flight Log. If not, then for sure next week. Stay tuned.
THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 # 3
At long last! Boston Bombers Vol 2 # 3 is available at Indy Planet. (https://www.indyplanet.com/the-boston-bombers-v2-3) The Air Chief had to laugh, as artist Rob Davis calls this our romance issue. He’s now working on issue # 4 while yours truly tries to whip issue # 5 into shape. No rest for us comic creators.
AN EXPENSIVE DREAM
Recently Antarctic Press Managing Editor, Ben Dunn, has been playing with doing up AI models of his company’s popular characters. You can imagine the Air Chief’s surprise when he opened his email a few days ago and found the above image awaiting him. We almost fell out of our chair. This is such a sweet Crimson Nun action figure complete with her two custom made automatics. Oh yeah. Sadly, the reality of what it would cost to purchase such a piece from any of the companies out there today would be astronomical. At least way, way…way more than either Ben or the Air Chief have in our piggy banks. But hey, as we told Ben, we can always dream.
UPDATE – BLACK TERROR 2.0
and finally we wrap up this week’s entry with this great peek at the new Black Terror comic the Air Chief is working on with artist Dell Barras. Above are illos of the “old” version from the Golden Age and on the right is our new interpretation of the character. Our colorist on the new series, David Rios, previewed that stunning cover this past week on the Silverline Tuesday Night Podcast show, on which the Air Chief is a co-host. Needless to say he wowed our fellow host and viewers. David has only a few pages left to color to completion and the lettering is almost finished as well. Can’t wait to assemble the package and get it off to Antarctic Press. Keep those fingers crossed, Loyal Airmen.
And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. Want to end with giving a loving shout-out to all the Dads out there for Father’s Day. Being a Dad has always been a blessing to yours truly. You are all heroes. Thank you. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re going to kick off this week’s Flight Log with announcing a new Airship 27 Production book that is truly near and dear to yours truly. After producing well over 300 titles in the past 15 years, this one was special to both the Air Chief, and Art Director Rob Davis.
Writer/editor Jamie Ramos was a remarkable fellow who battle health issues most of his adult life. But he never once let those define him, remaining a kind, warm-hearted soul; devoted husband and father and true and loyal friend to all who know him in the New Pulp community. Before he passed away last year, Jamie was in the process of putting together a brand new anthology to be called “Streets of Golgotha,” that would include stories by the cream of the crop in regards to today’s pulp scribes; Teel James Glenn, Nancy Hansen, Lee Houston Jr., Wayne Carey, Bobby Nash and Jamie himself. Whereas his malady accelerated and one day we received a message that simply said, “Thanks for being my friend.” The Air Chief had heard both of his condition and the project he’d been working on. We reached out to one of those writers on the team and had him convey to Jamie that he could rest as we’d take on completing the project. A week later Jamie passed. And so for the past months, the Air Chief and Rob began assembling the stories, getting spot illustrations completed and assigning the amazing Adam Shaw to do our cover, oh, and we changed the title slightly. As of today, June 8th, 2026, “Jamie Ramos’ Streets of Golgotha,” is now available at Amazon in both paperback and on Kindle. Seeing it there this morning, the Air Chief said a little prayer, feeling that Jamie was looking down on all of us with this huge smile on his face and giving us a big old THUMBS UP!! God bless, my friend. We miss the heck out of you.
MORE FROM CRIMSON NUN # 3
As the story of Gabrielle Cauxvette unfolds, she finds herself in the Vatican encountering members of the Pope’s own private army, the Swiss Guards. Turien and Jaques are two such recruits in training. Art as ever by the talented Jesse Thomas. The history of the Swiss Guards is fascinating and there will be an essay about them in the fourth and final issue. Meanwhile, we have to get issue # 3 finished and out!
PENCIL PAGE
And the story continues with new pencil pages like this one from Jesse. Here Gabrielle and the Pope have finished breakfast and he’s about to take her to the rose garden. We get excited every time Jesse finishes a new page. Oh, yeah.
YELLOW MOON
The joy of today’s independent market is that super talented creators no longer need the approval of big-shot editors to make and publish their comics. One such fantastic new offering is “Yellow Moon” a gripping western/horror graphic novel by writer Clayton Rozman of Colorado. The art and colors are by artist Bruno Letizia whose work reminds me of David Mazzucchelli of “Batman Year One” fame. They are joined by Ferran Delgato on colors and Chris Stevens edits the entire package. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, this is a winner right out of the gate. Go support this fantastic project. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/octoberpress/yellow-moon-a-western-horror-graphic-novel)
And there you have it for this week’s Flight Log, Loyal Airmen. Lots of good stuff out there, we hope you’ll check it out and of course join us back here next Friday. Till then be well and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
