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Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you read these words, The Airchief and Val will be on their way to Denver for this years Rocky Mountain Con. Our favorite comic con of the year hosted by our good friend Tim Moret. But before we head off, we’re happy to announce yet another reprint from a long out-of-print Airship 27 title, thanks to Art Director Rob Davis. SECRET AGENT X Vol Three – Reprint Edition – Answering the request of a fan, we’ve once again made this early book available in paperback, along with its Kindle edition on Amazon. Note it is clearly marked Reprint Edition and Rob dressed up the cover a bit. It features the same original four stories by Frank Schildiner, John Bear Ross, Andrew Salmon and Jarrod Courtemanche. Rob provides the artwork, both illustrations and covers. As ever available at Amazon now in both paperback and on Kindle.

In fact, Rob opted to go the extra mile and get ALL our Secret Agent X titles back in print. Enjoy and now’s a great time to head on over to Amazon to complete your colletion.

CAPS FOR KIDS

Final push here for tomorrow’s ROCKY MOUNTAIN CON 2025 in Denver. Keep in mind Loyal Airmen, proceeds for this show got to CAPS FOR KIDS, a charity that helps find pediatric cancer. The Air Chief can’t think of a better cause than that. So here’s hoping to see you Denver.

MEET SISTER CLARA

As most of you already know, the Air Chief is a practicing Catholic and was brought up in the faith. As a child we attended St. Martin’s parish and parochial school. At that time, there was an old nun (some say well into her 90s) names Sister Clara, who maintained the sacristy, the place with the linens, chalices and patens are kept for the Holy Mass. She pretty much also ran rough shot of the assigned priest. So when writing the Crimson Nun and needing a wise an elderly nun to take care of the Pope, we immediately cast dear Sister Clara in the role and by the colored sketches above, she became an instant hit with artist Jesse Thomas. We had no idea was going to do up them up. And he totally captured her character with that mix of being both loving, kind-hearted and tough as nails scary at times. Wait till you meet her in issue # 3. Oh, yeah.

THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 # 3

While on the subject of faith and religion, my partner in crime, artist Rob Davis, continues knocking amazingly beautiful pages for our Boston Bombers Vol 2, ala the one above. This particular issue is a deep dive into Bishop Pirelle Divine’s past and it’s implications to Indra and the Bombers. Am really getting exciting about getting it done and off to all you Loyal Airmen. Note to you can still snag copies of issues one and two at (www.Indyplanet.com).

GUESS WHO JUST HAD A BIRTHDAY!!!

So this past Wed, the Air Chief turned 79 years old. Yeah, we’re pretty shook up about it too, seeing we don’t feel a day over 50! Ha, honestly, it turned out to be a pretty amazing day and we lost count of how many of our Facebook family sent along joyful, loving wishes. Truly, the Air Chief is a blessed man, especially when it comes to our amazing family. Val and the Air Chief have five and from them six fantastic grandkids, who mean the world to us. Two in Maine, two in Connecticut and two here in Colorado. In fact that pix above was taken a few weeks ago by our granddaughter Cora when she and her husband Cal, took Val and the Air Chief out to lunch. Something we try to do on a regular basis. So in that selfie, is Cora in Cal in the front with Val and the OLD Air Chief in the back. Honestly, the Good Lord has blessed us beyond words and we thank Him every single day. Here’s hoping all you Loyal Airmen are as blessed. See you back here next Friday. Ron – Over & Out!

BUSY TIMES

  • On 31 Oct | '2025

As much as vacations are fun and needed, one of the few negative aftereffects is being way-way behind on your projects upon getting home. And believe, the Air Chief is dealing with that now. Oh yeah, but sill we’ll keep pushing forward.

While on our trip back East, Valerie and the Air Chief read through Scott Hahn’s book, “Hope to Die,” a truly wonderful and inspirational dissertation on dying, heaven and the sanctity of the human body as created by God. Both of us were profoundly moved by it and it has given us a new perspective on planning our own final days. In keeping with that somber theme, we also took time to visit our old town cemetery and above right is a pix of the Fortier family tombstone. Interred in this plot are our great-grandparents, my grandparents, our grandparents, Mom and Dad and a several aunts and uncles. They were all amazing souls and miss them dearly. One day, praying for that amazing reunion in heaven. Here’s wishing all of you same blessing.

THE BLACK TERROR 2.0
While gone, artist Dell Barras was keeping busy drawing our new comic for Antarctic Press, BLACK TERROR 2.0 – above is one of his completed pages with colors by pal David Rios. This one is a weird tale Loyal Airmen which we hope you’ll enjoy.

NEW FROM AIRSHIP 27

Then we have Airship 27 Prodcution’s newest pulp release, “BOOK HUNTERS SENIOR.” It is the third in this series of old Chinese magic by writer Barbara Doran with interior illustrations by Gary Kato and a stunning cover by Guy Davis. Now available at Amazon in both papeback and on Kindle.

JIN & TONIK 2

Meanwhile things are really heating up in “JIN & TONIK” # 2 with the incredible art of Cesar Feliciano. Cesar, home from his own Mexican vacation, promise to get the last 10 pages finished soon. Then off to Matt Webb for his brilliant colors and then Mike Belchers letters. Should easily see this one done before year’s end.
And here’s another sample of Matt Webb’s beautiful colors on another page from this issue.

CHIVALRY INC.

Here are the soft pencils of Pg 17, from CHIVALRY, INC. issue # 2 by the awesome Javier Lugo. As to when issue # 1 will see the light of day, we have absolutely no clue. That’s all in the hands of the crew at Silverline, Comics. Oh, you might want to check them out. They really do great comics.

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CON 2025

Don’t look now, but in one more week, it will be time for the Air Chief’s favorite con, the Rocky Mountain Con, held in Denver and put on by our dear friend Tim Moret. We’ve been a steady guest at this fun show since it began and look forward to it every year. So…if you happen to be anywhere in the Denver area on the 8th & 9th of Nov, come on down to the Embassy Suite and check it out. You’ll be glad you did.

THE POCKET ROSARY

Finally we end this week’s Flight Log with a shout-out of thanks to fellow writer/editor and good pal, Adam Messer. Adam and the Air Chief are practicing Catholics and our faith is all important in our lives. So imagine my pleasant surprise when he sent me this coin known as a Pocket Rosary. On one side is Our Lord on his cross and surrounding him are 10 raised nodes for saying ten Hail Marys, and on the flip side is picture of our Blessed Mother. We now carry this wonderful medal everywhere we go. Thanks so much, Adam and God Bless.

And there you have it Loyal Airmen, another super busy week in Hangar 27. Thanks for stopping by as always and hope to see you back here next Friday morning. Till then, Ron – Over and Out!

HOME AGAIN

  • On 24 Oct | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, well the past three weeks in Maine have come and again. Just like that. Oh yeah. Valerie and the Air Chief has so much visiting with family and friends that we hadn’t seen in over a year, some two. As always, we stated in Wells Beach, ME. as is evidenced by that first pix above at left showing us enjoying the Atlantic Ocean. Note, while there we ate lots and lots of fantastic seafood from sea scallops to clams and haddock. Three days in, oldest son Scott, drove all the way up from his home in Bethel, Conn. to spend a day with us. It’s always so wonderful to see him and get caught up on how is family is getting along. We treated him to a lunch at Billy’s, a seafood diner just down the road.
One highlight of our visit was visiting our daughter Michelle and her husband Chris who live in a beautiful lake house in Acton. Granddaughters Chelsea (at left above) and Kristi (cut out at far right) framed Val in background and Michelle in front for generational pix. Then we have Michelle and Val just as we were about to get aboard Chris’ pontoon boat for a trip around the lake.
Aghhh….accidentally trimmed the group shot above so redoing it here. Left to right, Chelsea, her Mom Michelle, Val and Kristi. And of course Val with grand daughters Chelsea & Kristi and check out that gorgeous Fall Foliage in the background.
Of course visiting family and friends was the focus of the trip. Pix at upper left has (left to right) Air Chief, Val, her sister Barbara and husband Gus, then her sister Sandy and husband Andy. Pix on the right, (left to right) my dear friend Ron and his wife Kim, and then Val and the Air Chief. Note, both were taken at two separate restaurants specializing in seafood. Oh yeah.
And finally we thought it would be fitting the end these photo memories with two dealing with some very special creatures. A while back our daughter Michelle rescued an abused dog named Rosey. She had suffered a great deal before Michelle came along and gave her the love she deserved. Rosey is a beautiful Rottweiler and she and the Air Chief became fast buddies. Also, on our very first day in Wells, while walking along the mile road to the beach, we looked up and spotted two majestic bald eagles taking a rest atop a telephone poll. Val immediately snapped the pix above. And that dear Loyal Airmen are only a few of the dozens of great memories we made these past few weeks. Hope you enjoyed them.

BROTHER BONES KICKSTARTER SUCCESS

Of course while the Air Chief was gone, lots of projects kept rolling along in our absence. Chief of these was the last four days of our Brother Bones Origin graphic novel campaign over at Kickstarter, which reached its goals a full 48 hours before the deadline. All thanks to artist Joe Arnold’s diligence and all our friends and colleagues who supported it. At present Joe is putting together the final few pages. Digital copies will be sent out to all who contributed soon, and within a few more weeks the hard copies themselves. Once again, thanks so very, very much. Do let us know your thoughts on the book when you get it and here’s hoping we’ll have the same success when we put issue # 2 together.

A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY COLLECTION

At the same time, Art Director Rob Davis at Airship 27 Production was busy putting the finishing touches on our latest Sherlock Holmes title. It’s a collection of stories by writer I.A. Waston called the “The Paralipomena of Sherlock Holmes.” Rob did all the interior illos and the cover painting as seen above was done by Dr. John Waeltz, a gifted fellow we met at last year’s Windy City Paper & Palp show. The book is now available at Amazon in both paperback and on Kindle.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Artist Cesar Feliciano and colorist Matt Webb also kept very busy with great new pages like the one above for the our modern day spy thriller, JIN & TONIK. In a recent post to the team, Cesar let it be known how anxious he is to have this issue wrapped up and off to all our fans.

And there you have it Loyal Airmen, vacation is over, it was great, and new it’s back to making comics and editing pulp books. You know, ala the movie title, it really is a wonderful life the Air Chief has been blessed with. So then stay well and we’ll see you back here next Friday. Ron – Over & Out!

ON VACATION

  • On 10 Oct | '2025

Val and the Air Chief are in New England on a long overdue Fall vacation. Will return to the hangar and business on Oct 23rd. Till then be good and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!

It’s Vacation Time

  • On 3 Oct | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen, and here we go. As you read this entry, Val and the Air Chief only have two more days before we fly off to Wells Beach, Maine for a two and a half week much needed vacation. The plan is to visit with family and friends and eat lots and lots of amazing seafood. Oh, yeah. No laptops, no PCs, just down-time to relax from what’s been an incredibly busy year to include our recent bout with breast cancer and of course all our many comic projects. More on those in a minute. Meanwhile, this Flight Log will return Friday the 24th Oct.

THE BLACK TERROR 2.0

Production on BLACK TERROR 2.0 continues smoothly. Here is Pg 12 as drawn by Dell Barras, colored by David Rios with letters Dami. This is a great dream and all of us are having fun on this one.

JIN & TONIK # 2

The action is starting to heat up on this issue, as Captain Darya Tonikova and her Spetnaz commando team prepares to go into action. Cesar Feliciano’s art is always gorgeous and just gets better and better.

CHIVALRY INC.

Here’s another pencil page from issue two of CHIVALRY INC. by artist Javier Lugo. He’s really whipping through this issue and says he’ll have his pencils completed by the time the Air Chief returns home. Now that’s something to look forward to. Thanks, Javier.

THE GREAT RUSS HEATH

Whenever anyone asks us who was our favorite comic book artist ever, we immediately answer Russ Heath. In the mid-1950s, as a new comic book fan, we discovered his series, “THE SEA DEVILS” and were mesmerized by how he drew underwater scenes. We’d later go on to recognize his magnificent work in other DC titles such as “THE HAUNTED TANKS” and many others. This past week, Sept 30th was the anniversary of his birth, born in 1926. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 92.

REST IN PEACE, JAIME RAMOS

We were informed Tuesday evening that our good friend, and fellow pulp writer/editor Jaime Ramos has passed away. For over a decade Jaime fought failed kidneys and diabetes, never giving up on life, cherishing his wife Phyllis and son Thomas. He was a vibrant force in our New Pulp community. May God bring him to his eternal home and give him everlasting peace. Farewell, old friend.

CAMPAIGN ALMOST FINISHED

And wrapping this final Flight Log before going on vacation, it is now Oct 3rd and our BROTHER BONES ORIGIN GRAPHIC NOVEL – Kickstarter Campaign has only ten days left to reach our monetary goal. As the Air Chief writers this, we only need $799 to get us over the finish line. Better, all fingers are crossed, Loyal Airmen, and heartfelt thanks to all of you who got us this far.

Lastly, as the Air Chief wraps this up, mark your calendars. We will return with a new entry on Oct 24th in plenty of time for Halloween, oh yeah. Until be safe and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!

THE BEAT GOES ON

  • On 26 Sep | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you can see by the new Brother Bones drawing by artist Joe Arnold, our Kickstarter campaign for the origin graphic novel continues. For those of you who helps us reach this current level of $1,191 many grateful thanks. We are almost at the 50% mark, needing $1,309 to succeed. So we do still have a good ways to go, so keep spreading the word. And on another super good note, the first issue will be 50 pages long, not 40 as we’d announced last week. And still for only $10. Now you know that’s a bargain not to be passed up.

CHIVALRY INC.

While the inks, coloring and lettering proceed with issue # 1 of this three issue mini-series, artist Javier Lugo keeps sketching away at issue # 2. In the magnificent rough above, our hero, Valerie Chevalier enters a Catholic church seeking help from her chaos and confusion. The Air Chief can easily imagine how beautiful this will look when completed.

JIN & TONIK 2

And once again the wonderful team of Cesare Feliciano (artwork) and Matt Webb (colors) delivers another gorgeous page from our spy thriller’s second issue, “JIN & TONIK.” Honestly, they just get better and better withe very single page.

BEYOND THE STARS UPDATE

For all you Loyal Airmen who have been following our six part sci-fi saga BEYOND THE STARS, for Silverline Comics, we’re happy to let you know issue # 5 has been done for a while now and is currently being lettered by Mike Belcher. As soon as the powers-that-be at Silverline tell us when it will be printed, we’ll announce it right. Oh, and artist Andrea Bormida is only 4 pages away from wrapping up the sixth and final issue. Good news indeed.

THE BLACK TERROR 2:0

Finally this week we’ll exit with giving you all a peek at another page from BLACK TERROR 2:0 – Story by the Air Chief, pencils and inks by Dell Barras, colors by David Rios and letters by Oluwadamilola Akinwale Akinayo. We had a good laugh when, upon closer inspection, we realized a certain Air Chief makes a cameo appearance on this page in panel 3. That was a fun surprise on Dell’s part. Hopefully we’ll have more to show in the future as this first issue moves along.

And that Loyal Airmen is if for this week. Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see you back here next Friday morning. Until then, this Ron – Over & Out!

Our Kickstarter So Far

  • On 18 Sep | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen and welcome to this week’s Flight Log. We thought we’d start the entry by letting you know how are we’ve come in our Kickstarter Campaign to get $2,500. So far we are at $1,016.00 (in just one week) meaning we have 1,484.00 left to raise. To all of you who have already gotten us this far, thank you so very much. We appreciate every single dollar donated. Artist Joe Arnold and the Air Chief are all too aware of how crowded the independent the comic market is these days and thank you for picking us to support. We promise you, issue # 1 of this four part series will feature 40 of the finest comic pages ever assembled between two covers with a great opening to our saga and stunning artwork; both by Joe and Rob Davis. Never mind top notch lettering from our pal Mike Belcher. So thanks and please, keep spreading the word among all your friends. We’ve still got a ways to go. Oop, almost forgot, the great illo above is of course of the Undead Avenger and his aid, Blackjack Bobby Crandall, courtesy of Rob Davis.

BLACK TERROR 2.0

Progress on the new BLACK TERROR 2.0 is coming along great as is evidence by the page above recently completed by pro veteran artist Dell Barras with gorgeous coloring by David Rios. Dell only has five more pages to wrap up and this premier issue will be a warp on his part. Once colors and letters are finished, its off to Mr. Ben Dunn and Antarctic Press. Keep those fingers crossed, Loyal Airmen.

MAN IN THE MASK NEWSLETTER

As ever, pal Mike Belcher’s “Man in the Mask” series remains our favorite independent comic out there today. All you Loyal Airmen can sign up for Mike free newsletter here. Tell him the Air Chief sent you.https://millertongazette.substack.com/

JIN & TONIK # 2

Colorist Matt Webb turns in the latest page from “Jin & Tonik” issue 2 over the art of the amazing Cesar Feliciano. This shaping up to be another stellar chapter in this fast paced spy thriller.

BONUS STRIP IN BONES CAMPAIGN

So we’ve mentioned multiple times now that the first book in the Brother Bones Origin Graphic Novel series will feature a special 6 page bonus adventure illustrated by our own Rob Davis. And we thought it only fair to tease all of you with the first page of that strip called “Nowhere To Run.” Both the Air Chief and primary artist Joe Arnold were blown away by the beauty of these pages. Enjoy Loyal Airmen. And when you the 40 pg comic arrives in your mail box, you’ll get the see the remaining 5 pages.

CRIMSON NUN # 2 FINISHED!!!

The Air Chief is delighted beyond measure to announce issue # 2 of THE CRIMSON NUN is finished? A few days ago, artist Mike Belcher completed his beautiful lettering of these 23 pages illustrated and colored by Jesse Thomas. The files are now on Antarctic Press’ own Ben Dunn. Wahooo! And the Air Chief has a feeling it’s not going to take Ben long to get this comic assembled and out there. Above is the first page which we wanted to show off. Our heartfelt thanks to both Jesse and Mike. This story is coming along way-way better than we’d ever dreamed. Thank you gentlemen.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. The Air Chief still can’t believe how generous all of you are and how well our Kickstarter is doing. That’s totally thanks to all of you. Please don’t stop now. We still have a long way to go, so keep sharing the word and the link. Till next week, God bless your all.

Ron – Over & Out!

The FCCCCC Returns!

  • On 12 Sep | '2025

After a summer hiatus, the Fort Collins Comics Coffee Clutch Crew reconvened last Sat morning at Grand Slam Fort Collins. Thanks to Gaby, Olivia, Zane Lorelai, Alexis, Sam, Jesse, Tyra and Abe for joining the Air Chief. It was a fun two hours of catching up.

Here’s hoping Future First Sat hook-ups will include more of our amigos.

JIN & TONIK # 2

We honestly cannot say enough good things about Cesar Feliciano’s amazing artwork on this project. Wow seems not enough. And wait till these pages are colored. Oh, yeah.

BLACK TERROR 2.0

Meanwhile Dell Barras delivers another fantastic page of our new BLACK TERROR 2.0 issue # 1 intended for Ben Dunn and his Antarctic Press when completed. Till then, enjoy this sneak peek.

BEYOND THE STARS # 6

At the same time, over in Italy, the fantastic Andrea Bormida is drawing his fingers to the nub to finish our six part sci-fi saga, BEYOND THE STARS for Silverline Comics. Above are the early rough pencils for pages 13 & 14 of that final issue. Whereas, we guess the gang at Silverline is putting the finishing touches on issue number 5 and should be announcing its release any day now. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen. Things are heating up.

BROTHER BONES KICKSTARTER

Today is the official launch of the Brother Bones Origin Graphic Novel Kickstarter Campaign. As we write this, it is Thursday afternoon and we don’t have that official link yet. Whereas artist Joe Arnold did post a You Tube video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-F_DsRvpPs) so check that out. The Air Chief hopes to be appearing on lots of podcasts in the coming weeks. We really need you support, Loyal Airmen, in making this dream come true.

REST IN PEACE CHARLIE KIRK

Yesterday a man we admired a great deal was murdered in a cowardly act of violence; a violence he personally abhorred and always stood against. Yes, were filled with anger today, but not hate. Never hate. There is a difference. We leave you this week with this quote from Saint Paul’s letter to the Colossians. “Brothers and sisters: Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection.”

Ron – Over & Out!

Mark Your Calendar

  • On 5 Sep | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen. Last week we told you the Brother Bones Origin Graphic Novel Kickstarter Campaign was in its final stages. This past week, artist Joe Arnold has been busy getting it all set up to include a link to where you can go to sign up. (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherbones/brother-bones-origin-01) Simply cut and past this link and go and sign up. That way you will notified when the site goes live with all kinds of goodies, including a page from Rob Davis’ short Bones strip, “Nowhere to Run” that you won’t want to miss.

Believe me, Loyal Airmen, we are wicked excited about this project, but it won’t happen unless we have your complete support. So start spreading the word and as ever, our heartfelt thanks.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Meanwhile artist Cesar Feliciano continues producing amazing pages on our second issue of our modern day spy thriller JIN & TONIK. We can’t say enough good things about Cesar’s work on this project.

ANOTHER BACK IN PRINT

As he’s done in the past, Art Director Rob Davis has taken one of our earliest titles at Airship 27 Production and gotten it back in print from all you Loyal Airmen who have been requesting this. Lots of our old titles are currently only available on Kindle, which is really where they sell the most. But being a bibliophile ourselves, we understand when one of you Loyal Airmen reaches out asking for a hard copy. And so here it is, and it’s a great one with some really classic Agent X adventures by Sean Ellis, B.C. Bell, Kevin Noel Olson and Greg Gick.

POST CANCER JOURNEY

Okay, this past week has been a roller coast ride with all kinds of appointments and few surprises along the way. Mostly all of them good as you will see. Today Valerie and the Air Chief visited the Cancer Center and met with a “teacher” nurse who spent an hour with us. Her task, and not an easy one, was explaining each of the medications we are going to be taking once Val and return from our New England vacation, on the 26th of October. While detailing the two specific pills, she told us in way too many medical termsn what each of those pills was designed to do in our body to prevent those nasty old cancer cells from taking another beachfront in my body. All well and good, but then came the second half of that talk wherein she ran through the list of possible “side effects.” And no, Loyal Airmen, but that we do not mean “good” things. We mean things like sore muscles, depletion of calcium, headaches, nausea and let’s not forget our favorite, diarrhea. At which point you wonder, is cancer the real bad guy here. Excuse the bad humor, it’s what helps us get through all this. Valerie is a real trooper, and with the nurse, instantly began asking how diet would affect all of this, to which she replied a super healthy diet would certainly minimize the chances of ill effects. So how much do we want to do the work? Val’s already started planning out a new day to day diet which will be high on calcium, proteins and short on bad carbohydrates. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, it’s not all too far for how we live now. Anyway, the hour came and went and the good nurse practioner shook my hand and directed upstairs to get my first special shot. One not given in the arm. Ha. We’ll be taking four of those a year.

BROTHER BONES KICKSTARTER LAUNCHES 12 SEPT!!!

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen, for another week. Thanks ever for stopping by and if you’d like to keep Val and the Air Chief in your prayers, we’d be sincerely grateful. God bless.

Ron – Over & Out!

BROTHER BONES UPDATE

  • On 29 Aug | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week we kick off things with an update on the forthcoming Brother Bones graphic novel. Last weekend the Air Chief sat down with project artist Joe Arnold and he brought us up to speed on how far he’s progressed with bringing the character’s origin graphic novel to life. Thus far Joe has completed the first two chapters from the 133 pg script. You can two of them above. Joe is doing pencils, inks and gray-scaling with Mike Belcher adding the lettering. With this amount of work completed, Joe is now finalizing the last pieces to launch the Kickstarter Campaign for issue # 1. It will feature 33 pages of the actual script plus a complete six-page Brother Bones short done by artist Rob Davis called “Nowhere to Run.” The issue will also feature two covers, one by Joe and the other by Rob. Meanwhile, both Joe and the Air Chief want to let everyone know, we are available to guest on comic related podcasts, if anyone would like to invited us on to talk about this project. The Air Chief created Brother Bones over 15 years ago and he’s appeared in five prose books from Airship 27, a 48 pg one shot comic, several shorter strips, a role playing game module and two separate film companies tried to bring him to the silver screen. Sadly neither got beyond the casting stage, but it still showed the popularity of our Undead Avenger. Now, for the first time ever, his complete origin story will be told in a comic. Stay tuned, hopefully by next week we’ll have a link to share with you.

BLACK TERROR 2.0

Artist Dell Barras continues his terrific work on our new Black Terror 2.0 with this pg # 14. The first issue goes a full 25 pgs and is colored by our pal David Rios, with Dami Akinayo providing lettering.

R.I.P. MORT TODD

MORT TODD (9 Nov 1961- 24 Aug 2025) Over the past few days, the comic book lost another wonderful talent taken from all of us way too soon, Mort Todd. Mort was truly an all around super talented creator from his ability to write, draw, edit and color. Mort’s career had him editing the humor mag Cracked, doing storyboards of television and films. He worked for lots of companies including Marvel and Charlton. We crossed paths when he reached out to the Air Chief and artist Gary Kato letting us know how big a fan he was of our comedy super-hero Mr. Jigsaw Man of a Thousand Parts. Via his own mag, Charlton Arrow, Mort reprinted several of our Jiggy black and white strips and colored them for us. We were so impressed, we asked him if he’d be willing to color our special Christmas issue. Mort agreed if we’d let him do the cover and delivered a priceless image of Jiggy having to save Santa Claus. Farewell, Mort, may the heavenly bullpen in the sky welcome you with open arms. You will be missed, old friend.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mort_Todd)

JIN & TONIK # 2

Colorist Matt Webb turns in Pg # 21 of JIN & TONIK # 2 and once again blows us away. Both artist Cesar Feliciano and the Air Chief were thrilled when Matt joined our team and he’s continued to blow us away with every new page he turns in. Just amazing, beautiful coloring work.

CHIVALRY INC. PENCILS

Meanwhile, Florida based artist Javier Lugo is busy doing roughs and pencils for the CHIVALRY INC. series due out from Silverline one of the days. Issue one is still being inked and colored. Our humble thanks to Javier who is at the same time dealing with some serious health issues, but maintain a solid productive pace which says tons for his professionalism. Hang in there Javier, and God make you complete well soon.

AND THAT’S IT for this week, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping. Be well and we’ll catch you all back here next Friday morning. Ron – Over & Out!