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KICKSTARTER CONTINUES

  • On 7 Feb | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, well our second week of the Hamlet’s End kickstarter is in progress and donations have slowed down to a trickle. Hoping that changes in the days and weeks ahead. One of the perks available to all of you will be the chance to have an original art piece of yourself made as an authentic Wanted Poster courtesy of artist Zane DeGaine. You can be on a wanted poster. Wow.
(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pulpfission/hamlets-end-1-vengeance-rides-on-the-horizon?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Hamlet%27s+End&total_hits=13) Check it out at this link.

ROB AND PLANET COMICON

We are still a ways off, but thought it prudent to remind all you Loyal Airmen that every year our Chief Engineer and Airship 27 Art Director, Rob Davis, is a guest at Planet Comicon in Kansas City. He considers it his “home” con much like the Nov. Rocky Mountain Con in Denver is ours. So he’s already whipped up a promo piece (above) and we’re only too happy to share it with you. If any of you Loyal Airmen have plans to be in the Kansas City area during that time frame, we urge you to make plans to attend this really great con and to meet Rob. Even get him draw a sketch for you. You’ll be glad you did.

BEYOND THE STARS # 5

At the same time, artist Andrea Bormida and colorist Angelo, are working feverishly on “Beyond the Stars” Issue #5. And the action continues to heat up as the Science Warrior search other dimensions for the three powerful solar batteries to arm the alien mother-ship. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen.

FINALLY – This week’s entry is a short one. The Air Chief is hoping in another week or so, we’ll announce the shipping out of issue # 4 of “Beyond the Stars” that wrapped up it’s funding campaign at the end of last year. Anxious to get those copies into the hands of all of you who continue to support us. Meanwhile, at last count, we’d gotten $750 for the western Kickstarter. Meaning we still have $2,250 to raise before March 7th. Seems like an insurmountable mountain to climb, but then the Air Chief was born an optimist. Who knows, maybe we’ll win the lottery before then. One can always dream.

RON – Over & Out?

WELCOME HOME SOLDIER

  • On 31 Jan | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as most of you know, the Air Chief treasures nothing more in this world than his family and last week was super special for us. Our gran-daughter Cora’s husband, Calvin, after being deployed with his Colorado National Guard Brigade for a year in the Middle East, came home. Above is son Alan, grand-son Alex, Calvin, Cora, Valerie and the Air Chief. Note, while Calvin was overseas, Cora volunteered to act as a liaison between the families and the Army. It was a demanding job and she did with grace and efficiency. Enough so that during the welcoming home ceremony for the Brigade, the Army surprised her with a special plaque commemorating her self-less service to the unit. Like husband, like we. All of us are so proud of them both, as we are of all our men and women in uniform. God continue to bless and protect and one day bring them all home.

HAMLET’S END KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

The big news is after two years in production (one year for the Air Chief to write the script and another for artist Zane DeGaine to draw all 24 pgs) our first issue of “Hamlet’s End” is now up at Kickstarter for the next month as a funding campaign. You can support us by going to link below and donating whatever you can. Believe me, Loyal Airmen, the independent market is more crowded than ever and there are hundreds of such campaigns vying for your pennies. It’s our hope that you will check out the Kickstarter page and deem our western tale worthy of your support. And please, do share the link with your friends and family. The more people who see it the better our chances of success. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pulpfission/hamlets-end-1-vengeance-rides-on-the-horizon?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Hamlet%27s+End&total_hits=13

CHIVALRY INC.

Meanwhile down in Floriday, artist Javier Lugo continues to work his artistic magic on our “Chivalry Inc” series for Silverline Comics. Javier has just finished his rough outlines for issue # 2, of which those three pages above are a part of. Again this is a 3 part mini-series about a Canadian police detective and the unusual ability she acquires after being shot. Jesse Hasan provides inks and Mickey Clausen colors.

BEYOND THE STARS # 5

And let’s not forget artist Andrea Bormida, and his colorist friend Angelo, as they continue to work the fifth issue of our six issue mini-series “Beyond the Stars” also coming from Silverline Comics. They are doing a magnificent job. Above are pages 7 – 8 – 9. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen, it’s only going to get better.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Meanwhile artist/creator Cesar Feliciano continues to knock out fantastic pages for our “Jin & Tonik” spy series issue # 2. While associate colorist Matt Webb brings the black and white pages to vibrant life.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION PRESENTS

The Air Chief is thrilled to announce the latest pulp title from Airship 27 Production. Vol 10 of our highly popular Mystery Men (& Women) series featuring four brand new stories featuring of some of the most original and at times bizarre heroes. Above are the covers (back and front) provided by Art Director Rob Davis, who also did all the interior illustrations. Writers featured are Teel James Glenn, Jonathan Sweet, Carson Demmans, Harding McFadden & Eleanor Hawkins. Book is now available at Amazon in paperback and will soon be on Kindle. As ever, we thank you Loyal Airmen for your continued support.

A KICKSTARTER PICK

And finally, we want to thank the good people at Kickstarter for spotlighting Hamlet’s End as one of their best picks for the past week. When you consider hundreds of new comics arrive at Kickstarter every week, having them personally single out a title is a big deal and hopefully will translate into our reaching a wider audience with the dollars to help support us.

And that’s it for this week, Loyal Airmen, as ever thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you all back here next Friday morning. Ron – Over & Out!

WESTERN COMING SOON

  • On 24 Jan | '2025
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we certainly hope all of you are keeping warm in these cold, bitter sub freezing temperatures blanketing the country. Hopefully this gorgeous artwork by artist Zane DeGaine will warm you up a bit. We are almost ready to launch the Kickstarter Campaign for our western series, “Hamlet’s End” and the Air Chief thought we’d start this Flight Log with showing you the two main promo pieces Zane did up. The one above right was his first take on our character Dallas Maddox, both as the little girl at the start of the series and one of her as the young woman turned bounty hunter. Then Zane worked these images to creating a stunning poster (center) that is now our primary cover to issue # 1. Note there will be an alternate revealed with the campaign begins. Meanwhile Zane has made up posters without logo etc. and is selling them. Any Loyal Airmen interested in picking one up, contact either the Air Chief or Zane directly via Facebook. Stay tuned.

BEYOND THE STARS # 5

Next up, our Italian pal, Andrea Bormida is back to work on his pencils for issue # 5 of “Beyond the Stars” after our successful funding campaign for Issue # 4. Am wicked excited to see this issue come together. Once it is finished, we’ll have one left to go in the series.

THE CRIMSON NUN # 2

And of course we have “The Crimson Nun #2” from the super talented art of Jesse Thomas. Here are pencils for pages 16 & 17 of that issue beginning the background story of our hero, Gabrielle. Jesse has brought so much warmth and love to this story and it shows on every page.

REST IN PEACE STEVE

Losing good friends always hurts like hell. This week we learned that Ohio native, Steve Bennett passed away over the holidays of cardiac arrest. He wrote the comic series, The Rovers for Malibu Comics. The Air Chief and Steve became pals way back in the 80s when they both broke into the comics game. He was a great human being and we are going to miss him so much. Rest in peace, my friend. (https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/58672/r-i-p-steve-bennett)

And that’s it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by. Take care and stay warm out there. Ron – Over & Out!

A MATTER OF FAITH

  • On 16 Jan | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week the Air Chief thought it might be interesting to look at some of current comic projects and their relationship to my personal faith journey as a practicing Catholic. We were brought up in a Catholic home, went to a parochial grade school and attended Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover NH. After which, upon the joining the US. Army, we pretty didn’t give either religion or our faith a second thought. Oh yeah, that was a mistake.

In the years that followed, we skirted around the the subject and weren’t really concerned about it. Yet somehow familiar themes of the church continued to find their way into our stories. A good example being the mini-series we first developed for Caliber Press in the 1980s, The Boston Bombers. In that series, we envisioned an alternate world where women were part of the clergy and one of our major character’s mother was the Bishop of Boston.
Some thirty years later, due to the urging of artist Rob Davis, we returned to the series to write a volume two, after having collected the first volume. As it turned out, in the interim, our faith has resurfaced, and in a big way. Gradually we began to feel God’s presence in our lives and see that this “talent” for making up stories was in fact His gift to us. The more that realization took root in our soul, the more our life changed…and for the better. Above are two pages for Issue # 3 of Vol 2 and that’s Mother Pirelle Jordan at center stage long before she becomes a bishop of the church.

THE CRIMSON NUN

No sooner did we get Bombers back in action, then the Air Chief ended up working on an old comic series created by writer/creator Ben Dunn, The Crimson Nun. She was a spin-off from Ben’s highly popular Warrior Nun comic but more with a pulp feel to her. The Air Chief had wanted to write this character for well over thirty years. Now having that green light from Ben, we began doing some planning and research. In the process we learned about Saint Jean of Arc, a teenage girl called by God to help save France in its hour of need. Feeling the faith motivation, we saw an opportunity to add an historical background that would give spiritual weight to what we wanted to do. And that inspiration was picked up by artist Jesse Thomas who brilliantly visualized the character of Gabrielle Cauxvette, our new Crimson Nun.

CHIVALRY INC.

And then we have Chivalry, Inc. our three issue mini-series coming later this year from Silverline, Comics. With pencils by Javier Lugo, inks by Jesse Hasan and colors by Mickey Clausen. Above is a sample of Mickey’s flats as he gets familiar with the characters. Then we have Javier’s pencils and finally, Father Peter Dumont, a major character in the series who comes to Chivalry’s assistance when she needs it desperately. For the record, Fr. Peter Dumont was the priest who married Val and the Air Chief. By now you must see that you might be able to take the comic creator out of the church (for a while) but you can never take the church out of the Air Chief. That’s been a revelation and an unbelievable blessing to know that through all our ups and down, God never gave up on us. Ever.

BEYOND THE STARS

Okay, so now we can see some of you Loyal Airmen scratching your heads. “Beyond the Stars,” the six part mini-series the Air Chief is writing for Silverline Comics with art by Andrea Bormida and letters by Mike Belcher. Hmm, you don’t see a faith-connection in that one? Alright, here’s the lowdown. When developing the concept with Andrea, he let the Air Chief know he wanted to create a story that gave glory to God. He is a man of strong faith. With that in mind, the Air Chief evolved a plot wherein a giant all consuming Black Cloud was literally eating up the universe and mankind, in this future world, is on the edge of extinction. Then along comes this giant alien mother-ship in the shape of a sword with which our heroes can defeat the Black Cloud. In this one, we opted to use symbolism with the Black Cloud being the true evil that is Sin, and salvation, as the three of us believe is provided by the cross/sword of Jesus Christ. Happily, it was an approach that proved to not only be doable, but visually exciting as well. Having completed four issues, we’ve only two left to go. Stay tuned.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Meanwhile artist Cesar Feliciano continues to draw new pages for our spy action thriller, “Jin & Tonik #2.” Whereas there is no overt christian themes or symbols, this is a primal tale of good vs evil. Itself the core of what spiritual life and combat is all about. Do we want to be heroes or villains in the stories of our lives. Each of us makes that decision hundreds of times a day. Saint or sinner, what will it be? So Loyal Airmen, that’s our humble testimony. It’s never about preaching, rather it’s about praying. AMEN.

HAMLET’S END

And finally, wrapping up this week’s Flight Log, we thought you’d get a kick out of the above. Artist Zane DeGaine, now wrapping up issue one of our western series, “Hamlet’s End,” has been going over the completed 24 pages and decided to change the one above. You can see from his earlier version on the left to the new one how heightened the drama with by changing the point of view. He’s another super talented artist we’re exciting to be working with and most anxious to get this comic to you. There you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by and we’ll see you back here next Friday.

RON – OVER & OUT!

ANCESTRY

  • On 10 Jan | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week we thought we’d have some fun by talking about our ancestry. Above is the Fortier family crest. Our oldest son, Scott, found this on-line years ago and sent it along. We thought it was pretty cool and did some research. Apparently we trace our ancestry back to Normandy where the original Fortiters were both vintners and sea merchants.

Then having the crest in our files, we had our Art Director Rob Davis do a little photo-shop magic and put it in this awesome battle painting. For you Loyal Airmen at all interested, we learned that in Normandy today there is a Fortier/Picard vineyard whose wines are sold around the world. So the Air Chief and a certain Star Trek captain have a connection. You just can’t make this stuff up.

THE CRIMSON NUN # 2

And in keeping with the battling knights theme from above, it seemed only fitting to show off these new pages from Issue # 2 of The Crimson Nun being illustrated by artist Jesse Thomas wherein our young hero is dreaming of her hero, Joan of Arc. These pages are beautiful.

Happy to let you know the Airship 27 Podcast # 98 is now up at You Tube. Simply cut and paste this link to the show. The Air Chief and Chief Engineer Rob Davis look back at the 25 titles we released in 2024 and tell a few bad jokes. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGp8TM3fb18)

HAMLET’S END

Meanwhile artist Zane DeGaine finished all the pencils for our western HAMLET’S END # 1 this week. Next come setting up the Kickstarter Campaign that we hope to launch in Feb. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION

Our first Airship 27 Production release of the new year is here. It’s THE BATTLE FOR STORMREST Part One, the second the Chronicles of Altiva sword and sorcery series by Teel James Glenn, with artist Ron Hill providing both the interior illustrations and the cover. Available now at Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle. As ever, Loyal Airmen, thanks for your continued support.

THE LEVON CADE MOVIE IS ALMOST HERE.

One of the best action thriller paperback series of the past ten years has been the Levon Cade series by veteran comic-scribe, and a good pal of the Air Chief, Chuck Dixon. Now, his first Cade novel has been adapted to the big screen with a script by Sylvester Stallone and directed by the same fellow who did last year’s The Beekeeper. We’ve been waiting for this movie ever since we learned it was in production. And wish it and Chuck huge success when it arrives. Hopefully it will be the first of several. You can catch the trailer for it on You Tube.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen. We’re back at it in this New Year. We want to end this week’s Flight Log with offering our prayers to all the Californians devastated by the horrible wild fires. May Our Lord grant them comfort in these hours of pain and suffering and send them the courage to persevere. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Ron – Over & Out!

WELCOME 2025!

  • On 3 Jan | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen, well here we are in a brand new year. All which got us thinking as to what we were able to get realized in the past 12 months comics- wise. Check these titles out.

RELEASED IN 2024

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Not a bad collection here. A sincere thanks to my artist partners, Cesar Feliciano, Jesse Thomas, Rob Davis, Andrea Bormida. Gary Kato and Ariel Aguire.  Four of these five are on-going series and with fingers crossed you Loyal Airmen will being seeing the next chapters in the months ahead. God willing.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION

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2024 also proved to be a banner year for Airship 27 Production with a record number of books produced. Among these, the last to reach publication included # 24, “DAN FOWLER G-MAN” which featured two new Fred Adams Jr. stories of gun-blazing action by this classic pulp hero with a cover by Michael Youngblood and interior illustrations by Sam Salas.  

CHIVALRY INC.

Artist Javier Lugo is busy are work on the second issue of the three-issue mini series CHIVALRY INC. which will be coming from Silverline Comics when finished. Currently issue # 1 is being inked by artist Jesse Hasan.

And our final Airship 27 release of the Argus Glass avenger with stories by David Noe, Jeremy Lamastus and Kevin Findley. With interiors by Jeff Dobberpuhl and a stunning cover by Ted Hammond. This was our 25th record braking release of 2024!!!

THE CRIMSON NUN # 2

Meanwhile as artist Jesse Thomas works feverishly on the art for The Crimson Nun # 2, artist Jonathon McDaniel has started work on the cover seen above. We think its beautiful.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen, our first Flight Log of 2025. Thanks as ever for stopping by. Again, we wish you and all your loved ones a truly awesome, fantastic and blessed New Year.

Ron – Over & Out!

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As we begin this week’s entry, it is the afternoon of Christmas Eve and the excitement of the coming day is palatable. As all you Loyal Airmen will be reading this the day after, allow the Air Chief and Val to still wish you and all your loved ones a truly blessed Merry Christmas and fantastic Happy New Year. Let’s all strive to make 2025, a kinder, more loving and peaceful time under God’s heaven. In truth we are all brothers and sisters, that is the message of the baby Jesus. We should all do our best to live it all  year long.

SANTA’S GOODIES

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Artist Ceasar Feliciano continues to draw new pages ala the one above and they are gorgeous. While super colorist Matt Webb is currently coloring the completed first five pages. Your overall response to issue # 1 was so gratifying, we are truly anxious to get this latest chapter off to you. Which mean the Air Chief has to get hustling on the script for issue # 3.  Oh, yeah.

AMERICAN AMAZON

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“American Amazon” is the Air Chief’s newest in-the-works comic project. We’ve joined forces with artist Clint Scott based on another of our old projects from the dusty files that never saw the light of day. As we are developing the project itself, with character bios and sketches etc. we’ve not given any thought to which independent publisher to bring it to once it is ready to be offered. So if any of our publisher colleagues are interested, give us a holler.

SANTA’S GOODIES

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Finally, we wanted to share with you Loyal Airmen some of the wonderful Santa surprises we found waiting for us under the tree Christmas day.  Our family here being Santa’s helpers. Among the Air Chief’s new goodies was a 3D like Captain America wall plaque, which grandson Alex has promised to help us put up. Though honestly, our little office is almost totally out of wall space. Ha. We’ll figure it out. Then there was the new Luke Combs’ “Fathers and Sons.” Val and the Air Chief of major fans of this talented country singer/songwriter and we’d heard this was by far one of his most personal albums. All 12 songs deal with father-son relationships, something the Air Chief is intimately familiar with, having been blessed with three amazing sons, and two fantastic grandsons. Will be listening to this one often. Then came the new books from Amazon wish-list. “How To Make Great Decisions,” by Father Mike Schmitz, of the most popular and charismatic Catholic priest evangelizing today. We became fans upon following both “Bible in a Year” and “Catechism in a Year” You-Tube series. We recommend them to all Christians wanting to learn more about the Holy Bible. And lastly, “Plot Twists and Red Herrings” by Kimberly Wylie, sub-title, “A Guide to Mystery Genre Tropes.” As a pulp writer, this should come in handy for future assignments.

And there you have it Loyal Airmen, quite a nice collection of new treasures. Of course, the greatest gifts the Air Chief receives every single year is the love and affection of his family, friends and all you Loyal Airmen who support our multiple endeavors. May the God bless each and everyone one of you and great all of us a truly HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!  2025 HERE WE COME!

Ron – Over & Out!

 

THANKS COMIC FANS

  • On 20 Dec | '2024

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Greetings Loyal Airmen, at the end of last week’s Flight Log we posted the great news that the funding campaign for BEYOND THE STARS # 4 had succeeded four days before the final day. Obviously all of us on the team, from artists Andrea Bormid & Mike Belcher along with SilverLine publisher Roland Mann are thrilled and appreciative of your continued support for this series. In fact by the last day of the campaign, Tues 17th, Dec, the finally take was $877.  Above are the three offered covers to that issue. Going left to right, Andrea’s official cover, then the two alternatives. Middle – by Rob Davis and far right – Jose Fuentes. We loved all of them. Alright, Loyal Airmen, now on to book # 5.

THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 Issue # 3

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Meanwhile Rob also continues his gorgeous work on our continuing The Boston Bombers second volume. Above are pages 4 & 5 from issue # 3. The Air Chief has already penned issue four. This is easily some of Rob’s most beautiful work and like the first two issues, will be printed at Ka-Blam and released via Rob’s own Redbud Studio. Stay tuned.

CHIVALRY INC.

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Artist Jesse Hasan continues his wonderful inking over Javier Lugo’s pencils for issue # 1. Meanwhile Javier is busy at work on drawing issue # 2. This book will be in color and the Air Chief is personally excited to see artist Mickey Clausen’s colors on all these great pages. Stay tuned.

VALERIE’S RECOVERY

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The best of the past week was Valerie’s excellent post-op visit with the doctor. It’s been two week’s since her right knee replacement surgery and she is doing extremely well. Sure, there is still pain and we are both so grateful for all of you who have kept her in your thoughts and prayers. They have uplifted us both so much. But those of you who know Val, know how she never backs down from a goal and she is already exceeding expectations for this recovery. Her therapist released her after only six visits and the doctor’s assistant gave her visit a whopping success. She is ahead of the curve. We go back in one month, at which time, the Air Chief predicts she’ll be chomping to have her restrictions lifted and get back to our daily walking routines. Thank you Lord. It’s going to be a great Christmas.

BEN DUNN REMEMBERS OUR POPEYE COMICS

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Artist Ben Dunn posted the following on Facebook a few days ago. “Now that POPEYE is fixing to fall into the public domain I am reminded of my stint on the spinach eating sailor man. Back in the late 1980’s I was contacted by Crimson Nun, Green Hornet writer RON FORTIER to do a licensed POPEYE comic by Ocean Comics. Ron and I knew each other professionally and I was honored he would ask me to do this character. It was an interesting take and the first issue did well enough to warrant a second. I do not know how they did but it ended there. As far as I know they have never been reprinted or collected.

To answer Ben’s query, neither was ever reprinted, or collected. They remain, to this day, much sought after collectors treasures for Popeye fans. The Air Chief still has a soft spot in his heart for them and we do treasure the few copies we still have hidden away.

THE CRIMSON NUN

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The Air Chief is about seventy-five percent finished writing issue # 3 of the new Crimson Nun series for Antarctic Press. The story features Pope Pius XI, as a supporting character and the Chapel of Saint Joan. The building’s history dovetailed into our plot as if preordained. Meanwhile artist Jesse Thomas is doing a fantastic job with issue # 2. Somehow, more and more elements of our faith emerge in our scripts. Thank you, Lord.

And that’s it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As ever, thanks for dropping by and we’ll see you back here again next Friday.

Ron – Over & Out!

 

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

  • On 13 Dec | '2024

Greetings Loyal Airmen, as our deacon mentioned last Sunday at mass, we’re already two weeks into the Advent season and as you are reading this entry, almost three. Meaning we are in the final stages of counting down to Christmas. Wow, but this year really flew by. Valerie’s recovery from her knee replacement surgery continues to go well at a steady pace. Thanks again for all your continued prayers and well wishes. They mean so much to us. Alright, so what fun things moved ahead this past week. Let’s check it out.

JIN & TONIK # 2

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Artist Ceasar Feliciano isn’t wasting any time diving into the second chapter of this decade spanning spy action thriller. He’s already finished the first five pages and above are two of those. His work continues to bowl us over and simply gets better with every new page. Going to be a great comic when completed.

SILVERLINE COMICS PODCAST

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As most of  you Loyal Airmen know, the Air Chief does a regular You Tube Podcast with Chief Engineer Rob Davis whenever we release a new Airship 27 title. Years ago, we were also regulars on a weekly comic show called Zone 4 along with Brant Fowler, John Wilson and Gordon Dymowski. Well, we’re happy to announce we signed on to another series, the Silverline Comics Tues Night program which also records weekly. We are the new member to the podcast, joining writer Tim Thiessen and artists David Rios and Jose Fuentes. The show airs on You Tube at this link. Check it out. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcl8xwirrVs&t=69s)

THE CRIMSON NUN # 2

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Artist Jesse Thomas continues his truly beautiful work on the second issue of our series, The Crimson Nun, for Antarctic Press. Jesse’s pencils are truly sensitive to the story and convey so much of the characters’ emotions in each panel. While his coloring maintains a deft touch, adding atmosphere to the setting of a small French farming village. He is truly a gifted artist and a joy to work with.

BEYOND THE STARS # 4

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As of today, we have 4 days left to raise $68 to reach our funding goal for this issue # 4. If you haven’t donated yet and would like to help us out, here’s the link. (https://www.fundmycomic.com/bts1-4) Just cut and paste it in your search engine. Support has been great and the Air Chief is confident that come next week, we’ll be able to report succeeded in our $750 goal. To that end, thanks to all you Loyal Airmen who contributed.

And that’s a wrap. Another week closer to Christmas, Loyal Airmen. Hope you’ve all got your Santa list ready to go. See you back here next Friday.

Ron – Over & Out!

BREAKING NEWS – It is now Friday 13th, and our campaign is FULLY FUNDED!!!!

 

ONE STORY- TWO COMICS

  • On 6 Dec | '2024

Greetings Loyal Airmen, well here we are full on into the Christmas Advent season and as expected things are starting to get hectic. Here’s hope all of you can take each day one at a time; relish the this festive time and have fun with it.

TOMORROW GIRL & MR. JIGSAW

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A while back we let you know about the fun comic project the Air Chief launched with artists Ben Dunn and Gary Kato. As most of you know, Gary, is the co-creator of Mr. Jigsaw, our comedy super-hero that we publish via Rob Davis’ Redbud Studio. Whereas Tomorrow Girl is Ben Dunn’s creation and he tells her adventures via his own Antarctic Press out of Texas. So what happened is Ben suggested the Air Chief write a Tomorrow Girl issue wherein Mr. Jigsaw would guest-star. We liked the idea and did just that. Then having finished the script, we realized the story gave both heroes 50/50 time in the spotlight and could just as easily be an issue of Mr. Jigsaw. Hmm…? An issue drawn by Gary. One script from which we’d get two comics, each telling the exact same story, but from the unique interpretation of each artist. Above is the cover by Ben at left. To the right is Gary’s cover. Gary has finished his issue, and we hope to have it on-sale at (www.IndyPlanet.com) within the next few months. No worries, Loyal Airmen, we’ll let you know when you can order it. And we’ll do the same when Ben completes and publishes his version via Antarctic Press. Imagine having both issues in front of you, side by side, and comparing the art on each page. Fingers crossed, you Loyal Airmen will get a big kick out of this.

VAL’S SECOND KNEE FINISHED

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This past Tuesday Val had her right knee replaced at the Orthopedic Surgery Center in Loveland, CO. As many of your Loyal already know, she had the left done this time last year. Happily surgery’s surgery went as well as that, and now she’s on the mend with a six week recovery ahead of her. Meaning daily therapy to get that new knee working properly. We are so proud of her and thrilled that after thirty years of suffering, the arthritis in those joints is now gone forever. Thank you all those wonderful doctors and nurses who took such good care of us, and of course Our Lord Jesus Christ who blesses us daily.

11 DAYS TO RAISE $411

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Funding campaign enters final weeks. As of this writing, we are less than to weeks away from the close of our Go Fund My Comic campaign. We’ve only 11 days left to raise $411. Working on this six issue mini-series with artists Andrea Bormida and Mike Belcher is been tons of fun. Keep in mind, the Air Chief cut his writing teeth on such other sci-comics such as Terminator and Gene Roddenberry’s Lost Universe. We love sci-fi. “Beyond the Stars” as been the highlight in that regards and we are damn proud of these first four issues. We’re anxious to add book # 4 to those above here. And don’t forget, at this writing, Andrea has already penciled nearly half of issue # 5.  With fingers crossed that, and the final issue # 6 will be out next year, wrapping up the story. We hope you Loyal Airmen will stick along for that conclusion.

AIR CHIEF’S FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT

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Finally, the Air Chief wants to give a big, warm shout-out to our two amazing friends, Michael & Donna Housel. Michael’s an Airship 27 writer and every year, no matter how we protest, he and his wife Donna send us a wonderful Christmas. And it’s traditionally the first we receive. This year was no exception, and knowing my career, they usually surprise us with something we are truly fond us. So the theme in this package was Popeye the Sailor, gifting us with a jewelry case boat with Popeye and Olive Oil on board, an Olive & Popeye salt-&-pepper shaker set….and last but not least, Popeye socks!!!  Believe me, Loyal Airmen, the Air Chief has been smiling crazily all afternoon. Thanks Michael & Donna, God bless you both.

Ron – Over & Out!!